f*o.i456. NEW a EO^fETRID MOTHS— WARREN. 528 



Antenna^ of male siihserrate ciliated; palpi quite short; tongue and 

 frenulum present; abdomen with long Huti'v anal segment. 



Neand'ton. — Fore wing, cell hardly half as long as wing, broad; dis- 

 cocellular oblique, the cell rounded at lower end; first median nervule at 

 four-fifths; second and third from the rounded end; lower radial from 

 above middle of discocellular, upper from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 

 10, 11 coincident, anastomosing with 12; hindwing, cell very short, 

 discocellular strongly concave, the lower half oblique; costal and sub- 

 costal closely approximated for nearly the whole length of cell; 6, 7 

 short stalked; medians as in forewing; no radial. 



Type. — Lepidospora lanuginosa^ new species. 



LEPIDOSPORA LANUGINOSA, new species. 



Foretoing. — Yellow-ochreous; the markings brown; costa dotted 

 with brown, and with brown spots at one-fourth, one-half, and three- 

 fourths, indicating origin of lines, which are all interrupted subcos- 

 tally and appear as three oblique very sinuous brown streaks, the first 

 close to base, the second just be3'ond and partly double, the third at 

 two-thirds, all developed into brown patches on the margin; su))mar- 

 ginal lines broken up into three grav-brown patches, one from costa, 

 a longer one in middle, and a third on inner margin; marginal ai-ea 

 filled with brown strife; patches of dark brown scales along hind mar- 

 gin; fringe brown with pale yellow base; sprinkled over the whole 

 surface and in the fringe are pale slightly shining scales. 



Hindwing . — Inner margin spotted with brown, indicating the lines; 

 basal area ochreous edged with brown; the fluffy scales deeper yellow; 

 fringe glossy. 



Under side ochreous; forewing brown in cell and with some mealy 

 olive scales below the lower end; a broad brown marginal fascia and 

 the fringe brown; costa spotted with brown; hindwing with brown 

 central line and broad submarginal fascia; fringe pale; face in mid- 

 dle, fillet, antenna}, base of shoulders, thorax and dorsum black-brown; 

 basal segment and anal tufts of- abdomen, and the other parts pale 

 ochreous. 



E.i'panm of viings. — 17 mm. 



Locality. — Tijuca, Brazil; 1 male. 



TyyA^— Cat. No. 9385, U.S.N.M. 



Genus MIMOPHYLE Warren. 

 MIMOPHYLE PARALLELA, new species. 



Foreroing. — Dull cinereous; the lines purplish, all more or less par- 

 allel to each other and hind margin; first at one-fourth; median thick, 

 especially below middle, its other edge dentate; outer line at two- 

 thirds, fine, crenulate, with paler edge externally; marginal area 



