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EXOTIC HICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Aristotelia probolopis, n. sp. 
3 0 . 9-10 mm. Head bronzy-fuscous. Palpi white, second 
joint with three, terminal joint with four dark fuscous bands, 
terminal joint twice second. Thorax dark bronzy-brown streaked 
iridescent-leaden. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; bronzy-brown, 
sometimes partially suffused pale ochreous towards dorsum; 
markings variable in development, dark brown partially mixed 
blackish on margins and dorsum, irregularly edged whitish, between 
them some blue-leaden mixture; a moderately broad basal fascia, 
edge oblique; a moderate less oblique antemedian fascia, its pos¬ 
terior edge forming a sharply-defined irregular upwards-oblique 
pointed projection in disc ; a flattened-triangular blotch extending 
on costa from middle to |, apex blackish, narrowly separated by 
ochreous-w^hitish from a fasciate blotch along upper half of termen : 
cilia light greyish, suffused pale ochreous on termen and dark 
fuscous above apex, base white beneath apex. Hindwings dark 
grey; cilia grey; in 3 anterior half of costa with very long fine 
projecting hairs. 
Brazil, Parintius, Hanaos, October, November Peru, Iquitos, 
May ( Parish ) ; 5 ex. 
Aristotelia argyractis, n. sp. 
3 $ . 10-11 mm. Head bronzy-fuscous. Palpi white, second 
joint with three, terminal joint with four dark bronzy-fuscous 
bands, terminal joint longer than second. Thorax bronzy-fuscous, 
four silvery lines. Fore wings elongate-lanceolate; bronzy-fuscous 
or bronzy-grey; markings bluish-silvery-metallic; oblique streaks 
from costa at base and J not quite reaching dorsum ; a short oblique 
streak from costa at £, white on costa ; a straight transverse streak 
from a white dot on costa just beyond middle; short oblique 
opposite streaks from costa at | and tornus, between these and 
preceding short dorsal and longer submedian longitudinal light 
ochreous streaks ; two whitish dots on costa posteriorly, three silvery 
dots on termen and one at apex: cilia grey, a whitish spot on costal 
dots, and base whitish-tinged at apex. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Brazil, Parintius, Manaos, October, November (Parish); 5 ex. 
Aristotelia primipilana, n. sp. 
3 2 . 9-10 mm. Head whitish or light grey, margins of face 
white. Palpi white, second joint with grey subapical band, 
terminal joint longer, with black lateral lines. Thorax bronzy-grey. 
Forewings fulvous, costal edge infuscated, towards apex blackish ; 
a white basal dot beneath costa; three slender silver-metallic 
fasciae becoming snow-white towards costa, first at hardly curved, 
oblique, sometimes obsolescent on dorsum, second median, straight, 
third slightly incurved, from beyond f of costa rather inwards- 
oblique to tornus, indistinct small black dots representing stigmata, 
plical on anterior edge of second fascia, discal on posterior edge of 
