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Ptilogenes dryosphaera, n. sp. 
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c?. 15 mm. Head, thorax white, back of crown fuscous. 
Palpi white speckled fuscous. Forewings somewhat dilated; 
8 and 9 stalked; white, irregularly strewn very fine fuscous 
speckling, especially towards middle of costa, and posterior part of 
dorsum and termen ; grey suffused spots on costa at | and middle; 
plical and second discal stigmata blackish, between these a roundish 
brown submedian blotch, margined on lower half by a larger 
trapezoidal blotch of grey suffusion resting on dorsum ; beyond 
second discal a large roundish blotch of grey suffusion, almost 
confluent with moderate grey fascia extending round apex and 
termen, indistinct blackish dots round apical and terminal margin: 
cilia greyish, darker-speckled and with darker subb isal shade, on 
tornus white. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish, a grey subbasal 
shade. 
Brazil, Teffe, January {Parish) ; 1 ex. 
Ptilogenes praenubila, n. sp. 
5 . 14 mm. Head, thorax grey, face whitish. Palpi white 
sprinkled black, anteriorly suffused dark grey. Forewings dilated; 
white, suffusedly irrorated grey on anterior half and thinly speckled 
posteriorly; a fine blackish-grey transverse strigula from costa 
very near base ; small grey spots on costa at 1 and middle, from 
first an indistinct grey line with some blackish scales indicating two 
or three dots, shortly indented near costa, then straight to dorsum 
at ; a transverse blackish-grey mark on end of cell; near beyond 
this a transverse blotch of brownish-grey suffusion ; a trapezoidal 
blotch of dark grey suffusion on dorsum beyond middle, from costa 
at | a blackish-grey line, shortly indented towards costa, then 
gently excurved to posterior angle of this but obsolescent near it; 
a fuscous patch occupying terminal area beyond this except on a 
costal spot following it and towards tornus : cilia fuscous. Hind- 
wings dark grey; cilia grey, a dark grey basal shade. 
Brazil, Teffe, December ( Parish ); 1 ex. 
Ptilogenes ichtliyodes, n. sp. 
cJ. 19 mm. Head grey, face white. Palpi grey sprinkled 
white. Thorax pale brownish, a transverse anterior and annular 
median shade fuscous. Forewings dilated, costa abruptly bent 
at | ; brownish ; dark brown oblique shades from costa at base 
and f reaching half across wing; a dark violet-grey oblong blotch 
along basal third of dorsum ; a slightly curved bluish-grey fascia 
crossing wing just beyond these markings; a dark brown suffused 
streak from beyond end of cell inwards-oblique to fold, 3 or 4 
white marks above median area of fold; a dark brown patch 
occupying apical area, margined by a slightly incurved blackish 
line from angle of costa to tornus, preceded on lower ^ by a grey 
fascia triangularly expanded towards dorsum, within this patch 
some black streaking between veins, and a roundish blotch indi¬ 
cated by blackish marginal suffusion anteriorly and an obscure 
