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EXOTIC MICROLEPJDOPTERA. 
-wings termen straight, rather oblique ; 9 separate; pale ochreous; 
slightly irregular brown strias speckled blackish from before middle 
of costa to beyond middle of dorsum, and from costa at | to tornus, 
first sometimes edged posteriorly by a brown spot on costa, second 
followed by some brown suffusion beneath costa and two small 
costal spots, sometimes another small spot on costa beyond middle ; 
sometimes some fuscous irroration along termen: cilia pale 
ochre >us. Hindwings light grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 
Brazil, Para, July (Parish); Bolivia, Prov. del Sara, Dept. 
Sta. Cruz, 1500 feet; 4 ex. Exceptional in separation of vein 9 
of forewmgs, but otherwise clearly congeneric ; hence this character 
must not be pressed. 
Sparganothis ithyclina, n. sp. 
<ff. 24-25 mm. Head, thorax light yellowish. Palpi 3, orange- 
yellowish. Antennal ciliations 3. Forewings somewhat dilated, 
costa without fold, termen somewhat oblique ; yellow suffusedly 
strigulated ferruginous-orange ; markings fuscous ; some small 
spots on or near dorsum anteriorly and in disc about ^ ; a moderate 
fascia from costa about to dorsum towards tornus, from its middle 
an irregular broader fascia runs to costa posteriorly, terminating 
in 3 or 4 small costal spots ; two or three cloudy dots towards 
median area of termen : cilia yellow, on termen suffused orange 
and spotted fuscous. Hindwings w’hitish-ochreous, posteriorly 
faintly marbled pale brown-greyish ; cilia whitish-ochr.eous. 
Colombia, Alto de las Ances, 7250 feet, March, April; 2 ex. 
Amorbia zymogramma, n. sp. 
5 . 19 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish-fleshcolour tinged 
ochreous and speckled fuscous, palpi 4^. Fore wings oblong, costa 
anteriorly strongly arched, then slightly sinuate, termen slightly 
oblique ; pale greyish-fieshcolour, scatter* d grejush strigulae and a 
few raised black specks ; markings pale rosy-brownish ; a small 
basal patch, edge oblique ; central fascia moderate, from costa at | 
to dorsum at J, edged anteriorly with a series of black raised dots; 
costal patch semioval, extending from middle of costa to |, from 
its middle a line of raised scales mixed blackish runs to tornus ; 
a terminal streak narrowed downwards to a point, edged ante¬ 
riorly by a similar row of scales : cilia whity-brownish, a dark 
brown subbasal shade. Hindwings pale ochreous-greyish with 
faint pinkish tinge ; cilia pinky-whitish, a light greyish subbasal 
shade. 
Peru, Cocapata, 12,000 feet; 1 ex. 
Ardeutica spumosa Meyr. 
Several specimens from Mt. Toliroa (5600 feet) and San Antonio 
(66U0 feet), Colombia, prove that this is a species of excessive 
variability, and that the very different-looking semipicta Meyr. is 
only a form of it. One form resembles semijhcta but has an oval 
ochreous-brown white-edged blotch resting on costa near apex ; 
