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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Machlotica porphyrospila, n. sp. 
c 3 . 13 ram. Head, thorax dark indigo-fuscous, collar bronzy, 
tegulae indigo-greenish. Palpi fulvous. Forewings 2 from near 
angle; deep fulvous; base narrowly indigo-greenish, followed by a 
purple fascia edged black posteriorly, narrowed towards costa, where 
it is separated from preceding by a blackish spot; slightly oblique 
purple black-edged streaks from costa at -I, and -i, reaching half 
across wing, and a small spot on middle of costa; an erect purple 
black-edged spot on middle of dorsum ; an S-shaped purple fascia 
from dorsum before tornus reaching | across wing, its apex con¬ 
nected with postmedian costal streak by a black spot; an elongate 
purple spot on tornus ; a short green-metallic streak from costa near 
apex ; a dark fuscous blotch resting on termen, and extending to 
S-shaped streak, but not reaching costa or dorsum; a green and 
purple dot in this on middle of termen : cilia grey, basal half dark 
fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, suffused dark fuscous towards termen 
and on apical third; cilia grey, basal third dark fuscous. 
Peru, Cocapata, 12,000 feet; 1 ex. 
Machlotica eurymolybda, n. sp. 
6 • 11 mm. Head, thorax dark indigo-fuscous. Palpi whitish, 
anteriorly blackish (injured). Forewings 2 from J; glossy purple- 
leaden, with metallic-green reflections on costal half; a rounded 
blotch of longitudinal blackish and whitish striation resting on 
costa before middle and nearly reaching half across wing ; a fulvous 
patch occupying costal half from beyond middle to apex, and con¬ 
taining two rather oblique streaks of groundcolour edged black 
from costa not quite reaching half across wing, first broader and 
rather irregular: cilia purplish-grey, a dark grey basal line, tips 
whitish. Hindwings fuscous, apex and termen suffused dark fuscous; 
cilia pale greyish, basal third dark grey, tips whitish. 
Peru, Cocapata, 12,000 feet; 1 ex. 
Cronicombra essedaria, n. sp. 
. 11 mm. Head dark fuscous, a fine white line on side of face. 
Palpi whitish, second joint with very long rough projecting tuft of 
scales beneath, whitish on apical edge, termiual joint lined blackish. 
Thorax dark fuscous, three pale greyish-ochreous lines. Forewings 
2 from i; dark fuscous; two parallel pale greyish-ochreous lines 
from just beneath costa at base to middle of disc, and a similar very 
oblique line from costa at F to just beyond their apex; a fulvous 
patch occupying costal half from before t to apex; pale green- 
metallic black-edged markings in this as follows, viz. oblique streaks 
from costa at and § reaching nearly half across wing, a dot on 
costa between these, another at | followed by two oblique strigulae, 
two dots just before termen, and two specks surrounded by dark 
grey suffusion in disc preceding these; a similar oblique streak from 
dorsum at § reaching | across wing; a shorter oblique purple- 
metallic black-edged streak from dorsum before tornus, a spot on 
