858 • 
EXOTIC M1CROLEPIDOPTERA. 
PHILAUSTEHA, n. g. 
Head densely rough-haired on crown, face with appressed scales; 
ocelli posterior; tongue developed. Antennae 4 (?), in simple, 
scape moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, 
with appressed scales, terminal joint somewhat longer than second, 
pointed. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, porrected. Posterior 
tibiae smooth-scaled. Porewings 2 from towards angle, 3-5 rather 
approximated, 7 to termen, 10 absent, 11 from middle. Hind- 
wings slightly under 1, elongate-trapezoidal, cilia 4 ; 2 remote, 
3 and 4 connate, 6 absent, 7 to apex. 
Philaustera signigera, n. sp. 
6 17 mm. Head, thorax grey-whitish. Palpi grey. Abdomen 
tinged rosy-pink. Porewings elongate, slightly dilated, apex 
obtuse-pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique; whitish, whiter 
towards margins, suffusedly clouded light brownish in disc, and 
strewn with small indistinct transverse strigulm of dark fuscous 
irroration; a smaller irregular-edged black spot on middle of 
dorsum ; a cloudy blackish spot in disc above this ; a transverse 
suboval blackish blotch towards termen in middle, anterior edge 
somewhat excavated in middle and. preceded by white suffusion ; 
adjoining this a narrow terminal fascia of fuscous marbling, with 
a terminal series of black dots, and dark fuscous marginal dots 
preceding apex and tornus : cilia whitish, purple-fuscous patches 
above apex and on lower half of termen, base yellowish within a 
fuscous subbasal line on upper part .of termen. Hindwings light 
grey ; cilia pale ochreous-greyish. 
Colombia, San Antonio, 6600 feet, Pebruary; 1 ex. 
SEEJC0ST0LA, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli posterior; tongue absent. 
Antennae § (?), in pubescent, scape moderate, without pecten. 
Labial palpi rather long, curved, ascending, rough-scaled anteriorly 
throughout, terminal joint longer than second, pointed. Maxillary 
palpi absent. Posterior tibiae with appressed scales. Porewings 15 
very short-furcate, 2 from towards angle, 3 and 4 short-stalked 
from angle, 5 and 6 parallel, 7 and 8 nearly approximated at base, 
7 to termen, 8 to costa, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, 
trapezoidal-ovate, cilia |; 2 from near angle, 3 and 4 stalked from 
angle, 5-7 nearly approximated towards base. 
Allied to Do.vophyrtis. 
Sericostola rhodanopa, n. sp. 
<y 2 • 26-34 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale ochreous. Fore¬ 
wings elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, rather oblique ; pale ochreous, 
sometimes partially or mostly suffused brown, lightest on dorsal 
area, veins sometimes partly marked brown lines; a variable 
