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‘irregular streak of dark brown suffusion from base of costa, through 
middle of disc to apex, beneath it an indistinct streak of whitish 
or whitish-ochreous suffusion, forming an irregular more con¬ 
spicuous pale or white expanded spot on end of cell, some dark 
fuscous markings on dividing edge between these in disc; some¬ 
times a few large dark fuscous dots strewn especially between 
veins 9-11; terminal area strewn small white dots, some of these 
sometimes tending to form a prsemarginal stria ; three larger black 
dots on tornal margin : cilia glossy whitish-ochreous, at apex a spot 
of fuscous suffusion. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Colombia, Mt. Socorro (12,500 feet), San Antonio (6600 feet); 
3 ex. 
Acrolepia chalarodesma, n. sp. 
c S . 7 mm. Head, thorax white, somewhat speckled light 
greyish-ochreous. Palpi white, terminal joint with greyish- 
ochreous supramedian ring. Porewings 3 and 4 stalked ; white 
speckled ochreous-grey, tending to form fine transverse strigulae; 
markings ochreous suffusedlv irrorated grey ; a small elongate spot 
on fold at ^ ; a narrow slightly curved and slightly oblique median 
fascia ; a narrow irregular fascia from of costa to torn us, abruptly 
constricted below middle: cilia whitish, two lines of blackish 
irroration. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale ochreous-grey. 
Natal, Rietvlei, February; 1 ex. (Coll. Jatise). 
Acrolepia prasinaula, n. sp. 
. 17 mm. Head whitish-green, sidetufts brown. Palpi 
slender, white, terminal joint blackish towards tip. Thorax dark 
fuscous. Forewings dark fuscous ; markings pale sea-green ; a 
moderate fascia near base, widening downwards and continued as a 
dorsal streak to tornus, its upper edge convex to near tornus and 
reaching half across wing beyond middle, then ending in a short 
prominence ; minute dots on costa at ^ and middle, and a small spot 
containing a minute blackish costal strigula at § ; a spot on costa at 
apex: cilia pale greyish, a fuscous suffused shade mixed darker, a 
white spot below apex, on costal spot wholly white. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, a greyish basal shade round apex. 
Colombia, Mt. Tolima, 12,500 feet, December; 1 ex. 
Acrolepia leucoscia, n. sp. 
. 17-18 mm. Head white. Palpi grey sprinkled white. 
Thorax white, shoulders tinged grey. Forewings light ochreous- 
grey, suffused white towards dorsum and termen, sometimes a few 
scattered dark fuscous scales : cilia white, sometimes two or three 
faint greyish lines. Hindwings grey-whitish; cilia ochreous- 
whitish. 
Texas, Alpine, 5000 feet, April; 4 ex. 
