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EXOTIC MICROLEP1DOPTERA. 
Psamathocrita osseella Staint. 
I find from fresh material that the scape bears a pecten which, 
though fugitive and less developed, is similar to that of Apatetris, 
and as the palpi are also similar, the two genera are probably 
really closely related. 
Epithectis altivola, n. sp. 
3 . 12 mm. Head whitish-grey. Palpi white, second joint 
dark grey except apex, terminal joint with two dark grey rings. 
Thorax yellowish-grey. Porewings narrow, elongate-lanceolate ; 
grey-whitish; a dark grey basal patch somewhat mixed pale 
ochreous occupying 1 of wing, edge rather inwards-oblique from 
costa ; an elongate grey mark on costa beyond this; a triangular 
dark grey blotch somewhat tinged ochreous on costa rather 
beyond middle reaching more than half across wing, its apex 
truncate, some slight grey suffusion in disc preceding this ; stigmata 
small, black, plical suffused yellowish, rather obliquely before first 
discal; a small blackish dorsal spot beneath second discal, and a 
blackish dot between these; apical fifth suffused grey and ochreous, 
with some dark fuscous scales, a blackish dash on tornal edge, 
dark fuscous marks round remainder of edge: cilia light fuscous, 
suffusedly irrorated dark fuscous round apex, on costa obscurely 
barred whitish. Hind wings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Peru, Cocopata, 12,000 feet; 1 ex. Hear attributella Walk. 
Epithectis oxvmeris, n. sp. 
3 . 11 mm. Head, thorax white speckled dark fuscous. Palpi 
white, second joint sprinkled dark fuscous, terminal joint with 
blackish median ring. Porewings elongate-lanceolate; white, 
irregularly speckled dark fuscous; stigmata minute, blackish, 
plical rather obliquely before first discal: cilia whitish, basal half 
thinly sprinkled dark fuscous. Hindwings light grey; cilia 
whitish-grey. 
Texas, Alpine, 7000 feet, April; 1 ex. 
Epithectis osteosema, n. sp. 
3 5 . 15-17 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi yellow-whitish, 
basal half of second joint and subapical rings of second and terminal 
joints sometimes indistinctly grey. Thorax whitish-ochreous ante¬ 
riorly suffused grey. Porewings rather narrow, apex obtuse- 
pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; 
markings dark grey ; a spot on base of costa, sometimes extended 
to dorsum; an elongate spot on costa at ^ and small round spot 
close beneath it (first discal stigma) ; a semioval blotch along costa 
about | confluent with a spot beneath it (second discal stigma) ; 
some slight irroration or one or two dots on apical edge, and some¬ 
times on tornal edge: cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale 
greyish ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Colorado, Larima County, 5000-7000 feet, July, August; 3 ex. 
