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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
more or less variable dark grey irroration on edges of groundcolour 
between these, increased at 3 , §, and apex to form more or less 
developed grey fasciae : cilia yellow-whitish, barred greyish or pale 
orange on markings. Hindwings whitish, with about six orange 
bands crossing all segments, edged with some irregular blackish 
scales, or in one example almost obliterated with blackish scales ; 
cilia as in forewings. 
British New Guinea, Owgarra ( Meek)\ 2 ex. (on© of these in 
Coll. Paravicini). 
Orneodes trachydesma, n. sp. 
c?. 20 mm. Head, thcrax ochreous-whitish, a few fuscous 
scales. Palpi long, curved, ascending, whitish, second joint 
thickened with slightly rough scales, tinged fuscous towards base, 
terminal joint more than half second, moderate, tolerably pointed. 
Antennae subdentate, ciliations if. Abdomen ochreous-whitish 
dorsally suffused light fuscous. Porewings ochreous-whitish; base 
irregularly sprinkled fuscous ; a moderate ill-defined fascia of light 
fuscous suffusion on segments 2-5, followed by a fainter fascia, 
separated by whitish bars from a third pale greyish fascia becoming 
obsolete on segment 5; tips of segments white: cilia ochreous- 
whitish, on third fascia and bejxmd it pale brownish-ochreous. 
Hindwings whitish ; base sprinkled brown ; a brownish fascia at | 
and curved fuscous postmedian fascia, both clothed with very long 
roughly erect fuscous hairscales, between these some fuscous irrora¬ 
tion : cilia whitish, on fasciae fuscous. 
Bolivia, Prov. del Sara, Hep. Sta. Cruz, 1500 feet, January 
( Steinbach ) ; 1 ex. 
Orneodes microdesma, n. sp. 
2 . 18 mm. Head whitish, crown spotted dark grey. Palpi 
rather short, slender, ascending, grey, terminal joint short, whitish 
with grey median ring. Antennae whitish. Thorax whitish 
irrorated dark grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish irrorated dark 
grey. Forewings whitish-ochreous, basal area suffusedly irrorated 
dark grey ; segment 1 suffused grey, with seven fine white bars, 
a white costal dot between second and third ; segments 2-6 with 
four series of slender white bars rather broadly edged dark grey : 
cilia grey, mixed white on bars, mostly dark grey at base between 
bars, at apex grey with whitish tips. Hindwings whitish, base 
suffused grey ; segment 1 with four dark grey bands, third whitish- 
ochreous except ends ; segments 2-5 with about ten series of dark 
grey slender bars; segment 6 as segment 1 , but fourth band 
reduced to a narrow bar ; cilia whitish, somewhat mixed dark grey 
on broader markings. 
British. New Guinea, Biagi, Mambare B., 5000 feet (. Meeh ); 
1 ex. 
Orneodes eurynephela, n. sp. 
3 . 20 mm. Head dark grey, frontal bar cream-white, face 
whitish mixed grey. Palpi moderate, slender, ascending, grey, 
terminal joint short, whitish with grey median bar. Antennae 
cream-wbite. Thorax blackish-grey, posterior half ochreous-yellow, 
