540 
EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
filiform, pointed. Posterior tibiae with appressed scales. Pore- 
wings elongate-triangular, terminal fifth cleft into six lobes ; 1 b 
running to dorsum before fifth cleft, 2 from of cell, running to 
segment 6, 3 from near 2, running to segment 5, 4 from near 
angle, running to segment 4, 5 from angle, running to segment 3, 
6 from near upper angle, running fo segment 2, 7 from upper angle, 
running to apex, 8, 9, 10 out of 7, 11 from J- of cell, 12 running to 
costa beyond middle. Hindwings 1, subovate, terminal fifth cleft 
in six lobes ; 1 b running to segment 6, 2 absent, 3 from beyond 
middle of cell, running to segment 5, 4 from near angle, running 
to segment 4, 5 from angle, running to segment 3, 6 parallel to 7, 
running to segment 2, 7 from angle, running to apex, 8 diverging 
from near base, running to costa towards apex. 
Nearest to Triscaeclecia , and implying an earlier form more 
primitive than either. 
Hexeretmis argo, n. sp. 
d . 36 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 
second joint suffused reddish-ochreous above, especially towards 
middle. Thorax pale ochreous, a transverse median band of irre¬ 
gular fuscous suffusion. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, segments 2-4 
ferruginous-brown. Fore wings whitish-ochreous, some irregular 
brownish-yellow suffusion beneath costa throughout, a dorsal stripe 
and terminal third of wing tinged brownish-ochreous ; a blotch of 
brown suffusion in middle of base; costal edge blackish on two 
anterior longer and four posterior shorter spaces, at each end of 
these slight whitish suffusion ; discal stigmata small, dark fuscous ; 
a slightly curved transverse suffused dark brown streak at § not 
reaching costa, tending to be broken into lunulate spots, connected 
in middle by a dark brown blotch with base of third cleft; a dark 
fuscous dot on base of each cleft; minute black dots indicated on 
sides of each lobe towards apex, these larger and darker on edges 
of third cleft: cilia pale ochreous, with slight indications of bars 
of fuscous mixture. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, lobes tinged 
brownish-ochreous ; a moderately broad dark brown fascia at 
narrowed upwards; a dark fuscous discal dot before middle ; a 
slightly curved waved fuscous transverse line at -|; dark fuscous 
marks at base of clefts, and a spot on costa in line with these ; 
distinct dark fuscous dots on each side of lobes towards apex ; cilia 
as in forewings, dorsal cilia long and dense, pale ochreous. 
Peru (S.E.), La Oroya, It. Imamhari, 3000 feet ( Ockenden ): 1 ex. 
(Coll, Paravicini). 
CAKPOSINIDtE. 
Carposina thermurga, n. sp. 
I propose this name for Carposina ferruginea Meyr. Exot. Micr. 
iii, 137, in naming which I accidentally overlooked the prior C. 
ferruginea Wals. 
