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EXOTIC 2TICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
shade clear of greyish irroration; posterior part of costa and 
termen obscurely spotted greyish: cilia white, base slightly 
spotted grey irroration. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish. 
Hew Mexico, Bent, 7000 feet, October; 1 ex. This interesting 
insect (of non-American type) appears truly related to the two 
African species of the genus. 
Antaeotricha cyprodeta, n. sp. 
c 5 5 • 15-17 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi white, a short 
dark fuscous lateral dash at base of second joint. Forewings 
elongate, costa slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 
rounded, slightly oblique ; 7 and 8 coincident, to costa; white ; 
some irregular light grey suffusion or marbling in cell, in 2 more 
extensive and reaching costa; two undefined darker greyish spots 
in disc anteriorly; a dark grey dot on lower angle of cell and 
fine grey strigula above it; a short light grey transverse shade 
beyoud cell, and another from costa at f to tornus, slightly 
indented near costa; two spots of grey suffusion on posterior 
half of dorsum; a coppery terminal fascia narrowed to tornus, 
anterior portion suffused grey and suffusedly irrorated white, 
tending to indicate alternate streaks : cilia white, a dark grey 
subbasal and fuscous postmedian shade except on tornus. Hind- 
wings B grey-whitish, £ light grey ; in B costal area somewhat 
expanded from base to |, with thin whitish hairpencil lying in 
a subcostal groove from base to beyond middle. 
Brazil, Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul, 1 B ; also 1 5 i 11 Coll. 
Joannis from Organ Mountain, Hova Friburgo. Allied to 
acronejphela. 
Antaeotricha serarcha, n. sp. 
$. 24 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint and base 
of terminal suffused grey. Thorax white, a T-shaped blackish- 
grey spot in middle of back and a dot on shoulder, posterior crest 
ferruginous somewhat mixed grey. Forewings elongate, costa 
anteriorly moderately, posteriorly slightly arched, apex obtuse, 
termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 2-4 closely approximated 
from angle, 7 to costa ; white; some grey mottling on basal filth 
of costa ; some indistinct suffused light grey mottling occupying 
cell, and faint grey suffusion towards dorsum beneath this ; a spot 
of dark fuscous irroration on dorsum towards base edged beneath 
with ferruginous projecting scales ; small oblique grey marks on 
dorsum at J- and |; two black dots on end of cell, upper larger, an 
8-shaped ring of light grey suffusion surrounding these; two 
parallel slightly curved light grey transverse shades posteriorly, not 
reaching costa ; a marginal series of grey dots round apex and 
termen: cilia white, on termen base spotted light grey and outer 
half suffused pale greyish. Hindwings 3 and 4 in one wing 
connate, in the other (probably abnormal) coincident; pale 
whitish-grey-ochreous ; cilia white, basal third tinged ochreous. 
Brazil, Caraca ; 1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). Belongs to the basalis 
group, but" not very close to any described species. 
