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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEHA. 
Thorax leaden-grey, tegulse tinged brownish. Forewings rather 
broad, slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, 
termen rounded, slightly oblique ; rather dark chestnut-brown, disc 
mostly suffused grey and somewhat sprinkled white; a transverse 
chestnut-brown spot on end of cell, finely edged white except 
beneath ; a leaden-grey fascia with some bluish-white marking on 
costal and dorsal thirds from costa at ^ to before tornus, upper 
half limited posteriorly b} T a slightly curved oblique dark fuscous 
streak edged whitish posteriorly, a sinuation below this ; some 
white terminal dots ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous with a blackish 
line interrupted in middle of termen. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia 
pale greyish, a blackish-grey median shade. 
Brazil, Guandu, January (F 7 . Hoffmann ); 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Allied to byssoffianes Meyr., and probably to apticalis Busck. 
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Ptilogenes steloglypta, n. sp. 
<3 .23-25 mm. Head white, crown suffused pale brownish- 
ochreous except margins. Palpi white, second joint with broad 
fuscous external streak on basal |, terminal joint with basal and 
subapical fuscous rings. '“Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax whitish, 
eight or more blotches of light brownish-ochreous suffusion. 
Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft whitish, suffused brownish above. 
Fore wings suboblong, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 
rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; whitish, some¬ 
what mixed light brownish-ochreous ; markings ochreous-brown ; 
an irregular interrupted almost basal transverse streak ; an 
irregular fascia at jf, broadest in middle, attenuated or broken 
towards costa, followed by a rather curved series of small partially 
confluent spots; a broad transverse median fascia, narrowed 
on costa, second discal. stigma forming a conspicuous black trans¬ 
verse spot on its posterior margin, with two or three black dots 
directed obliquely inwards from each extremity ; a slightly curved 
fascia from f of costa to tornus, somewhat narrowed on tornus; 
a prseterminal series of small partially confluent more infuscated 
spots, alternating with a terminal series of brown dots : cilia 
whitish, chequered pale brownish-ochreous. Hindwings dark 
grey; cilia whitish-grey, a grey subbasal shade. 
French Guiana, B. Maroni; 2 ex. Also 1 from same locality in 
Coll. Paravicini. Nearest batrachopis. 
Ptilogenes galeomorpha, n. sp. 
§ . 24 mm. Head rather dark purplish-brown, face whitish. 
(Palpi broken.) Thorax white, teguke mixed pale lilac-grey. 
Abdomen grey, apex whitish. Forewings moderate, costa moder¬ 
ately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, rather oblique ; pale 
ochreous ; costa slenderly coppery-grey from near base to near 3, 
where it forms a short transverse mark ; costal edge beyond this 
white; plica! stigma minute, blackish, second discal forming 
