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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Xmnia niphopelta, n. sp. 
$ . 21 mm. Head, thorax dark grey with bright silvery-blue 
metallic reflections, face and collar orange. Palpi orange-yellow, 
a dark fuscous lateral streak on upper half of second and very short 
terminal joint. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly 
gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat 
oblique; 7 and 8 stalked, 8 to apex; purple-blackish, costal edge 
grey; a white submedian streak almost from base to near middle ; 
some blue-leaden suffusion above this, and at apex beneath it, and 
a streak beneath anterior half of costa, stronger posteriorly; a 
tranverse-oval white blotch in disc beyond middle : cilia white, on 
basal third dark fuscous, on tornal area wholly grey. Hindwings 
bright iridescent purple-hyaline, veins dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous 
fascia round costa and apex, becoming narrow and irregular-edged 
on upper half of termen, on rest of termen linear with acute pro¬ 
jections on submedian and subdorsal folds ; cilia dark fuscous. 
British Hew Guinea, Biagi, Mambare B., 5000 feet (Meelc) ; 
1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). Belongs to the characteristic Papuan 
group with hyaline hindwings, but very distinct. 
Inmia acrognampta, n. sp. 
2 . 19 mm. Head fuscous, face and orbits whitish-ochreous. 
Palpi pale ochreous-yellowisb, short terminal joint and a lateral 
streax on second fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous. Forewings 
elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, ter¬ 
men rounded, somewhat oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked, 8 to apex; dark 
fuscous ; a slender whitish-yellow median streak from base to | ; 
extreme costal edge whitish towards middle ; a transverse ochreous- 
whitish postmedian streak, extremities bent outwards and indistinct: 
cilia white, a dark fuscous basal shade. Hindwings iridescent- 
blue-hyaline; veins dark fuscous; a dark fuscous costal band, 
continued as a broad fascia round apex and rapidly narrowed with 
irregular edge to middle of termen, thence slender to tornus, with 
acute projections on submedian and subdorsal folds and 1 c ; cilia 
light grey, a dark fuscous basal shade. 
British Hew Guinea, Biagi, Mambare It., 5000 feet (Meek) ; 
1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). Allied to niphopelta and nephelatma. 
Imma foliacea, n. sp. 
5 . 28 mm. Head green, crown mixed blackish. Palpi dark 
grey, second joint white towards apex. Thorax green, a blackish 
spot on shoulders, a posterior spot and apex of tegulse dark grey. 
Forewings rather elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique; 7 and 8 separate; green, 
irregularly sprinkled blackish ; costal edge whitish, on basal fourth 
and a median spot dark grey; irregular ill-defined markings of black 
suffusion, viz. some small spots near base, costal spots at | and 
middle and some marbling from to near apex, a vague streak 
from first costal spot- to middle of dorsum, a large blotch abo\e 
