GELECHIADiE. 
83 
Nematochares citraulax, n. sp. 
J . 14 mm. Head bronzy-metallic, face brassy, sidetnfts and 
collar orange. Palpi yellow, terminal joint partly greyish towards 
base. Thorax metallic-bronze. Forewings elongate, costa nearly 
straight, arched towards obtuse-pointed apex, termen obliquely 
rounded; dark purplish ; a rounded orange basal spot; beyond 
this on costa a narrow attenuated pale yellow streak to |, terminated 
basally by a small dark purple spot and cut near base by another ; 
some pale greenish-yellow longitudinal streaks, viz. one above middle 
from -1- of wing to end of cell, two from just beyond end of cell to 
costa before apex and middle of termen respectively, one from basal 
spot below middle curved to termen above tornus: cilia purplish- 
grey, tips paler. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia grey, a dark 
fuscous basal shade. 
Brazil, Parangua, May ( Penther ); 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
IPHXaMACHAEKA, n. g. 
Head loosely haired on crown, face smooth; ocelli posterior; 
tongue developed. Antennae 3 very shortly ciliated, scape 
elongate, without peeten. Labial palpi extremely long, slender, 
recurved, second joint much exceeding crown, smooth-scaled, 
terminal joint as long as second, acute. Maxillary palpi absent. 
Posterior tibiae rough-scaled above. Forewings 2 from |, 3 from 
angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from slightly before middle. 
Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, termen not sinuate, cilia g ; 
2 from |, 3 from angle, 3 and 4 approximated at base, 5 less 
approximated, transverse vein very oblique inwards from 5 to 6, 
6 and 7 short-stalked, 6 to apex. 
A peculiar form of quite uncertain affinity, but possibly related 
to the preceding. 
Xphimacliaera decapitata, n. sp. 
d . 19 mm. Head whitish. Palpi second joint greyish-ochreous, 
posteriorly whitish, tip blackish, terminal joint whitish with blackish 
median and subapical bands. Antennae whitish ringed dark fuscous. 
Thorax fuscous, collar white, incision of neck crimson. Forewings 
elongate, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 
rather obliquely rounded ; light brownish with whitish reflections, 
irrorated dark fuscous ; a triangular whitish-yellow blotch on costa 
before middle, anterior edge dark fuscous, extended as a rather 
oblique dark fuscous line to fold ; a blackish spot on upper angle of 
cell, and a dot beneath this; costal edge shortly ochreous-whitish 
about |; apical edge blackish : cilia pale brownish. Hindwings and 
cilia pale greyish. 
Brazil, 8ao Paulo, Iporanga, June (If. Spitz)] 1 ex. (Vienna 
Mus.). 
Ptilothyris climacista Meyr. 
3. 22 mm. Palpi yellow. Antennal pectinations a 4, 6 2. 
Forewings very narrow, dark purple-fuscous ; elongate subhyaline 
g 2 
