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EXOTIC HICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Diptychophora cnemoptila, u. sp. 
(S. 9 mm. Head, palpi, thorax brown. Anterior legs white; 
posterior tibiae short, spurs apparently obsolete, thickened apical 
tufts of whitish and whitish-ochreous hairs with some black scales 
internally. Forewings dull purplish irrorated fuscous, tinged crim¬ 
son towards costa; first and second lines blackish-grey, first 
irregular, angulated above middle, second rather excurved from 
costa to fold, then straight; discal spot represented by two small 
round orange spots placed transversely ; a very oblique wedge- 
shaped silvery-white spot from costa posteriori}'almost reaching apex, 
'costa above it orange : cilia silvery-white, dull purplish spots at 
apex and in middle of termen, a fine blackish basal line on apex and 
termen. Hind wings light grey; cilia whitish, a grey subbasal line. 
British Guiana, Bartica, January ( Parish J; 1 ex. 
Diptychophora melistoma, n. sp. 
<5 . 12 mm. Head, thorax white. Labial palpi grey with an 
ochreous-yellow longitudinal blotch not reaching base or apex. 
Maxillary palpi white, base oehreous.-yellow mixed grey. Abdo¬ 
men white, segments 2-5 tinged ochreous with fine grey marginal 
rings. Forewings whitish; some grey irroration near base, and 
a grey spot on costa, beyond this a fascia of grey suffusion, 
orange-yellow on costa and including a yellowish submedian 
spot; first line straight, blackish, costal end slightly bent, yellowish; 
a broad median fascia of grey irroration extending to strongly 
excurved dark grej’ second line except towards costa, terminated 
on costa bj T an oiange-yellow blotch and enclosing an 8-shaped 
discal spot outlined dark grey and with lower half filled pale 
yellowish; costal end of second line orange-yellow ; apical area 
orange-yellow, enclosing an oval white spot edged grey; rest of 
terminal area irrorated grey, termen narrowly orange-yellow above 
and below middle, on lower portion with three black dots : cilia 
grey-whitish with dark grey subbasal line and apical shade. Hind- 
wings 3 and 4 remote ; grey-whitish, termen narrowly grey ; cilia 
as in forewings. 
China, Kwanhsien, August ( Franck ); 1 ex. 
Diptychophora microcyina, n. sp. 
cf. 12 mm. Head whitish, sides of face light greyish-ochreous. 
Labial palpi whitish, a bar on second joint and longitudinal streak 
on terminal joint dark grey. Maxi!lary palpi whitish, base dark 
grey. Thorax light greyish-ochreous, somewhat mixed whitish. 
Forewings ochreous-whitish ; some light greyish-ochreous suffusion 
towards base ; first and second lines indistinct, light ochreous-grey, 
forming oblique darker grey marks on costa, first angulated above 
middle, second strongly excurved from costa to fold; a less distinct 
grey oblique mark between theseion costa ; discal spot represented 
by two grey dots slightly obliquely placed ; a greyish-ochreous 
