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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Guatemala, Cayuga, April ( Schaus) ; 2 ex. (type U.S. National 
Mus.). Allied to Walsingham’s Cryptolechia rhodosarca , which 
should also be referred to Hypercallia. 
Taruda haemoplecta, n. sp. 
(S . 12 mm. Head, thorax bronzy-fuscous. Palpi dark bronzy- 
fuscous, terminal joint pale grey posteriorly. Forewings elongate, 
slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex unevenly rounded, 
termen somewhat obliquely rounded; 2 from angle; ashy-grey; 
an elongate white costal blotch from near base to f, pointed 
anteriorly, its edge projecting obliquely beneath costa ; a rather 
curved-oblique dark fuscous fasciate streak from dorsum at ^ to 
disc; two closely appressed extremely oblique blackish-edged 
crimson lines from costa beyond middle to near apex, whitish at 
origin, lower incised beneath near tip; a small blackish apical spot 
surrounded crimson, beneath this a blackish mark touching termen; 
apical third round these markings pale yellow-brownish except a 
rounded grey blotch occupying lower part of termen: cilia light 
grey, a blackish basal shade. Hindwings costa slightly sinuate 
posteriorly; grey, extreme apex whitish-rosy ; cilia light grey, 
round apex whitish with blackish basal shade. 
Brazil, Guandu, October (F. Hoffmann) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
PHOLCOBATES, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 
Antennse over 1, <y simple, scape elongate, without pecten. Labial 
palpi very long, recurved, second joint smooth-scaled, terminal 
joint longer than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 
Posterior tibiae with appressed scales. Forewings 2 from 
3 remote, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings 
1 , oblong-ovate, termen rounded, cilia g ; 2-4 remote, equidistant, 
5 parallel, 6 and 7 nearly parallel. 
Seemingly an isolated form. 
Pholcobates fiagelliformis, n. sp. 
<3. 16 mm. Head, thorax iron-grey, face suffused whitish. 
Palpi white, second joint irrorated or strigulated black, terminal 
joint lined black. Forewings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa 
gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, hardly 
oblique; lilac-grey ; an attenuated white costal streak from base to 
about f-; a direct transverse whitish line at | from this to dorsum; 
an extremely oblique strong black line from middle of costa to A, 
where it meets apex of an incurved wh\te line anteriorly edged 
dark grey running to dorsum at f ; apical and terminal edge 
blackish, apical preceded by white suffusion: cilia white, a brown 
median line darker round apex. Hindwings grey, suffused white 
towards base ; cilia white, a brownish median shade. 
Brazil, Guandu, February (F . Hoffmann) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
