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HABROPHYLAX, n. g. 
Head with appresaed scales; ocelli posterior; tongue short. 
Antennae 1, c? serrulate, minutely ciliated, scape moderate, without 
pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, slightly curved, subascending, 
second joint not reaching base of antennae, with appressed scales, 
terminal joint slightly shorter than second, slender, pointed. 
Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae shortly rough-haired 
above, middle tarsi with 3, posterior tarsi with 4 joints thickened 
with scales forming apical protuberances above. Forewings 2 from 
rather near angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 
Hindwings 1, rather elongate-ovate, cilia |; 2 from |, 3 and 4 
connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 
Belongs to the Cryptolechia group, but exact affinity doubtful. 
Habrophylax chalcochtha, n. sp. 
d. 17 mm. Head light brownish, forehead with silvery- 
whitish reflections. Palpi dark fuscous, second joint suffused 
white towards apex and interiorly, tip of terminal joint white. 
Thorax light crimson. Fore wings somewhat elongate, costa 
moderately arched at extremities, faintly sinuate in middle, apex 
rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded: dark bronzy-brown, 
posteriorly irregularly speckled whitish; a broad light brassy- 
yellow pointed costal stripe almost from base to near apex, its 
costal edge dark brown, lower edge suffused; a suffused pale 
brassy-yellowish dorsal stripe from a light crimson spot at base to 
near tornus: cilia rather dark bronzy-brown. Hindwings grey; 
cilia light grey ; 
Bkazil, Sao Paulo, Alto da Serra, March (R. Spitz ); 1 ex. 
(Vienna Mus.). 
PETALOSTOMA, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli posterior; tongue short. 
Antennse i, o filiform, simple, scape moderate, without pecten. 
Labial palpi moderately long, recurved, <$ second joint elongate- 
suboval, laterally strongly compressed, externally scaled, internally 
smooth, flat, edge slightly thickened, terminal joint about | of 
second, slender, pointed; £ second joint normal, cylindrical, 
terminal joint nearly as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary 
palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae loosely haired. Forewings 2 from 
towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 
Hindwings ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 
parallel. 
Allied to Meleonoma. 
Petalostoma lygrod.es, n. sp. 
8 $ . 10-11 mm. Head pale yellowish, sometimes infuscated, 
face yellow-whitish. Palpi pale ochreous-yellowish, terminal joint 
and upper part of second more or less suffused grey or fuscous 
