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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
of spurs (tarsi broken). Forewings 2 from angle, 2-4 closely 
approximated towards base, slightly curved, 5 straight, 6 to apex, 
8 absent, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings nearly 1 , elongate- 
ovate, cilia i ; 2 from |, 3 and 4 connate from angle, 5 nearly 
parallel, 6 and 7 somewhat approximated towards base. 
Allied to Percnarcha. 
Mackaerocrates tunicata, n. sp. 
$ . 16 mm. Head metallic violet-grey. Palpi dark grej’, 
suffused pinkish posteriorly and towards base. Thorax light 
ochreous-reddish, a broad dark grey median stripe. Abdomen 
stout, dark grey, a reddisli-oclireous subbasal ring. Forewings 
elongate, dilated, costa anteriorly sinuate, posteriorly arched, apex 
rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; light ochreous-red; 
a dark purple-grey apical patch occupying I- of wing, edge suffused, 
irregular : cilia dark grey. Hindwings hyaline, veins blackish ; 
a dark purplish-grey patch occupying nearly apical half of wing, 
edge irregular, prolonged as a slender streak along termen ; cilia 
grey. 
Paraguay, S. Bernardino, February; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
FTEROPHOXilDiE. 
Platyptilia senmopis, n. sp. 
S $ . 24-25 mm. Head whitish, sometimes mixed greyish- 
ockreous, a strong frontal tuft. Palpi moderate, porrected, fuscous 
sprinkled white. Thorax ochreous-brownish or fuscous. Fore¬ 
wings apex pointed, termen somewhat oblique, first segment sinuate, 
second rather prominent in middle ; fuscous, irregularly sprinkled 
dark fuscous; two obscure spots of darker suffusion obliquely 
placed in disc before middle; a triangular dark fuscous blotch on 
costa before cleft, apex reaching below cleft, posterior side margined 
white suffusion ; a band of dark fuscous suffusion crossing both 
segments beyond cleft, margined posteriorly by a white line on 
first segment, in one specimen continued also across second : cilia 
light greyish, two undefined groups of blackish scales on lower 
margin of each segment, and one on dorsum before first costal 
blotch, an interrupted subbasal line on termen. Hindwings dark 
grey ; cilia grey, third segment with scattered blackish basal scales 
on dorsum and a wedge-shaped scaletooth in middle. 
Brazil, Jaragua and Gfuandu, November (A 7 . Hoffmann ); 2 ex. 
(type Vienna Mus.). Allied to North American carduidactyla , but 
much darker. 
Pteropliorus eparches, n. sp. 
(5 . 24-25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale ockreous. Forewings 
first segment moderate, pointed, second equally broad, termen 
