560 
EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOi'TERA. 
tibiae with loosely appressed hairs above. Forewings 2 rather 
remote, 3 from angle, 4 and 5 short-stalked, 7 and 8 out of 6, 7 to 
costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings under 1, elongate-trapezoidal, 
apex pointed, produced, termen slightly bisinuate, cilia over 1 ; 
without cubital pecten ; 2 from |, 3 and 4 connate, 5 rather 
approximated towards base, 6 and 7 short-stalked. 
Nearest in structure to Epithectis and Recurvaria. 
Eristhenodes tetrapetra, n. sp. 
2 . 9-10 mm. Head pale ochreous, four or five dark fuscous 
scales. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with black basal band 
and fine median ring, terminal joint with black basal band and 
broadly suffused towards apex. Thorax pale ochreous or brownish, 
sometimes partially irrorated blackish. Forewings rather elongate- 
lanceolate ; pale ochreous mixed brownish and sprinkled dark grey ; 
four broad irregular somewhat oblique dark fuscous fasciae irregularly 
connected in disc, more or less narrowed or partially obsolete towards 
dorsum : cilia pale ochreous sprinkled dark fuscous. Hindwings 
light bluish-grey ; cilia pale ochreous. 
Argentina, Alta Gracia, February (C. Bruch) ; 2 ex. 
Gelechia ophiomorpha, n. sp. 
$ . 16 mm. Head fuscous, sides of crown whitish, face whitish- 
fuscous. Palpi whitish, second joint fuscous except apex, terminal 
joint longer than second. Thorax light rosy-grey, three black dorsal 
lines, central shortened posteriorly, other two meeting before white 
posterior edge. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly 
arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; fuscous, 
rosy-tinged towards base ; a fine black very oblique line crossing 
fold from near base to | ; a blackish streak, suffused above and 
partially reddish-tinged in disc, from costa at ^ to fold at ^ of wing, 
thence angulated upwards to middle of disc, forming an arch edged 
whitish beneath, then continued straight through middle of disc to 
apex : cilia light brownish-ochreous with three irregular interrupted 
brown lines and a subbasal series of small blackish spots. Hind¬ 
wings about 1, termen hardly sinuate; slaty grey; cilia greyish- 
ochreous. 
Argentina, Alta Gracia, February (C . Bruch) ; 2 ex. Allied to 
the North American invariabilis Kearf. 
Phthorimaea aulorrhoa, n. sp. 
2- 11—14 mm. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous irregularly 
speckled dark brown. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second and terminal 
joints each with two bands of dark brown speckling. Forewings 
elongate-lanceolate ; brown speckled dark fuscous and blackish, 
all veins marked somewhat irregular ochreous-whitish lines; stig¬ 
mata black, sometimes indistinct, or plical and second discal forming 
