TlNEIDiE. 
577 
from angle, 7 and 8 connate, 7 to costa, 10 from angle of accessory- 
cell, 11 from towards base. Hindwings 1, subovate, cilia |; 
2 from 3 from angle, 3-7 nearly parallel. 
Probably allied to the Asiatic Epicnaptis , though broader- 
winged. 
Autocnaptis sciospora, n. sp. 
<5 . 13 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi grey. Forewings 
rather elongate, costa-moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 
obliquely rounded ; white, strewn throughout with rather irregular 
grey dots : cilia white. Hindwings and cilia whitish-grey. 
Argentina, Alta Gracia, February (0. Bruch) ; 1 ex. 
PTILOPSALTIS, n. g. 
Head with short loose scales on crown, face with tolerably 
appressed scales; ocelli posterior; tongue absent. (Antennae 
broken.) Labial palpi moderately long, rather curved, subascending, 
second joint with rounded tuft of dense projecting scales beneath, 
terminal joint as long as second, rather slender, cylindrical, 
tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform. Hind 
tibiae rough-haired above. Fore wings 2 from towards ahgle, 3 from 
angle, 3 and 4 approximated, 7 to costa, 7-9 approximated, 11 from 
towards base. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia ^; 2 from |, 
3 from angle, 3 and 4 approximated, 5 and 6 rather approximated, 
6 to apex. 
Nearly allied to Pachypsaltis and Lindera , and superficially 
similar. 
Ptilopsaltis synchorista, n. sp. 
d 15 mm., $ 22 mm. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders 
dark fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint fulvous suffused 
dark fuscous towards base. Fore wings elongate, costa gently 
arched, more towards obtuse apex, termen obliquely rounded; 
whitish-ochreous, some scattered dark fuscous scales; markings 
dark fuscous; a spot on base of costa, and others at ^ and beyond 
middle; spots representing discal stigmata, first rather beyond 
second costal; a suffused dot representing plical stigma, obliquely 
before first discal, and a small indistinct spot on fold obliquely 
before second discal; a suffused spot in disc towards apex; 
a marginal series of small spots round posterior third of costa and 
termen : cilia ochreous-whitish, an indistinct greyish median shade. 
Hindwings pale greyish, rather darker posteriorly, an obscure 
greyish spot on costa towards apex; cilia grey-whitish, suffused 
greyish round apex. 
Trinidad, May (D . Vesey Fitzgerald ); 2 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Hapsifera fetialis Meyr. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, November, December (0. Bey del) ; 
a series of 17 examples of both sexes ( $ sometimes reaching 
vol. iv. —October 1935. 2 p 
