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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
a darker subbasal line. Genitalia : uncus long, slender, apex 
somewhat downcurved and acutely furcate; valvae very long, very 
narrow, rather upcurved towards apex, clothed with rough scales 
throughout; gnathos very long, narrow, gradually attenuated and 
slightly downcurved. 
Brazil, Jaragua, June, October ( Hoffmann ) ; 2 ex. (type Vienna 
Mus.). 
Urodus isoxesta, n. sp. 
< 5 .25-29 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax dark indigo-fuscous. 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, 
apex rounded-obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; deep fuscous- 
purple ; cilia purplish-bronze. Hindwings subhyaline, pale fuscous, 
terminal edge and cilia fuscous ; an expansible fuscous subcostal 
hairpencil from base reaching middle covered by fore wings ; 2 and 
3 connate or nearly approximated. Forewings 12 beneath with 
fringe of long depressed hairscales from base to near extremity, and 
moderate naked space beneath it. Genitalia : valvae forming long 
slender upcurved pointed hooks rising above very short uncus. 
Bolivia, Corvico, 4600 feet (Fassl) ; Costa Rica, Palo Verde, 
5200 feet; 2 ex. (type Vienna Mus.). 
A 
Urodus porphyrina, n. sp. 
c S 2 • 23-26 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark indigo-fuscous. 
Antennae dark blue-fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, somewhat 
dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely 
rounded ; deep indigo-purple : cilia bronzy-fuscous. Hindwings 
subhyaline, iridescent, clothed grey hairscales ; cilia bronzy-fuscous ; 
in 3 an expansible fuscous subcostal hairpencil from base reaching 
middle covered by forewiugs. Forewings 12 and 1 c beneath with 
fringes of long depressed scales from base to near extremity, and 
moderate naked spaces beneath. Genitalia: uncus moderate, 
thick, hardly curved, apex rounded ; gnathos rather long, narrow, 
rather expanded apically, obtuse : valvae long, narrow, apically 
upcurved, pointed. 
Colombia, Medina (5200 feet), Rio Negro (2700 feet); Costa 
Rica, Orosi, 4000 feet ; 4 ex., also 1 from same Costa Rica locality 
in Vienna Mu 3 . 
Urodus staphylina, n. sp. 
3 . 25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae dark fuscous-purple. 
Fore wings elongate, slightly dilated, costa moderately arched, 
termen rather obliquely rounded ; deep fuscous-purple ; markings 
obscure, suffused, rather light dull olive-greenish ; a blotch about 
fold at ; a transverse fasciate blotch from dorsum before tornus 
reaching f across wing ; a small almost terminal blotch beneath 
apex ; cilia purplish-fuscous. Hindwings light subhyaline grey, 
termen narrowly suffused darker grey, more broadly towards apex : 
cilia bronzy-grey. 
Brazil, Jaragua, June, November ( Hoffmann ); 2 ex. (type 
Vienna Mus.). 
