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EXOTIC TUICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Episimus cyanitis, n. sp. 
3 . 14 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, face white. Palpi white, 
a fuscous spot on second joint. Thorax lilac-brown, two irregular 
ochreous-whitish transverse streaks. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 
dilated, costa gently arched, termen slightly sinuate, little oblique; 
ochreous-brown, dorsal area with irregular transverse striae of ochreous- 
whitish suffusion, terminal fourth of wing suffused ochreous-whitish 
except towards costa, remainder of wing suffusedly spotted fuscous- 
purple ; costa marked small dark purple-fuscous spots, one from middle 
emitting a very oblique curved-wedgeshaped streak representing 
end of central fascia, two pairs of whitish strigulae from costa before 
this and five beyond it, the first five pairs emitting short oblique 
blue-leaden strigae, the last of these running to termen beneath 
apex ; ocellus limited posteriorly by a short golden-metallic streak, 
preceded by three blackish linear dots : cilia ochreous-whitish, on 
costa brownish, on termen with narrow brownish bars with some 
dark scales. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, two grey shades. 
Uganda, Kampala, September ( H . Hargreaves) ; 1 ex. (Brit. 
Mus.), 
Bactra diachorda, n. sp. 
c?. 17 mm. Head, thorax light greyish-ochreous. Palpi light 
greyish-ochreous, a very oblique bar of dark fuscous suffusion. 
Forewings elongate, rather dilated, costa gently arched, termen 
straight, somewhat oblique ; pale greyish-ochreous, with whitish 
reflections, some scattered very minute strigulse of blackish-fuscous 
irroration on costa and dorsum, and some very fine short scattered 
longitudinal strigulae in disc ; an irregular blackish-brown median 
longitudinal streak from near base to apex, tending to be slightly 
interrupted beyond cell : cilia pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings 
light grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Brazil, Jaragua, July {Hoffmann) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). Aliied 
to seria . 
Lobesia clarisecta, n. sp. 
<3 $. 14 mm. Head light greyish. Palpi light greyish or light 
oehreous. Thorax brownish-grey, tegulse suffused paler or white. 
Forewings elongate-triangular, costa hardly arched, termen slightly 
rounded, oblique; white variably mixed grey ; basal patch slightly 
ochreous-tinged, enclosing a blackish somewhat oblique transverse 
streak near base angulated on fold, and limited by a similar grey or 
blackish streak parallel to it at about |; beyond this a subquadrate 
leaden-grey dorsal spot ; central fascia direct, much broader towards 
costa, upper half grey limited beneath by a thick oblique curved 
darker streak from anterior costal angle to posterior discal angle, its 
end marked with a white spot, lower half light oehreous or greyish- 
ochreous, much narrowed or sometimes obsolete dorsally ; a small 
blackish-grey spot on posterior costal angle of fascia, two others 
between this and apex, and one at apex, more or less produced on 
