TINEIDiE. 
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suboblong, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, termen rounded, 
slightly oblique; all veins separate; pale greyish-ochreous, 
suffusedly irrorated light brownish ; a costal series of short fuscous 
strigulae ; spots of fuscous suffusion beneath middle of wing and on 
end of cell; three suffused fuscous dots in a transverse series 
towards termen above middle : cilia pale greyish-ochreous suffusedly 
irrorated brownish. Abdomon thinly hairy. Genitalia : uncus 
simple, moderate, slender, attenuated, obliquelydowncurved, pointed; 
valva elongate, moderate, of even width, apex rounded. 
Virgin Is., St. Thomas, March ( Gudmanri) \ 1 ex. (Vienna 
Mus.). 
Acrolophus chonactis, n. ep. 
$, 21 mm. Head, palpi, thorax brown irrorated dark brown, 
palpi extremely long, strongly recurved, reaching end of thorax, 
clothed throughout with very long roughly expanded spatulate 
hairscales. Antennae flat-dentate and moderately ciliated through¬ 
out. Abdomen fuscous, densely hairy on basal half. Genitalia : 
uncus triangularly expanded basally, moderate, simple, slender, 
rather curved, acute ; valva elongate, moderate, extremity with 
short spines at each angle, notched between these. Forewings 
moderately broad, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, termen 
rounded, slightly oblique ; all veins separate; brown somewhat 
mixed darker, some slight obscure darker strigulse, especially 
towards costa posteriorly; a small dark brown spot on end of cell, 
from this a rather oblique gradually expanded shade of dark brown 
suffusion to tornns : cilia brown. Hind wings dark grey; cilia 
grey. 
Brazil, Petropolis, December (J. G. Foetterle ) ; 1 ex. (Vienna 
Mus.). 
Acrolophus sagaritis, n. sp. 
S . 23-26 mm. Head, palpi, thorax fuscous, palpi extremely 
long, strongly recurved, with dense rough scales, reaching middle 
of thorax or beyond. Antennae with long laminate adjacent 
dentations (nearly 2), shortly ciliated. Genitalia : uncus broadly 
triangular towards base, apical portion rather short, downcurved, 
slender, pointed ; valva rather long, rather broad, apex broadly 
expanded, hatchet-shaped, edge slightly convex. Forewings rather 
elongate, rather dilated, costa slightly arched, termen rather obliquely 
rounded; all veins separate; fuscous, more or less indistinctly 
strigulated darker fuscous, costa sometimes indistinctly spotted 
darker and paler posteriorly ; roundish indistinct dark fuscous spots 
beneath middle of disc and on end of cell: cilia fuscous. Hind- 
wflngs grey ; cilia lighter grey. 
Bolivia, Prov. del Sara, Dept. Sta. Cruz, 1500 feet, January 
{J. Steinbach ); 6 ex. A ^ in Vienna Mus., 29 mm., similarly 
coloured but forewings more elongate, from E. Songo, Bolivia, 
2500 feet, is probably the other sex of this species. 
