42 HETEROCERA. 
Smaller than perlatella Wkr. [Cat. Lp. BM. 29 612 sp. 269 (1864) Ega; n. syn. = 
smaragdulella Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. 29 614 sp. 273 (1864) Santarem], and in the 
material before me the stone-grey costal spot of trochilea is of moderate size and 
inconspicuous, while in perlatella it is produced to the dorsum as a fascia; moreover, 
the apical and terminal cilia of the forewings, as well as the cilia of the hindwings, 
are decidedly paler, and the apex of the forewing itself partakes in some degree of the 
grey tinge of the cilia which is certainly not the case in perlatella. A perhaps even 
more reliable difference is to be found in the form of the dark brown colouring which 
precedes the pale median band—in perlatella this encroaches outward towards the 
costa, throwing an acute point along the costa to two-thirds, whereas in trochilea this 
is much more abruptly terminated on the costa at about the middle. 
The type of secundella Wkr. [Cat. Lp. BM. 29 615 sp. 274 (1864) Ega] which has 
almost entirely lost (in its present condition) the metallic colouring, described in 
somewhat similar terms to that of perlatetia (=smaragdulella), approaches perhaps 
more nearly to the Mexican trochilea Wlsm. than the other two types, in that the 
apex and cilia are slightly grey, and the oblique dark band rather more abruptly 
terminated on the costa; but in secundella this band does not recede towards the 
base along the dorsum as in érochilea, while like perlatella it is a rather larger and 
stouter species, and the hind tarsi of secundella are white. Were it in good condition 
it would, I think, be more easy to separate it. 
23. Anacampsis speciosella Wkr. 
Gelechia speciosella Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. 29 618 sp. 271 (1864) *. 
Antennae dark brown, white at the apex. Palpi shining aeneous. Head and Thorax iridescent peacock- 
blue; face aeneous. Forewings rich dark brown, with a metallic bluish spot at the extreme base of the 
costa, and five snow-white spots—one costal, at two-thirds of the wing-length ; one dorsal, at three- 
fourths; one on the disc, before the middle; one at the lower angle of the cell; and one below the 
fold, nearer to the base; cilia dark brownish fuscous, snow-white on the middle of the termen. Exp. 
al. 12-13 mm. Hindwings and cilia dark brownish fuscous. Abdomen shining, iridescent, dark greyish 
green. Legs dark brown, banded on the tibiae and tarsi with snow-white ; spurs snow-white. 
Type 2 (1857: 20) Mus. Br.; Ct. ¢ (65754) Mus, Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [Hit. (65756-7) US. 
Nat. Mus. | 
Hab. AMERICA, C-S. Central America—GUATEMALA: VERA PAZ: Cubilguitz 
(G. C. Champion)—Panama: cumriqui: Bugaba, 800-1500 ft. (G. @. Champion). 
South America—BraziL: aMAzons: Ega (Hl. W. Bates)’. 
Closely allied to stelliferella Wkr. [Cat. Lp. BM. 29 613 sp. 270 (1864)], with 
which it agrees in the number of white spots in the forewings. These amount to five 
in both species, although Walker only recognised four in the type of stelliferelia, 
where he evidently overlooked the linear one in the fold which precedes the first 
costal: speciosella differs however consistently in the presence of a conspicuous 
white spot in the apical cilia of the forewings which is not found in stelliferella. 
