98 HETEROCERA. 
18. Dichomeris dolbyi, sp. n. (Tab. III. fig. 22.) 
Antennae dark brownish. Palpi long, recurved, the median joint scarcely roughened beneath with scales ; 
brownish fuscous, with slender pale lines along the terminal joint above and beneath. Head yellowish 
white, the scales behind it stretching over the anterior part of the Thoras which is dark brown. Jore- 
wings dark brown, with an oblique yellowish white band commencing on the costa at one-fifth from the 
base and attenuate outward and downward to a little beyond the fold; a costal spot of the same colour, 
with a few whitish scales about the tornus; cilia dark brown at the apex, yellowish white along the 
termen, and brownish grey at the tornus. xp. al. 14 mm. Hindwings greyish fuscous; cilia grey. 
Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs: anterior pair greyish fuscous, the tibiae broadly banded with yellowish 
white; posterior legs (missing). 
Type 2 (67726) Mus. Wism. BM. 
Hab. Panama: panama: La Chorrera, V. 1898 (C. HW. Dolby-Tyler). Unique. 
Resembling Telphusa niveisignella Z. (ante p. 58), but, apart from differences in 
neuration, at once distinguished by the white head and thorax. 
19. Dichomeris ochropyga, sp. n. 
Antennae tawny greyish brown above, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi tawny reddish brewn, the apical margin 
of the scimitar-shaped median joint narrowly pale cinereous. Head and Thorax tawny reddish brown. 
Forewings tawny reddish brown, the costa narrowly ochreous from the base to the apex ; a slight oblique 
chestnut shade rests on the fold at one-third of its length pointing inward, and is succeeded by a dark 
brown spot in the fold, above and scarcely before which is a similar dark brown discal spot sueceeded by 
another at the end of the cell ; about seven minute brownish shade-spots lie around the apex and termen ; 
cilia with aslight ochreous tinge, pale cinereous at their outer extremities Hwp.al.l5 mm. Hindwings 
dark umber-brown; cilia brownish cinereous. -Abdomen umber-brown above, whitish ochreous beneath ; 
anal tuft light ochreous. Legs brownish cinereous. 
Type 3 (65551 Teapa) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [ PT’. (65552) US. Nat. Mus-] 
Hab. Mexico: vera crtz: Atoyae, IV. (/. H. Smith): tTaBasco: Teapa, III. 
(H. H. Smith). Two specimens. | 
20. Dichomeris. abortiva, sp. n. (Tab. III. fig. 21.) 
Antennae brownish fuscous, with very faint annulations. Palpi brownish fuscous, the median. joimt smooth, 
sprinkled with ochreous. Head and Thorax brownish fuscous. Forewinye brownish fuscous, faintly 
speckled with pale ochreous and with an outwardly angulate, narrow, pale ochreous: line from the 
commencement of the costal to the beginning of the dorsal cilia; this is followed by a series: of pale 
ochreous marginal spots around the apex and termen, each preceded by a short dark shade ; on the cell is 
an obscure whitish scale-spot, a little before the middle of the wing, followed by a pair of blackish spots 
surrounded by some whitish scales at the end of the cell, these are in the same line, and not one above 
the other; in the middle of the fold is another whitish spot, followed by a short streak of blackish 
scales ; cilia brownish fuscous, a very slender paler line running through them, zp. al. 14:5 mm. 
Hindwings greyish fuscous ; cilia rather paler, especially at their base. Abdomen dark greyish fuscous. 
Legs greyish fuscous, with pale tarsal annulations. 
Type 3 (65870) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv, Coll.) BM. 
Hab. Guatemata: Las Mercedes, 3000 ft., 1881 (G. C. Champion). Unique. 
_ The specimen described is not fully developed on the left side, where the markings 
are less easily traceable. ° 


