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regarded as distinct names ; the repetition was probably due to 

 mere carelessness. 



Compsolechia amazonica, n. sp. 



I propose this name for (Jc/ecJiia suffuseUa Walk. Cat. x.xix. 623, 

 preoccupied when published by Gelechia snffusella Dougl. 



Compsolechia corymbas, n. sp. 



(S . 12 mm. Head, thorax dark leadcn-grcy, slightly tinged 

 ferruginous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, sprinkled dark fuscous and 

 black. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; rather 

 dark grey ; markings dark bronzy-fuscous suffused black ; an. 

 irregular-oval patch extending over dorsum from base to near 

 middle, and nearly reaching costa near base, edged above with a 

 whitish line continued to connect with anterior angle of median 

 blotch; suffused elongate spots on costa before middle and at |, 

 latter followed by an inwardly oblique whitish mark ; an irregular 

 blotch in middle of disc; a small elongate spot indicating second 

 discal stigma; a small whitish mark on dorsum just before tornus, 

 preceded by dark suffusion ; a suffused dark blotch occupying apical 

 area : cilia grey. Hindwiugs dark grey, whitish and thinly scaled 

 in disc towards base ; cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Mallali, March (Parish); one specimen. 



\l Compsolechia parmata, u. sp. 



2- 17 mm. Head, thorax dark ash-grey. Palpi grey mixed 

 black, terminal joint black, tip whitish. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 Avings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; dark ash-grey ; a rounded black 

 blotch extending on costa from i to middle and reaching | across 

 wing, edged with some scattered ochreous-whitish scales ; a 

 similarly edged subtriangular blacli spot in disc at | ; an ochreous- 

 white dot on costa at | : cilia grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Colombia, La Crumbre, 6600 feet, May {Parish); one specimen. 



Compsolechia astroconis, n. sp. 



$. 16 mm. Head, thorax pale ochreous (partly defaced). Palpi 

 blackish, terminal joint ochreous-whitish except base. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched 

 anteriorly and near apex, faintly sinuate beyond middle, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous; extreme costal 

 edge dark fuscous, on posterior halt forming a gradually dilated 

 streak almost to apex ; a dark fuscous patch occupying dorsal ^ of 

 wing from near base to | ; a strongly excurved tine whitish line 

 from I of costa to tornus, edged anteriorly except on costal streak 

 by a grey fascia strewn with shining white specks ; terminal space 

 beyond this white on upper half with two fine black dashes and a 



