146 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



J Untomia acicuiaris, n. sp. 



d $ . 8-9 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen light grey. Palpi white, 

 second joint dark grey except extreme tip, extreme base and 

 anterior edge of terminal joint black. Forewiiigs elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; darlc fuscous, more or less irrorated whitish ; stigmata 

 cloudy, blackish, plical obliquely before first discal ; a rather short 

 fine oblique white striga from costa at | ; a black marginal line 

 round apex and termen: cilia whitish, two dark fuscous shades. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, June (Parish) ; twelve specimens. 



J Untomia melanobathra, n. sp. 



^ 2 . 10-11 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen light grey, head 

 sometimes whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint_ dark fuscous 

 except extreme tip, anterior edge of terminal joint blackish. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; dark grey, 

 suffusedly irrorated or mixed whitish, sometimes much suffused 

 whitish and sprinkled black; stigmata represented by elongate 

 black marks, plical obliquely before first discal, an additional mark 

 in disc towards base ; costa more or less black on postmcdian area ; 

 a fine very oblique whitish line from | of costa to termen above 

 middle ; apical area beyond this suffused light brownish, a black 

 mark along apical part of costa ; an indistinct blackish dash before 

 termen in middle : cilia whitish with two grey shades, anterior 

 blackish above apex. Hindwings grey, in 6 suffused blackish 

 towards base ; cilia grey. 



EctJADOE, Huigra, 4500 feet, June (Parish) ; six specimens. 



^ Commatica placoterma, n. sp. 



c^ 5 . 10-11 mm. Head, thorax pale grey. Palpi white, second 

 joint very minutely ribbed blackish irroration, appearing grey, 

 anterior edge of terminal joint black. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; dark grey, more or less sufFuscdly irrorated 

 whitish, becoming blackish posteriorly, especially along posterior 

 half of costa; stigmata cloudy, blackish, plical obliquely before 

 first discal ; a short tine oblique white striga from costa at | : 

 an oval whitish blotch lying along termen, more or less sufFiisedly 

 mixed fuscous on lower portion, with two fine blackish dashes, 

 terminal edge black : cilia whitish, dark brown subbasal and dark 

 fuscous apical shades. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 



Colombia, La Crumbre, 6()00 feet. May (Parish) ; six specimens. 



^ nA ^ "r'' l«iL H 1^ DESMAUCHA, n. g. 



i^^5_if*!^ "^iEea^ smooth ; ocelli small, posterior; tongue developed. 

 Antennse -* serrulate, basal joint moderately elongate, without 



