160 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



y Pigritia astuta, n. sp. 



(S ?. 14-15 mm. Head, thorax brownish-grey sprinkled whitish. 

 Palpi S very short, palo greyish-ochreous, $ moderate, grey 

 sprinkled whitish. AiitennaD c5' without basal notch. Abdomen 

 light grey. Forowings elongate, narrow, costa faintly sinuate 

 towards middlo, gently arched posteriorly, apex obtuse, termeu 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; brownish-grey, more or less irrorated 

 or sometimes suffused whitish ; a slender cloudy angulated whitish 

 fascia at |, often nearly obsolete, seldom preceded by a large dorsal 

 blotch of dark grey suffusion, usually followed on costa by a distinct 

 cloudy dark grey spot, sometimes margined posteriorly towards 

 dorsum with dark grey suffusion ; a slender transverse cloudy dark 

 grey mark from costa at | and one from tornus slightly before it, 

 second discal stigma sometimes represented by two small trans- 

 versely placed dark fuscous dots tending to be connected with 

 these respectively, but often obsolete ; indistinct small cloudy dark 

 fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia pale 

 grey, sprinkled white. Hindwings rather dark grey, paler and 

 thinly scaled towards base ; cilia light grey. 



Colombia, Call (500 feet), Caldas (44U0 feet), May (Parish); 

 forty-seven specimens. I regard Epigritia Dietz and Dryope 

 Chamb. as synonyms of Pigritia. 



J 



Auximobasis obstricta, n. sp. 



cJ 5 . 8-11 mm. Head, thorax pale grey partially tinged 

 whitish. Palpi whitish sprinkled grey, terminal joint S nearly 

 as long us second, rather stout, acute, § rather shorter and 

 slenderer. Antennae S with subbasal notch. Abdomen whitish- 

 grey, anal tuft J whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa anteriorly nearly straight, posteriorly gently arched, apex 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; light grey, irregularly 

 sprinkled white, with scattered dark fuscous scales ; a nearly 

 straight suffused whitish fascia at |, posterior edge slightly 

 angulated above middle, followed by dark fuscous suffusion except 

 near angulation; first discal stigma blaokish, just beyond this, 

 second represented by two transversely placed moderate blackish 

 dots ; small cloudy dark fuscous spots on costa at | and tornus 

 slightly before it ; small indistinct dark fuscous dots round posterior 

 part of costa and termen : cilia palo grey, round apex sprinkled 

 whitish and fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, January, February {Parish) ; four 

 specimens. I include Valentinia Wals. as a syjionym of Axiximo- 



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Auximobasis normalis, n. sp. 



J 2. 13-18 mm. Head whitish-grey-ochreous, $ sprinkled 

 grey. Palpi whitish irrorated dark fuscous except tips of joints. 

 Antennae c5' with basal notch. Thorax ochreous-grey more or less 

 sprinkled whitish, sometimes suffused dark fuscous anteriorly. 



