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base, followed by three or four small strigula; ; an oblique blackish 

 fasciate streak from costa at ?, reaeliiii>;- half across wing, a small 

 spot on costa at |, oblique spots from dorsum at | and | reacliiiig 

 to fold, and a spot on costa before apex, whence an irregular streak 

 runs to above tornns : cilia white, some blackish scales above 

 pncapical spot and on middle of termen. Hindwings 5 and 6 

 stalked ; light grey ; cilia pale grey. 



French Guiana, 11. Maroni; tliree specimens. 



Tinea conchylitis, n. sp. 



2 . 21 mm. Head whitish-grey tinged yelloAvish. Palpi gvey- 

 whitish, externally streaked grey. Thorax, abdomen pale greyish. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, ajiex obtuse, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; pale glossy prismatic grey ; plical 

 and second discal stigmata moderate, dark fuscous : cilia whitish, 

 base mixed grey. Hindwings very pale grey, with strong brassy 

 reflections ; cilia white, base tinged brassy-grey. 



Peru, Matucana, 7780 feet, July [Parish) • one specimen. 



Oenoe synchorda, n. sp. 



c? 2 ■ S-f* mm- Head, ])alpi, thorax whitish. Abdomen light 

 greyish. Forewings lanceolate, apex somewhat produced, acute ; 

 whitish, sometimes tinged ochreous posteriorly, irregularly speckled 

 dark grey ; dots of black irroration on costa at base and ^, and 

 one in disc beneath second of these ; a slightly oblique clear white 

 transverse line before middle, edged anterioily by a fine irregular 

 black line preceded by grey suffusion ; a slightly bent clear white 

 transverse line at |, with irregular lilack anterior edging interrupted 

 above middle ; an elongate mark of black irroration in disc towards 

 apex, terminated by an oblique wliite mark : cilia white, two or 

 three irregular lines of black specks. Hindwings light grey ; cilia 

 pale greyish. 



British Guiana, Mallali, March (Parish) ; twenty specimens. 



Oxylychna pliepsalias Meyr. 



Having now a series of this sjjecies, I find it varies considerably 

 in markings, two or three very oblique dark fasciae being generally 

 more or less developed, tending to be variably interrupted. 



The Australian ocijmorplut Mej'r. and hentiphara Meyr., originally 

 placed in Deinobrofis,.avc [)ro])erly referred to 0,r)/l>/cJnia. 



Oxylychna clinocosma, n. sp. 



J. 8mm. Head, thorax grey-whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 tip whitish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- ochreous. Forewings 

 narrowly elongate-lanceolate; 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 11 from 

 hardly before middle ; whitish, more or less speckled grey ; a 

 fulvous-ochroous spot on fold towards base, centred with a few black 

 scales ; a small black elongate spot on costa at ^ ; a similar spot 



