274 EXOTIC MICROLIU'IDOPTERA. 



elonpjate patch along fold anteriorlj-,sorae oblique transverse suffusion 

 iu disc beyond middle, and a roimdish patch towards apex ; a 

 terminal series ot'amall spots: cilia ochreous-white speckled blackish. 

 Hindwiiigs 5 and stalked; grey; cilia whist i.sh-grey. 



liiUTisu GujANA, Mallali, March (7'rtWs7t); one specimen. This 

 diifers from the other species by the stalked veins 5 and *J of hind- 

 wings. 

 J Tinea extracta, n. sp. 



S . 8 mm. Head pale oclireous, crown suffused grey. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, apex pale ochreous. Auteiinse 4, dark grey. Thorax 

 pale yellow-ochreous, anteriorly sufl'used dark grey. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely ronnded; dark 

 fuscous, sliglitly sprinkled grey ; a streak along fold composed of 

 tliree confluent yellow-ochreous spots partly edged white above; an 

 irregular-edged yellow-ochreous streak running from near above 

 extremity of this to apex: cilia grey with some black points, 

 irregular yellow-ochreous patches above and below apex. Hind- 

 wings dark grey, faintly purplish-tinged ; cilia dark grey. 

 ]3kitish Guiana, Bartica [Parish) ; one specimen. 



Tinea oxymora, n. sp. 



cJ $ . 8-11 mm. Head, thorax pale fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 apex whitish. Antennae |, fuscous. Abdomen greyish. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; light fuscous, more or less sprinkled 

 dark fuscous ; plical and second discal stigmata large, cloudy, dark 

 fuscous : cilia whitish-fuscous. Hindwings lanceolate, 5 and G 

 stalked; light grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Peetj, Chosica, 2800 feet, July {Parish) ; nine specimens. 



Tinea despecta, n. sp. 



S2- 10-13 mm. Head fuscous somewhat mixed whitish. Palpi 

 fuscous, apex of joints whitish. Antcnnte f, grey. Thorax fuscous 

 mixed dark fuscous. Abdomen light grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; fuscous, with tips of scales ochreous- 

 ■whitish, and more or less irregularly sprinkled dark fuscous ; 

 stigmata more or less obscure, dark fuscous, variable, plical beneath 

 first discal : cilia whitish-grey, more or less distinctly barred dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings 5 and 6 coincident ; pale glossy grey, some- 

 what iridescent ; cilia whitish-grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, Mallali, January to ]\larch ; Colombia, 

 La Crumbre, 6G00 feet, May; Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, June 

 (Parish); fourteen specimens. The only species known to me in 

 which 5 and G of hindwings are normally coincident, but in all 

 otlier respects entirely typical and not needing separation. 



Tinea praeumbrata, n. sp. 

 (S ^ . 10-14 mm. Head, thorax light greyish-ochreous, shoulders 



