330 KXOTIC .MICROLEPinOPl'EIH.. 



i of cnsta to middle of dorsum, unrrowod towards costa.j three 

 oblique pale yellow strij>';e from costa beyond middle, becoiaiiii? 

 violet-leaden, a deep reddish-oranj^e streak from end of first and 

 another from between second and third converging to subapical 

 indentation; three less oblique yellowish strigae from apical portion 

 of costa, middle one more whitish, uniting with third of others, 

 third uniting with second oraiigo streak ; a trapezoidal yellow spot 

 in disc at | ; a deep reddish-orange terminal fascia beneath 

 indentation, with a parj)lish-coppery terminal mark below middle, 

 two black dots above and one below this, and preceded by an erect 

 yellow pra3tornal streak and two obscure dark reddish-orange 

 strigulae above tliis : cilia dark fuscous-purple, a ])ale yellowish 

 subapical indentation, and yellow tornal patch. Hindwings deep 

 orange ; a blackish apical patch ; cilia orange, round apex blackish. 

 BiiAZiL, Tefte, December {Parish) ; 1 ex. 



V Mictopsichia miocentra, n. sp. 



S 2 • 11-13 mm. Head dark fuscous mixed ochreous-yellowish, 

 a frontal orange bar. Palpi yellowish, subapical ring of second 

 joint and busal ring of terminal dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, 

 a blue-metallic bar across middle, and ochreons-yellow anterior and 

 posterior bars. Forewiugs dark fuscous; subcostal and median 

 short violet-blue-metallic streaks from base, space between these 

 ochreous-yellow or orange, sometimes also above and below them; 

 an erect violet-blue-metallic streak from dorsum towards base 

 reaching halt across wing ; a transverse violet-blue-metallic streak 

 from costa at ^ reaching half across wing, preceding yellow markings 

 sometimes reaching it, beyond it an orange costal spot followed by 

 a rather inwards-oblique transverse violet-blue-metallic line 

 interrupted in middle; a violet-blue-metallic dot in middle of disc, 

 and another beyond and above it ; dorsal half of median area more 

 blackish, including in its upper portion a longitudinal violet-blue- 

 metallic streak, and beneath this two more or less indicated series 

 of a few obscure small pale ochrcous dots ; a slightly curved violet- 

 blue-metallic line from | of costa to tornus, preceded by a fuscous 

 streak and followed by one mixed fulvous ; a violet-blue-metallic 

 line from |^ of costa to below middle of termeu, beyond this a clear 

 yellow streak, then a short violet-blue-metallic apical mark: cilia 

 violet-leaden, tinged whitish on upper half of termen and dark grey 

 on lower, base within a blackish subbasal line more or less obscurelj'' 

 fulvous. Hindwings orange ; a blackish oblong patch occupying 

 somewhat more than lower half of wing, including a prismatic- 

 silvery transverse spot towards base, an irregular prismatic-silvery 

 streak along terminal edge directed a little way from edge posteriorly, 

 some orange dots anteriorly and a small prismatic-silvery spot 

 surrounded by a ring of orange dots posteriorly ; apical area above 

 this patch forming a quadrate dark fuscous blotch crossed by two 

 more or less developed irregular transverse orange streaks : cilia 

 grey with leaden I'eflections, a dark fuscous basal line. 



