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Braetl, Para^ Santarom, 01)ii]os, Pariutiiis, R, Trombetas, Jum; 

 to October (I'drish) ; ^0 ex. Veiy similar to gemmisparsaaa, but 

 ratber smaller and darker, and distiu'^iiished by tlie longitudinal 

 me^-allic streak bencatli middle of disc, and by tlie al)sence of tlie 

 sc^ven or ci,<j:lit longitudinal series of small wbitish dots found in 

 tb6 mediodorsal area of (jenintisparsana. 



Glyphipteryx orthomacha, n. sp. 



5. 7 mm. Head grey, face whitisb. Palpi with four whorls 

 of black white-tipped scales, tip white, anteriorly black. Thorax 

 dai'k fuscous. Eorewings dark fuscous; a slightly oblique ochreous- 

 white fasciate streak from middle of dorsum, evenly broad to middle 

 of wing, thence apex short-pointed and curved over posteriori j- ; 

 five short slender slightly oblique whitish striguhc from posterior 

 half of costa, second becoming bluish-metallic and almost meeting 

 an erect bluish-silver j'-metallic streak from dorsum before torn us; 

 three bluish-silvery-metallic dots on termen : cilia whitish, basal 

 third within a blackish line light grej% indented with white on 

 subapical dot. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



QuEExsLANn, Brisbane, September (Dodd) ; 1 ex., Wals. Coll. 

 (18413). 



y Glyphipteryx atelura, n. sp. 



S 2' 6-8 mm. Head, thorax bronzy-grey. Palpi white, three 

 whorls of blackish white-lij^ped scales. Forewings dark greenish- 

 bronzy-grey; four white costal strigulse edged dark fuscous 

 anteriorly, first from beyond middle, oblique, reaching half across 

 wing, others short, wedgeshaped, transverse ; a long curved oblicjiie 

 slender attenuated white streak from middle of dorsum, reaching 

 to near apex of first costal; a less oblique whitish anteriorly dark- 

 edged strignla from dorsum before tornns,al80 directed to near apex 

 of first cnstal ; tornal area purplish-tinged ; a small blackish apical 

 spot: cilia grey-whitish, basal half within a blackish line dark 

 grey, indented with white beneath a})ex, a blackish projecting apical 

 hook. Hindwings dai'k grey ; cilia grey, lighter towards tips. 



Brazil, Para, June, July ; British Guiana, Bartica, February 

 to April (^Parish) ; 16 ex. Difters from tetratoiua (of which 1 have 

 also now a considerable series from the same localities) in absence 

 of erect submetallic tornal streak, and more oblique praetornal 

 streak. G. volaptcUa Feld. might possibly be intended for one or 

 other of these species, but is probably unrecognisable from the 

 coarse figure without descrii)tion. 



Glyphipteryx polyzela, n. sp. 



5 . 11-12 mm. Head dark bronze. Palpi with four whorls of 

 black vrhitc-tij>ped scales. Thorax dark bronze, posterior extremity 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings deep bronze; two whitish-ochreous 

 transverse dorsal blotches reaching about half across wing, first at J , 



