336 KXOTIC WICHOLEriDOri'lOUA. 



iridosceiit-blui! sj)ot beneath middle of costa, whence a cloudy liglit 

 fuscous or whitiish- fuscous streak runs direct to dorsum ; a rather 

 large transverse-oval spot in disc at | outlined light fuscous or 

 whitish-fuscous, connected with dorsum bj^ a cloudy light fuscous 

 streak ; a brilliant purple-blue slightly excurvod line from | of 

 costa to tornus, rather widely interrupted above middle ; a brilliant 

 purple-blue praemarginal line round apex and termen to below 

 middle : cilia grey, with dark fuscous antemedian shade, a white 

 spot on outer half at apex. Hindwings dark fuscous;, an obscure 

 grey oblique-oval spot in disc before middle; an obscure grey 

 subterminal lino parallel to tcvmen, above middle with a short 

 brilliant purple mark ; a brilliant purple streak along termen from 

 apex almost to tornus ; cilia grey, base pale, three oblique whitish 

 patches preceded by dark fuscous shades. 



Brazil, Obidos, Parintius, August to October (Parish); (5 ex. 



^ Brenthia heptacosma, n. sp. 



c? 2 . 8-10 mm. Head fuscous, face greyish-ochreous, orbits 

 whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint with two dark fuscous rings, 

 base of terminal joint and an anteiior streak dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous. Porewings dark fuscous ; narrow irregular lasci;e 

 of light fuscous suffusion at base and 5, latter suffused brilliant 

 blue-pur])le towards costa ; undefined fasciae of whitish speckling 

 before and beyond middle, confluent in disc, latter including an 

 indistinct transverse dark discal spot outlined whitish speckling ; 

 terminal area beyond this blackish, with a slightly excurved 

 irregular toothed brilliant golden-purple line from | of costa to 

 tornus, interrupted above middle but connected by whitish speckling, 

 two praemarginal purjjle-golden dots at apex, and a streak along 

 median portion of termen : cilia grey, a dark fuscous antemedian 

 line, no white apical patch. Hindwings dark fuscous ; an obscurely 

 lighter oblique-oval s[)ot in disc before middle; an obscure greyish 

 line at | parallel to termen, marked with a brilliant purple dot 

 above middle, and a costal purple mark becoming white oij costa ; 

 a brilliant purple praemarginal line round apex and upper | of 

 termen ; cilia dark fuscous, three oblique white patches. Eore- 

 wings beneath with terminal series of small black spots on veins 

 2—8 preceded by a toothed violet-golden line. 



BRAZit, Para, July ; British Guiana, Mallali, March (Parii>Ji) ; 

 3 ex. 



Brenthia stimulans, n. sp. 



cJ 5 • 5)-ll mm. Head fuscous, orbits white. Palpi as in 

 heptacosma. Thorax dark fuscous, lateral edges of patagia finely 

 white. Forewings dark fuscous ; some whitish, speckling near 

 base, and fascia? at | and before middle ; a transverse oval spot 

 outlined with whitish speckling in disc beyond middle, some 

 scattered whitish speckling round it ; a very oblique streak of ])ale 

 blue-metallic irroration from middle of costa, sending from its ajicx 



