36G EXOTIC MlCROLEl'IDOPTEPvA. 



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Triclonella triargyra, n. sp. 

 2 . mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous, orbits finely white. Palpi 

 blackish lined white. Antennae black lined white, ajncal half wholly 

 white. Forowings rather narrow, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 ochreous-yellow ; transverse slender silvery fascise at |, middle, and 

 |, last slightly inwards-oblique, white on costa, basal and apical areas 

 limited by these blackish ; three or four marginal white dots round 

 apex : cilia dark grey. Hindwings and cilia dark grey. 

 Pdeu, Jurimaguas, March (Parish)- 1 ex. 



y Triclonella pictoria Meyr. 



The cT (Brazil, Parintins) has a pale yellowish tuft on posterior 

 tibiso as in ellipLka, and a notch on stalk of antenna) near base, also 

 found in elUiJtica but not previously noted. I have elliptica from 

 Tefie. /\ 



Triclonella trachyxyla, n, sp. 



$ , 12 ram. Head, thorax brown. Palpi white lined blackish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa slightly sinuate in middle, with well- 

 marked prominence of rough scales at f and slighter one at |, apex 

 pointed, termen sinuate, very oblique ; brown, scattered blackish 

 scales ; a spot of blackish-grey suftusion on costa before middle, 

 including prominence, its posterior edge whitish, and an inwards- 

 oblique mark of whitish suffusion before |- ; a transverse blotch of 

 blackish-grey suffusion on dorsum at -^ ; two longitudinal streaks 

 of blackish-grey suffusion towards median portion of costa ; an oval 

 si)ot of blackish suffusion above middle of fold, and two or three 

 undefined irregular small blackish-grey spots in disc before and 

 beyond middle, with one or two white scales ; a white speck at 

 apex: cilia brown, towards tornus suffused dark grey. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia grey, a dark fuscous subbasal shade. 

 Brazil, Obidos, August (Parish) ; 1 ex. 



Y Orsotricha raptans, n. sp. 

 c5' . 28 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark brown, pale-speckled, palpi 

 whitish tow^ards base beneath and on terminal joint above, thorax 

 with three posterior whitish dots. Abdomen fuscous, a dorsal 

 series of bronzy spots, anal tuft whitish. Forewings rather narrow, 

 apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, very oblique ; dark 

 brown, with violet iridescence ; a suff'used dark fuscous median 

 longitudinal streak from base to apex, and one along fold to a spot 

 beneath middle of wing followed by a white dot, between these a 

 bi\nd of greyish-violet suftusion extended to termen ; a transverse 

 suff'used dark fuscous spot from upper margin of median streak at 

 I : cilia purplish-grey, on costa except near apex while. Hindwings 

 grey, paler and subhyaline towards base ; cilia pale greyish, a darker 

 subbasal shade. 



Peku, Kio Napo, May {Parish); 1 ex. 



