388 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



Y Chariphylla closterias, n. wp. 



c? . 22 mm. Head white, sidetufts mixed dark fuscous. Palpi 

 white, ai)ical half of second joint and anterior edge of terminal 

 joint irrorated dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax browu 

 iiTorated dark fuscous, with white posterior ring. Porewings 

 elongate, apex obtuse-pointed, tormen concave, rather oblique ; 

 brown slightly rosy-tinged, sufFusedly sprinkled dark fuscous ; 

 costal edge dark fuscous towards base ; a narrow white costal 

 streak from i to | ; a white spot on dorsum near base, whence a 

 sinuate white subdorsal line, furcate anteriorly and connected with 

 both cuds of it, runs to dorsum at | ; a curved white line from 

 above fold at i of wing to dorsum at i, connected on dorsum with 

 ])receding, some white irroration between thom posteriorly ; some 

 scattered white scales towards costa : cilia brown. HindAvings 

 light grey, sprinkled darker on veins and terminally ; cilia whitish- 

 grey, on costa whitish. 



Peru, Papitiiiga, June (Parish) ; 1 ex. 



^ Hypercallia byrsocyma, n. sp. 



J. 15-16 mm. Head lisjlit ochreous-yellowish sprinkled 

 crimson. Palpi stout, pale yellowish irrorated crimson and dark 

 fuscous, terminal joint | of second, tip whitish. Thorax light 

 yellowisli suifusedly irrorated greyish-crimson. Forewings sub- 

 triangular, costa moderately arched, termen sinuate, somewhat 

 oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7 ; oclireous-yellow, coarsely and suffusedly 

 reticulated brown ; costa suffused brown ; costal edge dark fuscous, 

 interrupted at middle and .| by yellowish spots with costal edge 

 white ; discal stigmata blackish, first minute, surrounded with 

 yellowish, second larger; dorsal area tinged rosy towards base; 

 termen suffused brown : cilia whitish, a dark fuscous subbasal line 

 and tornal patch. Hindwings pale yellowish, towards apex and 

 upper part of termen tinged light brownish ; cilia whitish, a 

 brownish subbasal shade except towards tornus and dorsum. 



Prazil, Obidos, September {Parish) ; 2 ex. 



V Hypercallia calidaria, n. sp. 



cj" . 19-20 mm. Head, thorax pale yellow suffusedly reticulated 

 crimson, patagia brownish. Palpi pale yellow suffusedly irrorated 

 crimson, terminal joint | of second. Forewings subtriangular, 

 costa moderately arched, termen sinuate, hardly oblique, somewhat 

 rounded-prominent below middle ; 8 and 9 out of 7 ; pale yellow 

 suffusedly reticulated crimson : a brownish border running all 

 round wing, broad on termen, interrupted in middle of costa, 

 connected by a fascia from beyond costal interruption to before 

 middle of dorsum, with an arm from middle to before costal 

 interrui)tion, and an excurved streak from near costal end of this 

 to dorsum at 5, indented below middle ; small round subhyaline 

 white spots in disc before and beyond middle, second followed by 

 an indistinct dark fuscous dot ; whitish marks on costal edge in 



