396 J3X0TIC MlfROLEPIDOrTEKA. 



dark fuscous, Anteiuux) cliirk grc}-, towards base light l)rownisli, 

 basal joint and tip white. Eoiewings rather narrow, somewhat 

 dilated, termen somewhat obliijuely rounded ; white, irregularly 

 speckled brownish ; a white tuft on fold at ^, surrounded with grey 

 irroration ; some yellow-ochreous suifusion along costa towards base ; 

 a fascia of yellow-ochreous suffusion from | of costa to beyond 

 middle of dorsum ; a roundish blotch of suffused dark grey irroration 

 in disc at | ; a yellow-ochreous spot on costa beyond middle; a 

 very obliijuc irregular yellow-ochreous fasciate streak from costa 

 at I to disc before apex; an irregular-edged yellow-ochreous streak 

 along termeu from apex to below middle : ciiia ochreous-whitish 

 tin;;ed grey, greyer towards tornus. Hindwings daik grey ; cilia 

 grey-whitish, suffused grey towards base. 

 J'Eiiu, Juriuuiguus, March (Farish) ; 1 ex. 



y/ Compsistis labyrinthias, n. sp. 



2 . 10 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi whitish, terminal joint 

 with grey lateral line. Thorax whitish-grey. Forewings elongate, 

 apex pointed, termen somewhat sinuate, very oblique; yellow- 

 ochreous, partially shaded grey; two irregular transverse whitish 

 lines irrorated grey towards base, connected in middle ; an irregular 

 obli([ue similar line from ^ of costa to disc before middle ; from middle 

 of second transverse line a white blackish-edged line runs almost to 

 dorsum in middle, thence curved round to disc above middle, where 

 it meets a similar down-curved line from above fold at |, their apex 

 just touching a very oblique straight white black-edged line from 

 costa at S- to near termen beneath apex, where it meets a similar 

 line from costa at |-, between these a shorter similar line from middle 

 of costa not reaching them ; a silvery spot on tornus, followed by a 

 black mark and preceded by a black suffused spot, before which is 

 an obliqtie Avhite mark resting on preceding transverse line, from 

 junction of these a white black-edged longitudinal line runs to a 

 silvery spot above tornus, connected by a similar line with a silvery 

 mark on lower part of termen ; a triangular white costal spot just 

 before apex : cilia grey, a white patch below apex, outside this two 

 fine dark grey lines. Hindwings rather dark grey, lighter towards 

 base ; cilia pale grey. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, March (Parish) ; 1 ex. 



^ Compsistis caerulipalpis, ti. sp. 

 (55.9 mm. Head silvery-whitish, sidetufts greyish-tinged. 

 Palpi light silvery-blue. Thorax ])ale violet-grey, posteriorly 

 suffused pale ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat obliquely rounded ; light 

 violet-grey ; a very obliqtto yellow-ochreous streak from costa at I, 

 nearly reaching apex of dorsal blotch ; a yellow-ochreous median 

 longitudinal line from near base running into apex of. dorsal blotch ; 

 some yellow-ochreous suffusion towards base of dorsum ; an oblique 

 curved violet-grey fasciate blotch from dorsum before middle reaching 

 3 across wing, margined with yellow-ochreous suffusion becoming 



