398 EXOTIC MTCROLEI'IDOPTEHA. 



continued along lower part of tormon : cilia grey, a dark grey 

 subbasal line. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 

 Peku, Jurimaguas, March (Parish) ; 2 ex. 



^ Compsistis homochorda, n. sp. 



c? . 10 ram. Head whitish. I'alpi whitish, second joint violet- 

 purple. Thorax grey. Forewings tormen ratlier oblicpie ; dark 

 grey ; markings nearly as in macrochorda, but mediodorsal blotch 

 much broadfr, not narrowed above, its centre whitish-tinged, last 

 two dorsal whitish-ochreous streaks forming a ring witli central 

 whitish-ochreous spot, costal spot beyond transverse violet line 

 whitish, pale speckling of posterior area replaced by a very 

 irregular-edged transverse gre3ish spot margined ])Osteriorly by 

 whitish-ochreous line, beyond it a violet-submetallic marginal 

 streak round apical part of costa and termen : cilia grey, an 

 ochreous- whitish bar at apex. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, 



J*Euu, Jurimaguas, March (Parish); 1 ex. 



V Taruda leucochna, n, sp. 



c? . 13 mm. Head silvery-whitish, sidetufts and hairs of crown 

 dark fuscous, Palj)i white, second and terminal joints each with 

 three dark fuscous rings. Thorax dark fuscous, somewhat sprinkled 

 whitish. Forewings apex and termen evenly rounded off, 5 to 

 apparent apex ; dark fuscous, some scattered white scales indicating 

 irregular striga3 ; a white transverse mark on costa at ^ ; a sub- 

 ovate white blotch extending on costa from j to beyond middle, 

 tinged pale ochreous posteriorly ; an irregular streak of whitish 

 irroration from ^ of costa to tornus, finely attenuated towards 

 middle ; an apical blotch of irregular whitish-ochreous suffusion, 

 with a blackish dot just below apparent apex : cilia round 

 costa and apex dark grey with dark brown basal shade, elsewhere 

 whitish-ochreous, Hindwings costa concave on posterior half ; 

 grey ; edge on anterior part of concavity white, on posterior dark 

 fuscous; a white line on apical edge, upper part preceded by a 

 spot of brown suffusion ; cilia grey, a dark grey basal shade, tinged 

 brown round apex. 



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



/ Psittacastis cosmodoxa, n. sp, 



5. 13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax leaden-grey. Antenna? grey, 

 a whitish band at |. Forewings termen deeply excavated beneath 

 slender acutely-produced apex; leaden-grey; a rather oblique 

 violet-golden-metallic streak from costa at 5, edged black both sides, 

 more broadlj' towards costa anteriorly, almost meeting a similar 

 erect streak from dorsum in middle, edged Idack anteriorly ; beyond 

 these a broad brownish-ochreous transverse band dilated towards 

 costa, limited posteriorly by an inwards-oblicjue pale yellowish 

 black-edged mark from costa at j and an erect violet-golden-metallic 

 streak from dorsum at i ; a rather down-curved light blue-grey 



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