400 EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTERA. 



oblique leaden striga from costa near beyond this to a verj' oblique 

 blue-leaden striga in disc at 4, a blackish dash and some dark fuscous 

 suffusion in disc between this and preceding patch, and some dark 

 fuscous suffusion in disc before patch ; a streak of leaden suffusion 

 along ])Osterior fourth of fold ; a fine blackish line towards apex ; 

 two small spots of bluish suffusion transversely placed above tornus : 

 cilia ferruginous, beneath tornus light grejisli. Hindwings dark 

 grey; cilia violet-grey, at apex a spot of pale brownish suffusion. 

 Ekazil, Parintins, October [Parish) ; 1 ex. 



Comotechna corculata, n. sp. 



S $ . 9-10 mm. Head whitish-ochrcous, on crown peai'ly and 

 greyish-tinged. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint pearly with 

 faint ribbing, terminal joint sometimes infuscated. Thorax 

 ochreous-whitish, more or less suffused grey. Abdomen dark grey, 

 Eorewings formed as in ludicra ; fuscous ; basal third of costa dark 

 fuscous, cut by an oblique whitish mark at |, beneath this a yellow- 

 ochreous streak ; an obliquely curved suffused dark fuscous fasciate 

 streak from | of dorsum to this, enclosed by two whitish-ochreous 

 streaks ; an oblique-oval mediodorsal blotch reaching | across 

 wing, formed of yellow-ochreous suflusion edged with dark fuscous 

 suffusion and then with whitish; beyond this a parallel whitish 

 streak, confluent with an ochreous-whitish ring surrounding an 

 elongate ochreous-whitish mark ; a very oblique orange-ochreous 

 striga from costa in middle, preceded and followed by fine white 

 striga3 edged dark fuscous ; beyond this a whitish-ochreous elon- 

 gate mark ; a transverse silvery line at |, followed by an ochreous- 

 whitish costal dot ; an oblique whitish-ochreous streak hooked 

 beneath from lower part of this to a silvery oblique streak crossing 

 wing near apex, above this some whitish-ochreous scattered scales ; 

 a whitish-ochreous terminal line ; cilia grey speckled w hitish- 

 ochreous, a dark fuscous basal line on termen. Hindwings dark 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



13RAZ1L, Para, June to August; Pkku, Iquitos, March (Par/s7i); 

 7 ex. 



V Comotechna scutulata, n. sp. 



c5' $ . 10 mm. Head, thorax grey, facial tuft dark fuscous. 

 Palpi rather dark fuscous, terminal joint ochreous-whitish, anterior 

 edge infuscated. Abdomen grey. P'orcwings as in Jvdicra ; rather 

 dark fuscous; a rather broad oohreous-whitish streak along costa 

 from base, marked with very oblique cloudy dark fuscous striguhc 

 from costa near base and at |, and terminated by a very obli()iie 

 orange-yellow blackish-edged striga from costa before middle, 

 followed by a white posteriorly blaok-edged strigula ; a largo 

 mediodorsal rather oblique transverse dark fuscous blotch edged 

 whitish, reaching | across wing, anterior edge strongly convex, 

 posterior almost straight, apex shortly projecting posteriorly, a 

 transverse fasciate streak of dark fuscous suffusion edged on each side 

 grey-whitish suffusion midway between this and base; an irregular 



