CECOPHOEID^. 40 1 



transverse leaden line at |, preceded on dorsal half by an 8-shaped 

 darker blotch edged ochreous-whitish, on costa followed by an 

 ochreous-whitish dot ; some slight marks of ochreous-whitish 

 suffusion in disc beyond this ; an oblique leaden lino before apex 

 from an ochreous-whitish spot in costal cilia, thence to tornus 

 abutting on an ochreous-whitish terminal line : cilia grey obscurely 

 sprinkled ochreous-whitish and dark fuscous, a dark fuscous basal 

 line. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 

 Brazil, Parintins, October (Parish) ; 3 ex. 



V Comoteclina parmifera, n. sp. 



c?. 12 ram. Head, thorax light grey, facial tuft darker. Pal}»i 

 grey, terminal joint whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings as in ludicra ; rather dark fuscous ; a rather broad 

 ochreous-whitish streak along costa from base, marked with very 

 oblique cloudy dark fuscous striguloe from costa near base and at j, 

 and terminated by a very oblique orange-yellow blackish-edged 

 striga from costa before middle, followed by a white posteriorly 

 black-edged strigula ; a large 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 blotch of dark fuscous suffusion 

 edged whitish anteriorly immediately precedes this ; a small 

 leaden-metallic subdorsal spot near beyond this ; an indistinct 

 transverse leaden-metallic line at |, preceded below middle by an 

 incomplete ochreous-whitish ring, within which is a small suffused 

 ochreous-whitish spot ; a small ochreuus-whitish mark on costa 

 just beyond this ; a roundish patch of ochreous-whitish suffusion 

 occupying disc beyond this, followed by a rather excurved bluish- 

 leaden line from -f of costa to tornus, abutting beneath on an 

 ochreous-whitish terminal line: cilia as in scutulata. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 



Brazil, Para, June, July ; Peru, Jurimaguas, March (Ftn-ish) ; 

 7 ex. Differs from scutulata by larger size and ochreous-whitish 

 abdomen. 



" Comotechna dentifera, n. sp. 



J 2 . 9-10 mm. Head, thorax grey, crown Avhitish-tinged. 

 Palpi grey, tip of second joint whitish, terminal joint dark fuscous 

 with base and tip whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings as 

 in ludicra ; violet-fuscous ; an oblique mark from costa at | running 

 into a short subcostal longitudinal streak beneath it whitish- 

 ochreous, preceded and followed by dark fuscous suffusion ; an 

 irregular-edged curved oblique dark fuscous fasciate streak from 4 

 of dorsum to beneath this, edged whitish suffusion ; a dark fuscous 

 oblique fasciate mediodorsal blotch reaching | across wing, edged 

 whitish, anterior edge sinuate-convex, posterior concave with 

 well-marked triangular projection in middle ; an ochreous-orange 

 very oblique striga from middle of costa, preceded and followed by 



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