-102 KXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEKA. 



fine white blackish- edged striga3 ; some variable small dark fuscous 

 spots towards dorsum beyond this, surrounded by whitish suffusion ; 

 an indistinct irregular blue-leaden transverse line at f , followed by 

 a whitish dot on costa ; some slight whitish-ochreous marking or 

 suffusion in disc beyond this ; an oblique leaden line before apex, 

 thence to tornus abutting on a whitish terminal line : cilia grey, 

 mixed ochreous-whitish towards apex, a dark fuscous basal line on 

 terraen, Hindwinga dark fuscous; cilia grey, an apical patch of 

 whitish suffusion. 



Brazil, Teff6, December ; Pt5rij, Jurimaguas, March (Parish) ; 

 5 ex. Distinct by palpi and toothed dorsal blotch. 



^ Comoteclina semiberbis, n. sp, 



S2- 13-14 mm. Head, thorax grey. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 second joint with scales forming a projecting tuft longest on basal 

 half, dark grey except on tuft. Forewings rather narrow, termen 

 sinuate, rather oblique ; dark grey ; a fine whitish median longi- 

 tudinal line from base to mediodorsal blotch, sometimes merged in 

 a general obscure whitish suffusion of this area, sometimes a yellow 

 or whitish streak beneath costa towards base, and a faint violet 

 streak beneath this ; an oblique dai'k-edged yellow-ochreous striga 

 from middle of costa, and a fine violet striga, white on costa, on 

 each side of it ; a dark fuscous fasciate curved oblique mediodorsal 

 blotch reaching | across wing, parallel-sided, edged whitish-ochreous, 

 apex pointed posteriorly; another incurved whitish-ochreous streak 

 beyond upper portion of this, and some leaden iridescence towards 

 dorsum ; an irregular obscure leaden transverse line at |, edged 

 whitish-ochreous towards costa and crossed by an oblique whitish- 

 ochreous mark in disc ; a patch of ochreous-whitish irroratiou in 

 disc beyond this ; a curved violet-leaden transverse line crossing 

 obliquely before apex and abutting beneath on an ochreous-whitish 

 terminal line : cilia grey speckled whitish, a dark grey basal line. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, above apex and on upper part 

 of termen whitish-tinged. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, March (Parisli) ; 5 ex. 



V Sphyrelata escharias, n. sp. 



d . 13 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous mixed fuscous. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous sprinkled dark fuscous. Antennae stout, yellow- 

 ochreous ringed fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous mixed pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, terraen obliquely rounded ; dark 

 fuscous ; a pale greyish-ochreous basal patch, its edge running from 

 middle of costa to ^ of dorsum, including small dark fuscous spots 

 on base of costa and dorsum and on costa at |, and some scattered 

 dark fiiscoiis scales ; stigma indicated by small whitish-ochreous 

 dots, discal approximated, ])lical hardly before first discal ; a 

 moderate pale greyish-ochreous spot on costa at |, some scattered 

 scales indicating a slight curved subterminal line rising from this 

 and small undefined dots round apex and termen : cilia dark fuscous, 



