408 EXOTIC MICBOLEPIDOPTERA. 



• Orneodes nubifera, n. sp. 



c^ $. 11-12 mm. Head whitish. Palpi 2|, curved, slightly 

 roughened anteriorly, whitish, secoud joint with two rings of dark 

 fuscous irroration, terminal joint shorter, pointed, base and a 

 median ring dark fuscous. Thorax whitish irrorated dark fuscous 

 except subapical part of patagia. Abdomen whitish irrorated dark 

 fuscous except segmental margins. Forewings white irregularly 

 irrorated dark grey ; segment 1 with four dark grey white-edged 

 rather oblique transverse spots, last broader, apical, including a 

 small white-edged semioval costal spot, interspaces faintly yellowish- 

 tinged ; segments 2-6 crossed by irregular subbasal, median, and 

 subterrainal blackish-grey white-edged fasciae and obscure pale 

 yellowish fasciie alternating with these, fir,4 yellowish fascia 

 partially irrorated grey, su])terminal fascia broadest on segments 

 3,4; dark grey apical dots on segments 2-6: cilia grey, oblique 

 whitish bars on margins of fascia?. Hindwings white sprinkled 

 dark grey; raarking-t as on segments 2-6 of forewings, but iU- 

 defined, subterminal fascia narrow ; cilia as in forewings. 



Colombia, Cali, 500 feet, May {Parish) ; 2 ex. 



V Orneodes patria, n. sp. 



(S $. 10-11 mm. Head whitish irrorated dark grey except 

 orbits. Palpi 4, somewhat curved, with appressed scales, whitish, 

 second joint with two bands of dark fuscous irroration, terminal 

 joint nearly as long as second, pointed, with basal and supra- 

 median bands of dark fuscous irroration. Thorax whitish irrorated 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish irrorated dark fuscous except 

 segmental margins. Forewings pale ochreous with white reflections, 

 tijis of scales grey, forming a very fine transverse striation, darker 

 towards base ; two irregular transverse white lines about \, and 

 three between | and termen : cilia grey, oblique whitish bars on 

 lines. Hindwings as forewings, but striation darker, white lines 

 broader and blackish -edged, third little beyond middle. 



British Guiana, Bartica, December [Parish) • 2 ex. 



Orneodes rhymotoma, n. sp. 



J $ . 9-13 ram. Head, thorax white irrorated blaekish-gre)', a 

 white frontal bar. Paljn 2, curved, thickened with loose scales, 

 grey-whitish, a blackish apical band on second joint, terminal joint 

 shorter, obtuse. Forewings segments extremely slender, first 

 somewhat stouter ; dark fuscous slightly sprinkled whitish, more so 

 towards base ; five transverse irregular series of white dots, on 

 segment 1 linear, third rather beyond middle : cilia grey, oblique 

 indistinct whitish bars on markings. Hindwings as segments 2-6 

 of forewings, third series median. 



Kanaka, Castle Jlock, April (Maxtvell) ; Madras, Cuddapah, 

 4000 feet {Campbell) ■ 2 ex. 



