486 EXOTIC MTCROLKriDOPTF.nA. 



violot tenniiuil fasci i, rather broader dorsally, base of scales dark 

 and tips lit^ht, formiuj^ a fine striation : cilia glossy grey. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, a dark fuscous basal line. 

 PicKU, Juriinaguas, Maroh {Parish) ; 1 ex, 



Simaethis milliaria, n. sp. 



(5 $.16 mm. Head dark bronzy, forehead and sides of face mixed 

 orange. Palpi smooth, orange. Thorax dark purple-fuscous, four 

 short orange stripes anteriorly, two inner sometimes nearly obsolete. 

 Forewiiigs rather elongate-triangular, terraen nearly straight, rather 

 oblique; purple-blackish; markings orange; a short longitudinal 

 streak from base of costa, and one from base along fold; a small spot 

 on dorsum at ^: a sinuate streak from costa at | to middle of dorsum; 

 a slender stronk fronn this above middle to a small spot in disc at f ; a 

 streak from middle of costa very oldiquely outwards to near termen, 

 angulatod acntely inwards and again acutely outwards to near 

 termon below middle, then again acutely inwards to below middle 

 of disc and again acutely outwards to dorsum before tornus, some- 

 times slenderly connected on dorsum with preceding transverse 

 streak ; a streak along posterior third of costa and termen to tornus: 

 cilia grey, basal third dark fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 irregular elongate orange patches in disc above and below middle 

 coiiHuent posteriorly ; a rather broad orange terminal streak hardly 

 reaching apex ; cilia grey, a dark fuscous basal line. 



Peru, Iquitos, March (Parish); 3 ex. 



Simaethis pyrrhoclista, n. sp. 



5 . 16 mm. Head, thorax dark brown speckled whitish. Palpi 

 with projecting whorls of blackish white-tipped scales. Forewings 

 dark brown, slightly and irregularly speckled whitish ; a slightly 

 curved transverse fascia of dense Avhitish speckling at g, median 

 b:ind between this and posterior shade suffused dark fuscous and 

 tinged purple; a double i-hade of dense whitish speckling Irom two 

 white dots on costa before || oblicjuely outwards, obi usely angulatod 

 above middle and continued to dorsum at |, twice dentate inwards 

 below middle : cilia purplish-fuscous, a blackish basal shade, apical, 

 median, and tornal patches of dark fuscous suffusion. Hindwings 

 blackish ; an orange median streak from base terminating in a 

 blotch in middle of disc ; an orange terminal fascia, widest in middle 

 and attenuated to apex and tornus, dorsal area suffusedly streaked 

 orange ; cilia red-brown, an orange patch on upper part of termen, 

 tips whitish. 



Queensland, Cairns {Dodd) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Simaethis scenophora, n. sp. 



$ . 15 mm. Head, thorax rather dark fuscous, closely irrorated 

 orange-nchreous. I'alpi white, three black bands. Forewings 

 rather elongate-triangular, termen nearly straight, somewhat 

 oblique; light oclireous-yellow ; a posteriorly suffused white streak 



