528 EXOTIC MICKOLEriDOPXElU. 



apex, then rather obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous speckled grej'- 

 Avhitish, obscure irregular darker transverse stria) ; some minute 

 oblique wliite strigulu) on costa, three more distinct posteriori}' ; 

 an oblique leaden-blue striga from costa before middle, and two 

 others posteriori}- obtusely angulated in disc and continued to form 

 margins of ocellus, last thrice interrupted, witliiti ocellus two 

 irregular transverse series of several small blackish dots each, 

 second extended towards costa ; two small indistinct dark dols 

 before middle of termen : cilia glossy violet-grey, a darker basal 

 line. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia as in forewings. 

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



Hemimene octavia, n. sp. 



c^" 2 . 9-10 mm. Head light ochreous-grey, face whitish- 

 ochreous. Palpi greyish, beyond an ochreous-j-ellow median spot 

 violet-blue. Thorax grey slightly speckled ochreous. Forewings 

 triangular, termen slightly indented beneath apex, somewhat 

 obliquely rounded; dark grey closely speckled ochreous, with 

 irregular dark transverse strise ; three or four curved-angulated 

 leaden-blue transverse strigse from whitish costal dots, fourth from 

 beyond middle of costa to dorsum before tornus ; three white dots 

 on costa posteriorly terminated by leaden-blue dots ; eight black 

 almost terminal dots surrounded by ochreous suffusion : cilia 

 leaden-grey. Hindwings rather dark grey, traces of indistinct 

 dark dots before termen ; cilia grey, a blackish-grey subbasal line, 

 extreme base pale. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, March {Pa7nsh) ; 4 ex. 



Hemimene citrophricta, n. sp. 



c? . 7 mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous freckled light yellow. 

 Palpi light yellow barred dark grey. Forewings triangular, 

 termen rather obliquely rounded ; dark purplish-fuscous, anterior 

 I finely striated transversely brassy-yellow ; beyond this area an 

 obscure curved leaden-metallic transverse streak ; one or two 

 pairs of very faint lighter strigulte on costa posteriorly ; cilia blue- 

 leaden. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, a dai'ker subbasal 

 line, 



PiiAZiL, Para, July (ParisJi) ; 1 ex. 



Hemimene semiarcha, n. sp. 



c? . 8 mm. Head, thorax dark bronzy-grey, face ochreous- 

 whitish. Palpi greyish, beyond an ochreous-whitish median spot 

 greyish-violet. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa somewhat 

 bent at f , termen rather obliquely rounded ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; 

 eight oblique whitish strigulaj from costa between i and apex ; a 

 slightly curved rather thick transverse streak of suffused whitish 

 irroration from middle of dorsum reaching half across wing, two 

 faint oblique streaks of whitish irroration enclosing au obscure 



