534 EXOTIC llICUOLF.riDOrTEKA. 



stri'nila : cilia grey, a dark I'usoous siibbasal line. Ilindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia light grey, a dark luscous su-bbasal line. 



ViiHU, Iquitoi?, Jurimaguas, March, May ; British Gxhana, 

 IJartica, December (Parish); Sex. 1 also refer uomaea Meyr., 

 near here. 



Laspeyresia obtecta, n. sp. 



J. 11 rum. Head, palpi, thorax grey. Forewings rather 

 elouo-ate-triaiigular, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; leaden- 

 grey, pale-speckled ; costa from i with groups of two or three very 

 hue whitish strigulse alternating with dark fuscous spots ; some 

 indistinct dark fuscous marks in disc anteriorly, and short strigulte 

 from dorsum, a more distinct irregular spot above fold before 

 middle; central fascia narrow^ oblique, dark fuscous, dorsal half 

 attenuated and irregular, from middle jiosteriorly a broad upwards- 

 angulated streak running to middle of termen ; ocellus obscurely 

 leaden, including a transverse series of four cloudy blackish dots, 

 low est elongate ; apex dark fuscous : cilia grey, wliitish-sprinkh^d, 

 a dark grey basal line. Hiudwings dark fuscous; cilia whititsh- 

 grey, a dark grey subbasal line. 



Bkazil, Teffe, January {Parish) ; 1 ex, 



Laspeyresia exsiirgens, n. sp. 



S . 9-10 mm. Head, palpi, thornx greyish, face and palpi 

 whitish-tinged. Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, termen 

 rounded, little oblitjue ; grey, whitish-speckled, with vi(det 

 iridescence ; costa with four short oblique blackish streaks and 

 some strigulse, separated by pairs of fine whitish strignh'e ; some 

 scattered dark fuscous strigulse or marks in disc towards base, 

 and some from dorsum ; a thick sliglitly curved rather oblique 

 dark fuscous streak from dorsum before middle reacliing liulf 

 across wing ; a large fasciate dark fuscous blotch from dorsum 

 before tornus reaching | across wing, anterior edge convex, slightly 

 w'hite-edged, beyond it two very obscure leaden spots representing 

 anterior edge of ocellus, then an indistinct curved dark fuscoiis stria 

 running to costa at |, followed by an indistinct leaden streak ; an 

 irregular dark fuscous streak crossing apex : cilia grey, whitish- 

 speckled, a dark fuscous basal line. Hiudwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia light grey, a dark fuscous basal line. 



Bkazil, Para, July (Parish) ; 2 ex. 



Lobesia sitophaga, n. sp. 



(5 . 14 mm. Head white, collar and thorax pale ochreous 

 sprinkled dark fuscous, patai;ia partially suffused white. I'alpi 

 dark brown, apex white. Forewings with glandular swelling 

 beyond middle of costa, termen slighly rounded, oblique ; light 

 hrownish-ochreous, a few dark grey scales ; basal patch formed of 

 dark grey suflusion Avith some black scales and strigulae, base and 

 costa suffused dark brown, edge direct, slightly angulated in 



