54:2 KXOTIC lIICROLKPinOrTEllA, 



and a marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots round apex and 

 termen : cilia grey speckled white. Ilindwings dark grey; cilia 

 grey. 



Bxuzir>, Para, July (Parish) ; 4 ex. 



Holcocera digesta, n. sp. 



c? ?. 8-11 mm. Head pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi oclireous- 

 whitish, suffused dark fuscous except apex of joints. Antenna; J 

 without notch, ciliatiuns 2^. Thorax pale ochreous suffused grey. 

 Forewings rather narrow, obtuse-pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; light ochreous, irregularly mixed and irrorated 

 grey except on basal third, costa suffused dark grey towards base; 

 an interrupted fascia of dark grey suffusion before middle, and a 

 short streak along costa beyond middle ; discal stigmata cloudy, 

 dark fuscous, an additional dot close beneath second discal : cloudy 

 dark grey oi)2)osite spots on costa and tornus, and some suffusion 

 in disc towards apex; indistinct dark fuscous marginal dots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia grey. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey. 



Brazil, Para, Obidos, K. Trombotas, July and September 

 {Parish) ; 5 ex. 



Holcocera eusaris, n. sp. 



(S 2 • 12-16 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sides pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish speckled fuscous. Antennae 

 without notch or ciliations. Thorax whitish, a more or less 

 developed anterior band of brownish suffusion. Fore wings rather 

 narrow, obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark 

 brown irregularly irrorated whitish ; an irregular suffused white 

 oblique streak from costa at ^ to fold ; second discal stigma form- 

 ing a small transverse dark spot : cilia whitish, two broad fuscous 

 shades more or less developed. Hindwings whitish, posterior half 

 suffused light grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings cS beneath 

 with long spreading pencil of blackish hairs from beneath base of 

 costa lying under forewings. 



PiiRU, Lima, 500 feet, August (Parish) ; 9 ex. 



CECOPHORID.E. 



Promalactis pentaclosta, n. sp. 



cf . 12 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with base 

 and tip black, terminal joint black except base and tip. Antennal 

 ciliations 2. Thorax brassy-yellow, tip of patagia white. Abdo- 

 men whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; brassy- 

 yellow ; base black, a black streak along basal third of dorsum, 

 costal edge black to near middle ; five fine white irregular trans- 

 verse lines from ^ to |, first edged black posteriorly on upper half, 

 connected by some black scales in disc with second, second and 

 third connected by a black dorsal bar, fourth obliterated on ujijier 



