578 EXOTIC JIICKOLEPIDOPTEKA. 



])lacecl in middle, and one in disc at | ; some raised dots round 

 margin posteriorly: c'lia grey. Hiudwings dark grey ; cilia grey, 

 liKAZiL, Parintins, October (Parish) ; 2U ex. A single $ from 

 Manaos has groundcolour of forewings more ocbreous, an oblique 

 })lackish fascia between first two purple fascia?, being more brightly 

 coloured and distinctly luarked than any I'arintius specimen, but is 

 probably the same species. Near amorj^thella. 



Mompha trithalama, n. sp. 



cJ 5 . 7-8 mm. Head, thorax grey-whitish. Palpi grey-whitish, 

 second joint irrorated dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, two rings of dark fuscous irroration. Pore- 

 wings elongate, ajjex obtuse-pointed, termeu extrcmel)- oblique; 

 dark violet-grey speckled whitish ; three ochrcous-yellowish blotches 

 edged with black specks occupying wing except base, an irregular 

 costal streak and terminal line, and irregular fa sciie before middle 

 and at g, a subdorsal tuft on second fascia; third yellow blotch 

 traversed by a longitudinal black line edged beneath with lif>lit 

 brownish sufl'usion : cilia grey speckled whitish, three blackish- 

 grey lines. Hiudwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Brazil, Manaos, November ; Peru, Iquitos, Jurimaguas, March 

 to May [Purisli) ; 12 ex. 



Mompha phalaropis, n. sp. 



c? § . 8 mm. Head whitish-grey, crown irrorated dark fuscous. 

 Palpi dark fuscous irrorated whitish, forming three rings on 

 terminal joint, which is shorter than second. Thorax dark fuscous. 

 Porewings elongate, ajjcx obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obli(juc; 

 dark fuscous ; a rather broad ochreous-yellow fascia at g, narrowed 

 on costa, preceded and followed by narrow leaden-blue-metallic 

 fasciae, beyond second a tuft on fold ; a narrow leaden-blue-metallic 

 fascia at |, followed on costa by a white spot, its lower edge 

 yellowish and posterior angle acutely i)rojecting; a blue-leaden- 

 metallic line round po.sterior part of costa and termen : cilia d.irk 

 grey, round apex three blackish lines. Hiudwings and cilia 

 dark grey. 



Pkku, Jurimaguas, March (Parish); 9 ex. 



Monipha heterolychiia, n. sp. 



S 5 • 9-10 ™™- Head, thorax greyish, face suffused bronzy- 

 whitish, posterior extremity of thorax sometimes white. Palpi 

 whitish iirorated dark fuscous, teuuitial joint shorter than second, 

 two dark fuscous rings. Porewings elongate, apex obtuse-i)ointed, 

 termen extremely obli(jue; dark fuscous, obscurely whitish-speckled; 

 a tutt on dorsum towards base; an oblique transverse ochreous- 

 yellow spot from or just beneath costa before middle, beneath this 

 some suffused whitish iiroration i)recedcd and followed by ochrcous- 

 Aellow spots on fold and teimijialed by a tuft above middle of 

 dorsum; small white spots on costa at | and doisum I e ore lornus 



