580 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



Ascalenia pignerata, n, sp. 



J 5 . 8 mm. Head glossy grey or dark grey. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, pale-speckled, terminal joint in $ white posteriorly and 

 ■with a row of white specks anteriorly. Antennse dark grey, apical 

 third whitish. Thorax dark violet-fuscous, posterior edge ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; dark violet-fuscous; a 

 white speck indicating plical stigma ; a white dot on costa at |, 

 and sometimes a more minute one or in one example a fine white 

 dash on tornus anterior to it : cilia liglit grey, round apex a hiack 

 subbasal line. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey, 



Brazil, Obidos, Parintins, Manaos ; Peru, Jurimaguas, Lima ; 

 August to November and March {Parish) ; 8 ex. 



Ascalenia vadata, n. sp. 



(J . 8 mm. Head greyish-ochreous, face paler. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish speckled blackish. Antennae grey, apical fourth white. 

 Thorax blackish, posterior third pale ochreous. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate ; dark fuscous, whitish-speckled, dorsal half suffused 

 pale ochreous ; stigmata black, plical very obliquelj^ before first 

 discal ; an ochreous-whitish dot on costa at | : cilia grey, round 

 apex speckled blackish. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Peru, Iquitos, May (Parish) ; 1 ex. 



Prochola chloropis, n. sp. 



(5 $. 8-9 mm. Head, thorax whitish- ochreous. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, terminal joint speckled grey. Antennae grey, apical fifth 

 whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; pale yellow-ochreous, 

 towards apex rather deeper and somewhat grey-speckled, a few 

 minute blackish specks on costa; plical and second discal stigmata 

 black : cilia pale ochreous, towards tornus grey. Hindwings daz'k 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



Brazil, Para, Santarem, Parintins, Manaos, Teffe, June to 

 January (Parish) ; 10 ex. 



Prochola ochromicta, n. sp. 



cJ . 9 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders tinged 

 grey. Palpi ochreous-whitish, irrorated dark fuscous externally 

 except apex of joints. Autennte grey, apical fifth ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; dark grey speckled whitish, a few 

 blackish scales ; a broad median streak of pale ochreous suffusion 

 from base to near middle; plical and second discal stigmata black; 

 apical third more or less mixed pale ochreous suffusion, especially 

 along termen : cilia grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Brazil, Teffe, December (Parish) ; 3 ex. 



Prochola agypsota, n. sp. 

 J . 8 ram. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous sprinkled grey. 

 rali)i whitish, tip of second joint dark fuscous, terminal joint dark 



