TiNErD.T];. 589 



moderate, porrcctcd, rather compressed, smooth, second joint with 

 several projecting bristles, terminal joint somewhat longer than 

 second, obtuse. Maxillary palpi moderate, 8-jointed, folded, scaled. 

 Posterior tibiae smooth. Forewings 1 h simple, 2 nearly from 

 angle, 7 to costa, 10 from near end of cell, secondary cell defined, 

 11 from towards base. Hindwings |, narrowly elongate-ovate, 

 cilia 14 ; no cell, 2 straight from base, 3 and 4 absent, 5 and 6 

 stalked out of 7 before middle of wing, 8 to .| of costa. 

 Allied to CompsQcrita . 



Panthytarcha astrocharis, n. sp. 



c5' $ . 6 mm. Head, thorax shining bronzy-grey. Antennae 

 dark fuscous, tip whitish. Forewings elongate, apex obtuse, 

 teriuen very obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous ; markings bright 

 violet-silver-metallic; dorsal and subcostal dots near base; slender 

 transverse streaks from costa beyond \ and at middle reaching 

 half across wing, and a shorter one at | nearly meeting a dot in 

 disc ; short transverse marks from dorsum at i, middle, and |, and 

 a small spot on tornus: cilia glossy blue-grej-. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous ; cilia dark violet-grey. 



Brazil, Para, August (Parish); 5 ex. 



COMPSOCRITA, n. g. 



Head with smooth appressed scales ; ocelli pos/^erior ; tongue 

 absent. Antennae |, in J simple, basal joint moderate, with slight 

 pecten. Labial palpi moderate, porrected, transversely compressed, 

 smooth, terminal joint somewhat longer than second, obtuse. 

 Maxillary palpi moderate, 3-jointed, folded, scaled. Posterior 

 tibiae with appressed hairs above. Forewings 2 from towards 

 angle, 7 to costa, li from towards base. Hindwings |, clongate- 

 ovato, cilia 1| ; 2-7 remote. 



Probably related to Tinea . 



Compsocrita florens, n. sp, 



6 . 8 mm. Head, thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, face light bronzy- 

 grey. Palpi white, a black external streak. Antennae yellow- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous, margins blackish ; 

 an ochreous-yellow streak along fold from base to middle of wing ; 

 an irregular transverse-linear whitish mark in disc at | ; a snow- 

 white obli(iue mark from costa at |, a longer very oblique almost 

 terminal striga from tornus, and two nearly marginal dots above 

 and below apex : cilia grey, a dark grey subbasal shade, beneath 

 tornus a pale ochrcous-yellowish patch. Hindwings and cilia dark 

 grey. 



Brazil, Para, August, [Parish) ; 1 ex. 



