12 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



with black connecting angle of basal patch with central tascia ; 

 central fascia moderate, oblique, grey sprinkled with black, on 

 margins irregularly marked with black and emerald-green ; an 

 emerald-green spot marked with black in disc connecting this 

 with following fascia ; a darker grey rather incurved fascia mixed 

 with green and blackish from | of costa to termen above tornus, 

 dilated posteriorly into a blotch on costa : cilia white barred with 

 dark fuscous. Hiugwings grey, indistinctly darker-strigulated ; 

 cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal shade. 

 Argentina, Parana, in October ; one specimen. 



PETELIACMA, n. g. ^- 



Antennas in S strongly ciliated. Palpi moderate, ascending, 

 second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint short. Thorax 

 with erectile posterior crest. I'orewings with 3 from angle, b 

 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen. Hindwings without basal pecten ; 

 3 and 4 short- stalked, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Probably a development of the following genus. 



Peteliacma torrescens, n. sp. 



c?. 15 mm. Head and thorax ochreous. PaljDi ferruginous- 

 brown. Antennal ciliations 2|. Abdomen pale ochreous. Pore- 

 wings elongate, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa hardly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen straight, oblique ; reddish-ochreous, tinged 

 with violet ; a dark reddish-brown oblique transverse spot from 

 dorsum at ;|, reaching half across wing ; central fascia yellowish- 

 ferruginous, somewhat oblique, broad on costa, narrowed towards 

 dorsum ; a moderate yellowish-ferruginous fascia from | of costa 

 to tornus, costal area between this and central fascia suffused witli 

 whitish ; apical and terminal area beyond it also suffused with 

 whitish, with two or three reddish-brown strigulte on margins 

 towards apex : cilia ochreous. Hindwings ochreous - whitish, 

 thinly scaled ; an elongate patch of ochreous suffusion on tornus ; 

 several small reddish-fuscous spots towards apex ; cilia pale 

 whitish-yellowish. 



Madagascar, Antananarivo, in May ; one specimen. 



BALIOXEFA, n. g. 



Antennae in ($ ciliated. Palpi moderate, subascending, second 

 joint with appressed scales, roughlj^ expanded at apex above, 

 terminal joint very short. Thorax without crest. Porewings 

 with 3 from angle, 7 separate, to termen. Hindwings without 

 basal pecten ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 approxiaiated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



