GLYPHIPXEEYGIDJE. GO 



tornus, almost reaching apes of first costal ; a similar more 

 indistinct streak from tornus: cilia whitish, basal half dark 

 fuscous, indented with white beneath apex, above apex with a 

 dark fuscous projecting hook. Hindwings and cilia d;irk fuscous. 

 British Guiana, Bartica, in January {Parish); oue specimen. 



Glypliipteryx conosema, n. sp. 



2 . 10 ram. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscou«. Palpi 

 white, with four whorls of black white-dipped scales, apical portion 

 of terminal joint with a black anterior streak. Forewiiigs elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apes obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded, sinuate beneath apex ; dark fuscous ; au 

 elongate-triangular ochreous-whitish blotch on dorsum before 

 middle, reaching | across wing ; a short oblique suffused fulvous- 

 ochreous streak in disc beyond t'lis ; two violet-metallic slightly 

 converging streaks from costa before and beyond middle, and two 

 others from dorsum be3ond tliese respectivelj^ all reaching half 

 across wing, space between these fiilvous-ochreous except on their 

 margins, second dorsal streak golden-metallic at its extremities; 

 beyond second costal streak is a spot of ochreous suffusion, anil 

 tnen a blue-metallic costal dot; a black tornal patch extending 

 from second dorsal streak to lower half of termen, edged above by 

 a straight row of scattered ochreous-yellow scales, and bisected 

 longitudinally by a similar row, beneath anterior extremity of 

 which is a short ochreous-yellow line, and a minute dot on tornal 

 margin ; three small goldeu-metaliic spots forming a triangle 

 in posterior half of tornal patch ; a violet-blue-metallic streak 

 from I of costa to above middle of termen, beyond which is a 

 fulvous-ochreous streak ; a silvery-white strigula from costa before 

 apex : cilia whitish, basal half prismatic-grey, indented with white 

 above middle of termen. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous, 



British; Guiana, Bartica, in January (Parish); one specimen. 

 This and the two following species are nearly related together 

 (and to paradisea Wals.), but differ in the characters of the ante- 

 median dorsal blotch and tornal patch. 



Glypliipteryx columnaris, n. sp. 



(^ . 9 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous. Palpi 

 white, with four whorls of black white-tipped scales, apical portion 

 of terminal joint with a black anterior streak. Forewiugs elon- 

 gate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded, sinuate beneath apex; dark fuscous ; a trans- 

 verse ochreous-whitish bar from dorsum before middle, reaching 

 rather more than half across wing, narrowed on apical portion ; 

 prismatic-metallic hardly converging streaks from costa at t and 3, 

 and two others from dorsum beyond these respectively, all reaching 



