184 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEEA. 



Machimia meliacta, n. sj). 



c? . 10-11 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, basal |^ 

 of second joint dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 2. Abdomen 

 pale grej'ish-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquelj' rounded ; ochreous- 

 white, with a few dark fuscous specks ; stigmata black, somewhat 

 raised, plical obliquely beyond first discal, both small or minute, 

 second discal moderate; a blackish dot beneath costa at 4, one in 

 middle towards termen, and a larger one on dorsum rather before 

 second discal, these sometimes tending to be united by a curved 

 series of minute irregular dots or scattered scales : cilia pale 

 ochreous-yellowish, towards tornus whitish, with a postmedian 

 series of dark fuscous specks. Hindwiugs whitish-grey, more 

 whitish anteriorly ; cilia grey-whitish. 



British Guiana, Bartica, Mallali, from January to March 

 {Parish) ; four specimens. 



.^ Machimia rogifera, n. sp. 



cJ . 8 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-yellowish. Antennal 

 ciliations 2|. (Thorax defaced). Abdomen dark grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa slightly arched, more strongly posteriorly, 

 apex obtuse, termen rounded, oblique ; light yellow-ochreons, 

 suffused with ferruginous along median portion of costa ; a slender 

 black supnimedian streak from base to g, space between this and 

 dorsum sutfused with fuscous ; a large dark fuscous trapezoidal 

 blotch extending on dorsum from middle to near tornus, rather 

 narrowed upwards and reaching 4 across wing, edged with black 

 and then with whitish. Hindwings blackish-grey ; cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March {ParUh); one specimen. 



Machimia leuco delta, n. sp. 



S . 7 mm. Head and palpi dark fuscous, face whitish. 

 Antennal ciliations 4. Thorax white. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 oblique ; dark fuscous, with slight purplish gloss ; a triangular 

 white blotch extending on dorsum from beyond middle to near 

 tornus, and reaching half across wing ; a smaller white apical 

 patch, its edge running from ^ of costa to termen above middle: 

 cilia grey, round apical patch white. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March (Parish) ; one specimen. 



^. LYSIGRAPHA, n. g. 



Head loosely scaled on crown, face with appresscd scales ; 

 ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae |, in S strongly 

 ciliated, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very 



