(ECOPHORIDiE. 187 



Abdomen whititish-ochicous. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, somewbat oblique ; 

 7 absent ; yellow-oehreous ; base narrowly purple-blackish, widest 

 on costa ; second discal stigma minute, dark violet-fuscous ; a 

 variable spot of violet-fuscous suffusion on dorsum beneath this, 

 sometimes almost obsolete ; a slightly outwards-curved line of 

 irregular dark violet-fuscous scales running from f of costa to 

 below middle of termen : cilia ochreous-yellow. Hiudwings 

 oehreous- whitish, in 5 more or less suffused with greyish except 

 towards base; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



liiuTisH Guiana, Bartica, from December to April {Parish); 

 eighteen specimens. 



Orsimacha iracunda, n. sp. 



2 . 10 ram. Head pale oehreous, face whitish-tinged, back of 

 crown grey. AntenuiOi dark fuscous, apical § ochreous-white. 

 Paljn whitish, second joint irrorated with blackish on basal |^. 

 Thorax blackish -fuscous, posterior third light oehreous. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen rounded, rather oblique ; 7 absent or present ; deep yellow- 

 oehreous ; base narrowly dark purple-fuscous, widest on costa ; 

 second discal stigma dark violet-fuscous, and a similar dot on 

 dorsum beneath it ; a slightly bent dark violet-fuscous streak 

 from I of costa to termen above tornus, apical area beyond this 

 more or less purplish and irrorated with dark fuscous : cilia 

 yellow-oehreous. Hindwings and cilia rather dark gre}'. 



British Guiana, Bartica, from February to April (Parish) ; 

 three specimens. Vein 7 of the forowiuga is present in two of 

 those, absent in the third. 



DOLIOTECHNA, n. g. X 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts loosely raised ; ocelli 

 present; tongue developed. Antennae |, in J with long ciliations, 

 basal pint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, 

 ascending, second joint somewhat thickened with scales towards 

 apex, terminal joint |^-| of second, slender, acute. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibioo 

 with appressed hairs. Forewings with 1 6 furcate, 2-5 approxi- 

 mated towards base, 7 absent or present (inter/ra), 8 and 9 rarely 

 connate or stalked (virginea), 11 from middle. Hindwings |, 

 narrowly elongate-ovate, cilia 2 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly 

 parallel. 



Type orplmopis Meyr. The neuration of the forewings shows 

 variability, but the species are truly related together, and the 

 genus is easily recognised by the peculiar hindwings, and does 

 not at present call for subdivision. 



