224 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA^ 



EEITHYMA, n. g. 



Head smooth, glossy ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. An- 

 tennae 1, in (S serrulate, shortly and unevenly ciliated, in $ 

 slightly thickened, basal joint very elongate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi very long, recurved, slender, smooth-scaled, terminal 

 joint longer than second, acute. Maxillary palpi very sliort, fili- 

 form, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae with appresscd hairs. 

 Fore wings with 1 b furcate, 2 and 3 closely approximated from 

 angle, 6 to apex, 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, 

 elongate-ovate, cilia 4 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 parallel. 



JType cyanojylecta Meyr. Allied to Hamadera Busck, but without 

 the peculiar structure attributed to vein 11 of forewings. 



Erithyma polychroma, n. sp. 



5 . 10-11 mm. Head and thorax indigo-blue-blackish, face 

 yellowish-tinged, patagia metallic-green. Palpi yellowish, terminal 

 joint anteriorly blackish. Antennae bluish-black, with a white 

 band before apex. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; black ; metallic-green blotches 

 on dorsum about \ and middle, narrowed upwards and reaching 

 small violet-white marks on costa; an orange blotch occupying 

 costal half from middle to near apex, connected by a bar with 

 dorsum at |^, enclosing blue-metallic longitudinal marks beneath 

 costa at anterior angle, and in disc obliquely beyond and beneath 

 this, and with a violet-white dot preceding it in middle ; a rounded 

 purple-coppery blotch extending over termen and tornus : cilia 

 bronzy-grey, with blackish basal shade. Hindwings and cilia dark 

 fuscous. 



British Guiajta, Bartica, in February and March (Parish) ; two 

 epecimens. 



Erithyma cyanoplecta, n. sp. 



6 9- • 11-12 mm. Head leaden-metallic. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint with dark grey median and apical bands, 

 terminal joint dark grey except extreme base and apex. Antennae 

 dark grey, with a white band at |. Thorax dark leaden-fuscous, 

 patagia blue-leaden-metallic. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen sinuate-indented beneath apex, obliquely 

 rounded beneath ; blackish ; narrow indigo-blue-metallic trans- 

 verse fasciae at ^ and before middle, second furcate towards dorsum; 

 two white dots on costa at | and |-, first terminated beneath by a 

 blue-metallic dot, a small ochreous subcostal spot between these ; 

 a transverse-linear white mark in disc at | ; dorsum tinged with 



