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Avhitisb, irregularly irroratcd with dark fuscous ; an angiilated 

 Fcries of small irregular dark fuscous spots crossiug wing about -^- ; 

 a narrow elongate or seuiioval dark fuscous blotch on middle of 

 costa ; a transverse dark fuscous mark on end of cell ; an irregular 

 spot of dark fuscous suftusion on doi'sum towards tornus ; a dark 

 fuscous costal sp!)t about ^, whence a strongly curved line of small 

 subcontinent dark fuscous spots runs to tornus ; a series of small 

 semioval dark fuscous spots round posterior part of costa and 

 termen : cilia white, with dark fuscous subbasal line. Hiudwings 

 pale grey ; cilia whitish, with grey subbasal shade. 



British Gdiana, Mallali, in March (ftn-iWi); three specimens. 

 The genus Catarata Wals. is a synonym of OrphnolecJiia. 



Goniotenna chloroplaca, n. sp. 



2 . 19 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint pale 

 bronzy-yellowish except towards apex. Thorax pale greyish- 

 ochreous, anterior margin suffused with whitish. Abdomen whitish 

 irrorated with grey. Forewings elongate-oblong, posteriorly 

 slightly dilated, costa moderately arched towards base, then nearly 

 straight, apex almost rectangular, termen almost straight, vertical ; 

 very pale yellow-ochreous ; dorsal |^ from base to end of cell tinged 

 with grey, on dorsum suffused with darker grey ; plical and second 

 discal stigmata small, dark fuscous; semioval dark fuscous spots 

 on costa in middle and at | ; a curved line of faint greyish dots 

 from second to tornus, terminal area beyond this faintly greyish ; 

 a terminal series of dark fuscous dots, apical one larger : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, on termen with fuscous subbasal line. Hind- 

 wings light grey ; apical -f pale ochreous-yellowish except a suffused 

 pale grey spot before apex ; cilia yellow-whitish. 



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



Gonioterma phortax, n. sp. 



■^ 6 2- 15-20 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint 

 sufiused with fuscous or dark fuscous except towards apex. 

 Antennal ciliations of c? Ij. Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous, in $ tinged with grey. Forewings oblong, 

 somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa anteriorly moderately arched, 

 slightly sinuate beyond middle, apex obtusely right-angled, termen 

 nearly straight, vertical; wliitish-ochreous, slightly tinged with 

 grey, in c? more whitish towards costa ; a small dark fuscous spot 

 on costa beyond |, and somewhat larger semioval dark fuscous 

 spots on costa beyond middle and at f , from latter a curved series 

 of dark fuscous dots runs to dorsum before tornus ; stigmata very 

 small, dark fuscous, sometimes little marked, plical very obliquely 

 beyond first discal ; a terminal series of dark fuscous dots : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, in $ tinged with fuscous on tornus. Hindwings 

 pale whitish-yelloAvish, in 2 tinged with grey ; cilia yellow- 

 whitish ; in J a long whitish-ochreous hairpencil lying alongside 

 dorsum from base of hindwings. 



