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from base to i ; a slender blackish longitudioal streak from bnse of 

 costa to disc beyond |, a short one in disc from just beneath apex 

 of this, and one towards costa from before middle to near g ; a 

 dark fuscous elongate blotch extending along dorsum from base to 

 beyond middle, widest posteriorly, where it reaches half across 

 wing, its posterior edge rather oblique inwards from dorsum; a 

 rectangular dark fuscous tornal blotch extending from | of dorsum 

 to termen and reaching | across wing, sides rather convex and 

 posterior only reaching termen near toriius ; a short dark fuscous 

 dash near costa before apex ; some dark fuscous marginal dots, 

 round apex and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, above apex with 

 a suffused dark fuscous patch. Hindwings grey ; a long whitish 

 subcostal hairpencil lying beneath forewings ; cilia whitish-grey, 

 with grey subbasal shade. 



Eritish Guiana, Mallali, in March {Pariah) ; one specimen. 



Aphanoxena episimbla, n. sp. 



5 . 15-17 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with a 

 variable blackish patch on basal portion, terminal joint with some 

 vai'iable grey suffusion beneath apex. Thorax white, with a patch 

 of dark grey suffusion posteriorly. Abdomen ochreous white. Pore- 

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

 somewhat oblique ; 2 faint, almost obsolete, 7 and 8 stalked ; M'hite, 

 faintly ochreous-tinged in disc ; three or four small grey spots in 

 disc towards base ; a rounded-triangular grey or fuscous blotch 

 suffused with black on dorsum before middle, not reaching half 

 across wing, preceded by a blackish strigula ; an oblique grey or 

 fuscous streak from middle of costa reaching half across wing, 

 with an irregular mark beneath its apex, an oblique mark beyond 

 its apex, and a small spot on dorsum opj^osite to it ; a fine fuscous 

 line from ^ of costa to tornus, indented above middle ; an irregular 

 transverse deep brown blotch sprinkled anteriorly with blackish 

 and whitish occupying area between this and apex except margins, 

 with a black dot at apex of wing : cilia white, on upper half of 

 termen with three rather dark fuscous lines, first continued round 

 apex. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, on posterior half greyish- 

 tinged ; cilia ochreous-white. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from January to Marcli 

 (Parish) ; three specimens. 



Antaeotricha sparganota, n. sp. 



c? . 20-21 mm. Head white, sides of face pale ochreous. Pa]i)i 

 pale ochreous more or less suffused with fuscous, terminal juiiit 

 white except base. Antennal ciliations 1|. Thorax ochreous- 

 white. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen nearly straight, 

 vertical ; wliite ; markings pale greyish-ochreous ; a spot on base 

 of costa, partially confluent with an irregular streak from cosla 

 at ^ reaching half across wing, its lower portion forming an 



