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PHELOTROPA, n. g. 



Head looselj- haired, sidetufts roiiglily spreading ; tongue short. 

 Auteniiie f, basal joint moderately stout, wilhout pecten. Labial 

 palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint much exceeding base of 

 antennae, tliickened with appressed scales, terminal joint half 

 second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Thorax with strong posterior crest. Anterior 

 tibia3 short, tarsi slightly longer, stout, scaled ; posterior tibiae 

 clothed with rough scales above. Eorewiugs with 2 and 3 stalked, 

 4 connate, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hind wings 

 over ], trapezoidal-ovate, termen slightly sinuate, cilia j; 3 and 4 

 connate, 5 curved, approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Phelotropa oenodes, n. sp. 



2 . 22 mm. Head reddish-ochreous-brown. Palpi dark brown, 

 terminal joint ochreous-whitish. Thorax dark purple-reddish- 

 fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 

 S. arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; fuscous- 

 vpurple ; costal edge palb ochreous from .| to middle, dark fuscous 

 gfifore and beyond this; basal area siiffusedly mixed with dirk 

 fnscoJit*; a strongly dentate oblique dark fuscous shade crossing 

 wing aboiit 4, and an irregular curved shade from |^ of costa to 

 tornus ; disca'i stigmata dark fuscous ; a series of small dark 

 fuscous spots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia light 

 violet-grey barred with dark grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia 

 light grey, with dark grey subbasal shade. 



Uritish Guiana, Mallali, in March {Parish); one specimen. 



Promenesta chrysampyx, n. sp. 



$ . 12 mm. Head shining ochreous-whitish, sidetufts light 

 yellowish suffused with dark grey on basal half. Palpi whitish, 

 second joint with dark fuscous streak above towards base and 

 Bubapical ring, terminal joint with dark fuscous basal, median, 

 and apical rings. Thoi'ax dark fuscous, shoulders light ochreous- 

 yellowish. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, almost 

 vertical; dark fuscous, with faint purplish tinge; a slender deep 

 ochreous-yellow streak along costa throughout, continued round 

 termen to tornus, with its edge slightly waved: cilia deep 

 ochreous-yellow, outer half pale yellow. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia grey, tips whitish at apex. 



Bkiiish Guiana, Mallali, in March {Parish) ; one specimen. 



Promenesta callichlora, n. sp. 



$.13 mm. Head leaden-grey, face shining white. Palpi 



white, indistinctly lined with dark fuscous. Thorax olive-green, 



shoulders light grey. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, 



rather narrow, costa anterioily moderately, posteriorly slightly 



