480 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



Paraspastis circographa, n. sp. 



5 . 17-18 mra. Head and thorax pale ochreous, face whitish- 

 ochreous or whitish. Palpi wliite, second joint ochreous except 

 apex, with dark fuscous streak above on basal half, terminal joint 

 with two bands and apex blackish. Abdomen pale ochreous-grey. 

 Fore-wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, ternien 

 rounded, nearly vertical : 2 separate ; lig-ht ochreous, with violet 

 reflections, costa and dorsum more or less suffused with brownish ; 

 a subcostal line of whitish suffnsion from base to i, and one along 

 upper margin of cell ; a cloudy white ring, internally edged with 

 greyish, lying across fold before middle of wing, and a larger 

 similar ring occupying posterior portion of cell, these connected 

 by a quadrate brown spot above middle of disc edged beneath 

 with blackisli ; an elongate dark brown mark on middle of costa, 

 preceded and followed by oblique white striguhe, second sending a 

 curved cloudy white line to tornus, veins between this and cell 

 partially streaked with white; a shorter suffused dark brown mark 

 on costa beyond this ; costa towards apex brown, with two or 

 three small indistinct whitish dots, and suffused beneath with 

 ferruginous ; two white dots on apical margin ; a blackish-grey 

 spot along terraen, not reaching apex or tornus : cilia grey, basal 

 half whitish with dark brown subbasal line. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, with faint greyish subbasal shade. 



JBritish Guiana, Mallali, in March (Parish) ; three specimens. 



RHODANASSA, n. g. 



Head short, with dense appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 developed, base densely rough-scaled. Antennfe |^, in J moderately 

 ciliated (1), basal joint short, stout, Avithout pecten. Labial palpi 

 moderate, curved, ascending, second joint not nearlj' reaching base 

 of antennae, thickened with dense appressed scales, terminal joint 

 less than half second, thickened with scales, pointed. Maxillary 

 palpi obsolete. Anterior tibite very short, thickened with dense 

 scales, tarsi as long as tibise, densely scaled ; posterior tibise and 

 basal joint of tarsi densely rough-haired above and beneath. 

 Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 nearly from angle, 2-5 nearly 

 approximated at base, 6-9 nearly approximated at base, 7 to 

 termen, 11 from beyond middle ; in ,5 beneath with an elongate 

 ])atch of modified scales in disc. Hindwings over 1, ovate, ternien 

 sinuate beneath apex, cilia g ; 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked, 

 5 nearly approximated, 6 and 7 connate; in d with a long sub- 

 costal hairponcil from base lying beneath forewings. 



Type callimnestra Meyr. To this genus is also referred /o Busck, 

 described as a Stenoma. 



Ehodanassa callimnestra, n. sp 



cJ . 37 mm. Head dark fuscous, with blackish bar on collar. 

 Palpi dark purple-fuscous, extreme apical edge of second joint and 



