492 EXOTIC 3JICR0LEPID0PTERA. 



white except a spot on sides. Palpi brownish, second joint with 

 suffused dark fuscous streak on basal half and suffused with dark 

 fuscous towards apex, terminal joint white with basal -f and apex 

 blackish. Anteiinal ciliations l^. Tl)orax brown mixed with dark 

 fuscous and spotted with white. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft 

 ochreous-whitish. forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, nearly vertical, dorsal 

 scale-pi'ojection at g unusually large ; brown sprinkled with 

 blackish ; markings white, very irregularly margined with variable 

 blackish suffusion; some marking at base, and an irregular inter- 

 rupted oblique transverse line a-t |- ; a zigzag oblique transverse 

 line before middle, from which a narrow streak runs along lower 

 margin of cell to a dark fuscous dot at its angle, beyond this 

 extended as a fan of suffused white lines along veins 2-5 nearly to 

 subterminal line ; some irregular marking towards costa beyond 

 middle and dorsum before tornus ; veins posteriorly marked with 

 blackish streaks, interrupted by a fine curved subterminal lino 

 slightlj' indented near costa; a terminal series of white marks: 

 cilia light brownish mixed with dark fuscous and whitish, towards 

 tornus suffused with white. Hindwings light grey, basal half 

 suffused with whitish ; costa rather expanded from base to 4, with 

 rough scales on edge partially suffused with grey beneath, and long 

 whitish subcostal hairpencil from base lying beneath forewings ; 

 cilia grey-whitish, basal third suffused with grej'. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, K. Maroni, in Julj' ; four specimens. 



Antaeotricha exusta, n. sp. 



c? . 27 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous. Palpi 

 ashy-fuscous, darker above. Antennal ciliations under 1. Pore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, widest about middle, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, little 

 oblique ; dark grey sprinkled with blackish ; an undefined patch of 

 dark fuscous suffusion extending over anterior half of dorsum, 

 projecting scales of dorsal edge brown ; a suffused blackish dot on 

 end of cell ; an undefined fascia of dark fuscous suffusion from 

 middle of costa to tornus, narrower towards costa, obtusely angu- 

 lated in middle ; a suffused dark fuscous streak along posterior 

 third of costa : cilia grey suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings dark grey; costa rather expanded from base to f, 

 with long dense roughly projecting dark grey scales, and long 

 whitish subcostal hairpencil from base lying in a yellow groove 

 concealed by forewings ; cilia grey, with dark fuscous subbasal 

 shade. 



French Guiana, R. Maroni ; one specimen. Allied to melanojpis. 



Antaeotricha phaeosaris Meyr. 



cJ . 22 mm. Head whitish, sides dark fuscous, crown suffused 

 with light grey. Palpi whitish partially infuscated, second joint 



