XYLOKTCIID^. 493 



dark fuscous above on basal half. Antennal ciliatious 3. Thorax 

 violet-grey, posterior crest dark bluish-purple-grey. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, widest in middle, costa 

 moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewliat 

 oblique ; grey, with faint violet tinge ; a basal patch of irregular 

 . transverse dark fuscous markings, edge running from ^ of costa 

 to f of dorsum, convex ; a narrow patch of whitish suffusion along 

 costa from this to beyond middle ; some dark fuscous and whitish 

 sprinkling about lower margin of cell in disc ; an oblique-oval 

 blackish fuscous spot in disc at | ; beyond these markings apical 

 I of wing irregularly marked and suffused with dark fuscous, with 

 a cloudy whitish line from | of costa to tornus, slightly indented 

 beneath costa ; dorsal scale-projection at ^ tipped with ferruginous- 

 orange ; cilia whitish-fuscous obscurely barred with darker fuscous, 

 towards tornus whitish. Hindwings rather dark grey ; costa ex- 

 panded from base to |, with rough projecting whitish scales 

 suffused with dark grey beneath towards middle, with long whitish 

 subcostal hairpencil from base in groove and a long grey hairpencil 

 between this and costa, lying beneath forewings ; cilia grey. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, K. "Maroni, in July; two specimens. 

 Distinguished from lacertosa and allies by the second hairpencil of 

 hindwings. 



Antaeotricha enodata, n, sj). 



cj" . 24-27 mm. Head whitish, crown more or less suffused with 

 grey. Palpi grey, terminal joint suffused with white except towards 

 base. Antennal ciliations somewhat over 1. Thorax and abdo- 

 men grej% anal tuft pale ochreous on sides. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, widest towards middle, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, little oblique; grey ; a 

 basal patch of fuscous suffusion, browner towards dorsum, edge 

 running from | of costa to ^ of dorsum, rather irregular ; a suflused 

 white patch occupying more or less width of costal area from this 

 to beyond middle ; a very irregular rather curved whitish streak 

 from 1^ of costa to |- of dorsum, sometimes partially confluent in 

 disc with preceding ; a small cloudy dark fuscous spot on dorsum 

 beyond middle ; a slightly curved cloudy white line from |- of costa 

 to tornus, somewhat indented near costa ; a cloudy white line 

 along termen : cilia light grey, tox^ards tornus white. Hindwings 

 rather dark grey ; costa rather expanded from base to |, with strong 

 broad projection of rough scales before middle suflused with grey 

 beneath, and long whitish subcostal hairpencil from base lying 

 beneath forewings ; cilia grey, with darker subbasal line. 



French GrriANA, Godebert and jSTouveau Chantier, K. Maroni, in 

 May ; five specimens. Easily separable from allied species such as 

 the preceding by absence of blackish discal spot. 



Antaeotricha staurota, n. sp. 

 2 . 23 mm. Head white, face and forehead tinged with grey. 



