496 EXOTIC MICROIvEPIDOPXERA. 



from 4 of costa to tornus, well-deSned posteriorly, sometimes rather 

 broadly suffused anteriorly ; a sutfused spot on costa towards apex, 

 and an indistinct waved suffused line before termen : cilia white, 

 round apex obscurely barred with light greyish. Hindwings grey, 

 lighter towards base ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey basal shade. 



British Gctia-NA, Bartica, in February (Parish) ; Fkench Guiana, 

 R. Alaroni ; three specimens. 



Antaeotricha laudata, n. sp. 



<S . 21-23 mm. Head white, sides suffusedly marked with 

 fuscous. Palpi white, second joint fuscous. Anr.ennal ciliations 2. 

 Thorax white, with a darlj; fuscous spot on shoulder, and dark 

 indigo-blue posterior tufts. A.bdomen ochreous-whitish, with long 

 rough whitish-grey hairscales above before apex. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, slightly wider in middle, costa gently arched, 

 apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; white ; a pale 

 violet-grey basal patch suffusedly marked with dark purple-fuscous, 

 occupying about g of wing, edge slightly oblique, with a strong 

 fulvous-brown mark from dorsum ; some faint grey markings on 

 dorsal half beyond this, and a dark grey spot on dorsum at |- ; two 

 dark grey dots transversely placed at end of cell ; a somewhat 

 curved rather irregular grey or dark grey line from costa beyond 

 middle to dorsum before tornus, sometimes interrupted; a straight 

 oblique grey shade terminating in tornus not reaching costa ; a 

 triangular grey spot occupying upper |- of termen : cilia white, 

 more or less wholly suffused with grey round apex and upper part 

 of termon. Hindwings light grey, more or less suffused with 

 whitish on basal half; costa expanded from base to f, with strong 

 broad projection of rough hairscales suffused with dark grey 

 beneath, and long paleochreous subcostal hairpencil lying in a pris- 

 matic groove suffused with fuscous at base concealed by forewiugs ; 

 cilia grey-whitish, with grey basal line. 



French Gctiana, St. Jean and Godebert, E.. Maroni ; fourteen 

 specimens. Much like basalis, but in that species the basal patch 

 is divided into upper and lower segments. 



Antaeotricha excisa, n. sp. 



c? . 18-20 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, second 

 joint fuscous except apex. Antennal ciliations 1. Abdomen 

 ochreous-white. Forowings elongate, narrow, widest in middle, 

 costa gently arched, before middle with a deep sinuation evenly 

 filled up with a fringe of hairscales, apex rounded, termen rounded, 

 somewhat oblique; white; a violet-grey basal patch suffusedly 

 spotted wirh dark fuscous occupying | of "wing, edge slightly 

 oblique ; two small cloudy fuscous spots on dorsum towards 

 middle ; a black dot on lower angle of cell, and fuscous one on 

 upper; a curved series of several small indistinct fuscous marks 

 running from costa beyond middle to dorsum before tornus; a 

 somewhat sinuate indistinct fuscous shade from 4 of costa to 



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