500 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOT'TEEi. 



less tinged with fuscous except towards costa ; a blackish or dark 

 purplish-fuscous elongate patch extending along basal third of 

 dorsum, reaching costa at base; an irregular interrupted fuscous 

 lino from i of costa to dorsum just beyond this, darkest on costa, 

 sometimes obsolete dorsally ; a blackish-fuscous transverse dot on 

 end of cell ; a curved irregular fuscous shade from costa beyond 

 middle to | of dorsum ; a fuscous spot on costa at |, and a rather 

 curved fuscous shade from beneath this to dorsum before tornus ; a 

 waved cloudy dark fuscous line just witliin apicnl edge : cilia 

 whitish-fuscous. Hiiidwings grey, basal half suffused with whitish ; 

 costa expanded from base to |, with long rough projecting hair- 

 scales suffused with rather dark fuscous beneath, and moderate 

 whitish subcostal hairpencil from base lying in an ochreous groove 

 concealed by forewings ; cilia w^hitish, on lower half of terinen 

 suffused with grey, 



Feexch Guiana, St. Jean, E,. Maroni ; nine specimens. 



Antaeotricha diffracta, n. sp. 



c? . 17-18 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with dark 

 fuscous streak on basal |. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax white, 

 with a dark grey blotch on back, a dot on each side of it anteriorly, 

 and two at posterior extremity. Abdomen white, tinged with 

 grey on apical half. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 

 apex rounded, termen rounded, hardly oblique ; white; markings 

 dark fuscous ; a short longitudinal mark from base beneath costa, 

 two connected anteriorly near base towards dorsum, one above 

 middle at |, one beneath fold and one on dorsum slightly beyond 

 this ; a dentate line interrupted above and below middle from | of 

 costa to middle of dorsum ; a longitudinal mark above middle of 

 disc, and one beyond and beneath this ; a rather irregular curved 

 line from middle of costa to 4 of dorsum ; spots on costa at | and 

 near apes ; a curved shade terminating in tornus reaching | across 

 wing, connected with preceding line by suffused bars at upper end 

 and near dorsum ; eight blackish marginal dots round apex and 

 termen : cilia white. Hind wings ochreous-whitish, with some grey 

 suffusion beneath vein 2 towards extremity ; costa expanded from 

 base to i, with long rough projecting hairscales suffused beneath 

 with dark grey beyond middle, and long dense whitish subcostal 

 hairpencil from base lying in an ochreous groove concealed by 

 forewings ; cilia white. 



Fkench Guiana, St. Jean, R. Maroni ; three specimens. 



Antaeotricha melanarnia, n. sp, 



(S . 20-22 mm. Head white, sides of face slenderly grey, crown 

 sufi'used with light grey except on sides. Palpi whitish, second 

 joint with dark fuscous streak on basal |. Antennal ciliations 2|. 

 Thorax grey, anterior margin and shoulders white. Abdomen 

 white, with strong black lateral streak on two segments beyond 

 middle, and slighter marks on others. Forewings elongate, widest 



