502 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPXERA. 



lower part ot termen, darker beneath tornus, Hindwings grey; 

 costa somewhat expanded from base to |, with long whitish sub- 

 costal hairpencil from base lying beneath forewings ; cilia pale 

 greyish, with grey subbasal shade, above apex suffused with white. 

 Pbench Guiana, St. Jean, 11. Maroni ; four specimens. 



Antaeotricha helicias, n. sp. 

 c? . 25 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with dark 

 fuscous streak on basal ^. Antennal ciliations 1|. Thorax grey- 

 whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, 

 nearly vertical ; grey-whitish, with faint lilac tinge; a fuscous 

 basal dot below middle ; three irregular oblique cloudy light 

 fuscous lines, first irom | of costa to m.iddle of dorsum, second 

 from middle of costa to 4 of dorsum, third from | of costa to just 

 before tornus, rather strongly curved outwards on lower half ; 

 eight dark fuscous marginal dots round apex and termen : cilia 

 white. Hindwings grey-Avhitish ; costa slightly expanded from 

 base to |, with long whitish subcostal hairpencil from base lying 

 beneath forewings ; cilia white, with pale greyish subbasal shade. 

 Fkench Guiana, E. Maroui ; one specimen. 



Antaeotricha palaestrias, n. sp. 



S . 13-15 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark 

 fuscous except towards apex, terminal joint with base and a sui)- 

 apical band dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1|. Thorax white, 

 with dark fuscous dorsal blotch almost reaching ])Osterior extre- 

 mity. Abdomen ochreous-white. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, rather 

 oblique ; shining white ; markings dark fuscous ; a longitudinal 

 line from base of costa to ^ of disc ; a short dash beneath apex of 

 this ; a small spot on base of dorsum ; a rather short oblique line 

 in disc about | ; a triangular blotch towards middle of dorsum 

 reaching nearly half across wing; a dash in middle of disc, and 

 one rather before and above this sometimes little marked ; a quad- 

 rate blotch on dorsum before tornus, reaching nearly half across 

 wing ; hardly curved lines Irom costa at middle and | running to 

 upi er angles of this blotch ; a dash in disc above middle between 

 these; a small suffused apical spot ; three or four black marfiiual 

 dots round apex : cilia white, opposite apex wdth tips and some- 

 times one or two narrow bars dark fuscous. Hindwings grey- 

 whitish; a long whitish subcostal hairpencil from base lying 

 benefith forewings ; cilia white, with faint greyish subbasal line. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, 11. Maroni ; eight specimens. The 

 similar lecitliaula has grey hindwings, and dorsal edge of forewings 

 dark fuscous on basal half. 



Antaeotriclia immota, n. sp. 



cJ 5 • l-i-lS mm. Head white, with a grey spot on each side of 

 face, crown grey except sides. Palpi white, second joint with dark 



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