546 EXOTIC MICROIEPIDOPTERA. 



confirms this. The variability of neuration in the forewings is 

 very remarkable, but the differences are correctly regarded here as 

 of only specific value. 



Eomiclila nummulata, n. sp. 



d . 18-21 mm. Head white, with a few blackish specks. 

 Palpi white, slightly speckled with blackish, terminal joint rather 

 shorter than second. Thorax white finely irrorated with black. 

 Abdomen blackish, with dorsal series of oval coppery blotches, anal 

 tuft whitish. Porewings elongate, rather nariow, posteriorly some- 

 what dilated, costa anteriorly straight, posteriorly gently arched, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 stalked, 

 9 separate ; white ; costal edge yellowish-grey from base to | ; a 

 spot of fine black irroration on base of dorsum ; costal half from 

 base to middle wbitish-ocbreous sprinkled with black specks, with 

 a clear whitish-ochreous spot at base ^^ollowed by a spot of dense 

 black irroration, and a fascia of dense black irroration from middle 

 of costa to ^ of dorsum, preceded by a small white spot representing 

 first discal stigma ; a transverse patch of whitish-ochreous sufl'usion 

 sprinkled with black specks extending from middle of disc to ^ of 

 dorsum ; an ochreous-grey patch on costa at ^, adjoining whicli is 

 a round patch of dense black irroration surrounding a pale yellowish 

 oblique transverse spot representing second discal stigma ; a large 

 roundish patch of black irroration sufi'used with whitish-ochreous 

 reaching from this to termen, where it extends from near apex to 

 tornus ; an ochreous spot on costa towards apex : cilia white, on 

 upper part of termen tinged with grey and sprinkled with black 

 at base. Hinduings grey, semihy aline in disc, veins dark grey ; 

 cilia white. 



Fkench Guiana, R. Maroni ; two specimens. 



Atelosticha cyclophthalma, u. sp. 



cJ . 13 mm. Head and thorax white mixed with dark fuscous. 

 Palpi white irrorated with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 5. 

 Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. i'orewings elongate, dilated 

 posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 

 rather oblique ; white, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous ; 

 costal edge rose-pink, on basal fourth dark fuscous ; a dirk fuscous 

 basal dot in middle ; first discal stigma represented by a round 

 pale brownish-oehreous spot edged with dark fuscous, plical by a 

 smaller one rather obliquely beyond it; a dark fuscous dot on 

 costa at 1^, and another between this and first discal stigma ; a 

 fine transverse strigula of ochreous and dark fuscous scales from 

 dorsum at | ; a straight rather dark fuscous line from ^ of costa 

 to I of dorsum, second discal stigma forming a light brownish- 

 oehreous spot lying in its posterior margin ; a strongly curved 

 subterminal series of brownish-oehreous dots edged with some dark 

 fuscous scales rising from this line near costa and returning to it 

 near dorsum; an irregular line of dark fuscous irroration between 



