5')0 EXOTIC MTCROLEriDOPTKKA. 



Macliimia staphylitis, n. sp. 



cJ . 20-21 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous, crown suffused 

 with pale greyish. Palpi wliitisb-rosy, basal half of second joint 

 suB'used with dark fuscous, terminal joint sprinkled with dark 

 fu.^cous. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax violet-fuscous irrorated 

 with darker. Abdomen whitish-grey-ochreous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 straight, somewhat oblique; rather dark fuscous, with very strong 

 violet gloss ; costal edge pale rosy from | to 4 ; stigmata small, 

 indistinct, dark fuscous, plical obliquely beyond first discal : cilia 

 piile dull rosy, with dark violet-fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings 

 pale greyish-ochreous, becoming greyer towards apex and termen ; 

 cilia whitisli-ochreous, with greyish subbasal shade round upper 

 part of termen. 



French Gctiana., St. Jean, R. Maroni, in July ; two specimens. 



Machimia stereodesma, n. sp. 



d . 16-17 mm. Head rather dark purple-fuscous, face whitish. 

 Palpi rosy-purple irrorated with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 

 2|. Thorax brownish-ochreous, shoulders dark purple-fuscous. 

 Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, rather oblique; light 

 yellow-ochreous, base brownish-tinged; costal edge rosy-brown, 

 becoming dark purple-fuscous towards base; two nearly straight 

 transverse deep ferruginous lines, dark purplish-fuscous beneath 

 costal edge, first from | of costa to before middle of dorsum, second 

 from 4 of costa slightly incurved to | of dorsum ; a fine slightly 

 waved deep ferruginous line from costal extremity of second almost 

 to tornus, then right-angled inwards to rejoin second near dorsum ; 

 a dark purple-fuscous marginal line round apical pa?'t of costa and 

 termen : cilia pale rosy-purplish, with thick dark piirple-grey 

 subbasal line. Hindwings light ochi-eous-yellowish ; cilia pale 

 rosv-pink. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, R. Maroni ; two specimens. 



Machimia pyrothyris, n. sp. 



J . 17-18 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown suffused with 

 crimson and centrally with grey. Palpi light ochreous-yellowish, 

 second joint crimson externally and posteriorly. Antennal ciliations 

 1,^. Thorax grey, with a crimson dorsal stripe widened posteriorly 

 and terminated by a light ochreous-yellow posterior blotch. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous suffused with light rose-pink. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly rather dilated, costa gentlj' arched, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; rather 

 dark ashj'-grey, more or less generally suffused with crimson 

 except on a narrow streak round costa and termen, costal edge 

 bright crimson ; dorsal edge pale yellowish towards base, limited 

 by a deep crimson line from base below fold to dorsum at ^ ; an 

 elongate-oval light yellow blotch nearly in middle of disc, strongly 



