552 EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTERA. 



TRACHYXYSTA, ii. g. 



Head smooth-scaled, sidetufts loosely spreading ; ocelli present; 

 tongue developed. Antennae A, in c? rather strongly ciliated, 

 basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 curved, ascending, second joint reaching base of antennae, thickened 

 with dense scales roughly projecting beneath throughout, terminal 

 joint less than i of second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with 

 very long hairs above. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 from angle, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 

 nearly 1, elongate-ovate, cilia nearly 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 

 nearly parallel. 



Type antkhroma Meyr., from Australia. 



Hypercallia anisodes, n. sp. 



c? . 1(1-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochrcous-brownish ; 

 second joint of palpi very long, expanded with rough scales above 

 towards apex, terminal joint half second, thickened with rough 

 scales posteriorly except tij) ; thorax with very large triangular 

 posterior crest. Abdomen grey. Forewings broad, suboblong, 

 costa anteriorly strongly arched, posteriorly nearly straight, apex 

 rounded, obtuse, termen rounded, vertical ; 9 separate ; ochreous- 

 brown, somewhat lighter and yellowish-tinged towards dorsum and 

 termen ; a darker brown streak along dorsum from j to | ; a faint 

 violet-whitish dot on costa at |^, and a fine indistinct obli(]no 

 whitish strigula at |; first diseal stigma minute, blackish, second 

 very small, white : cilia ochreous-brown. Hindwings grey; cilia 

 pale grey. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, R. IMaroni ; three specimens. 



Hypercallia dryodesma, n. sp. 



6 . 15 mm. Head and thorax yellow s})otted with ferruginous- 

 rod. Palpi ferruginous-brown, second joint with dense appressed 

 scales, terminal joint | of second, thickened with rough scales 

 posteriorly except tip, base and apex pale yellow. Abdomen yellow- 

 whitish. Forewings bn ad, suboblong, costa rather strongly arclu d, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, vertical ; 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 

 yellow, reticulated througl)Out with ferruginous-red ; a purple- 

 fuscous streak along costa throughout, darkest on costal edge, 

 interrupted by oblique strigulae of groundcolour at | and |; a 

 broad purplish-brown median transverse fascia, considerably dilated 

 on dorsum, diseal stigmata placed on margins of this, blackish, 

 first minute, second rather large ; a curved series of cloudy dark 

 Juscous dots rising from this fascia near costa and returning to it 

 near dorsum; a purple-brown streak along termen: cilia yellow, 

 with a brown bar at apex, and suffused with brownish towards 

 tornus. Hindwings and cilia whitish-yelloAvish. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, E.. Maroni, in July ; one specimen. 



