18 Mr. E. Meyiick's Descriptions of 



streak, and edged above by a bluish-metallic line ; a median bh;e- 

 metallic line from f of disc to apex and a shorter subdorsal line 

 beneath it, beneath each of these is a suffused pale yellowish streak 

 t'lward-* termen ; a pale yellowish streak along apical portion of 

 costa : cilia dark fuscous. Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Bolivia, Songo ; four specimens. 



Promalactis platyxantha, n. sp. 



(J $. 10-12 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Palpi 

 white lined with black. Antennae white lined with black, ciliations 

 in ^ 1. Abdomen grey. Fore-wings elongate, very narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded : dark fuscous ; a very broad ochreous-yellow transverse 

 band, extending from about ^ to f , its margins nearly direct, some- 

 what irregular, edged with pale shining golden-metallic, costal edge 

 and a dorsal mark near its posterior margin dark fuscous, partially 

 edged with pale golden-metallic ; two or three whitish marginal 

 dots round apex : cilia dark fuscous. Hind-wings rather dark grey, 

 lighter towards base ; cilia grey. 



Bolivia, Songo ; three specimens. 



GELECHIADAE. 



Tinaegeria traheata, n. sp. 



(J. 17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax very dark prismatic 

 bronzy-fuscous; antennae with a white subapical patch, ciliations 

 2 ; thorax on each side with an ochreous-brownish stripe crossing an 

 oblique crimson stripe from shoulder. Abdomen crimson, with 

 broad dorsal and narrow lateral dark fuscous stripes, apical tuft 

 fuscous above, yellowish beneath. Fore-wings elongate, very 

 narrow, slightly dilated, costa slightly sinuate, posteriorly gently 

 arched, apex somewhat ;f)ointed, termen faintly sinuate, rather 

 strongly oblique ; very dark bronzy-fuscous ; cilia concolorous. 

 Hind-wings dark bronzy-fuscous, with a hyaline patch occupying 

 dorsal half from base to beyond middle, except dark fuscous veins; 

 cilia dark fuscous. 



Bolivia, Songo ; one specimen. 



COMMATICA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antennae J, 

 basal joint elongate, slender, without pecten. Labial palpi long, 



