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costa to middle of tennen, and three or four small indistinct dark 

 fuscous costal strigulae on or near this : cilia pale ochreous, variably 

 spotted with dark fuscous or blackish irroration. Hindwings 

 blackish -grey ; cilia pale grey, with darker grey subbasal shade. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from December 

 to March {Parish) ; Peru, Pacaya, in August {Mounsey) ; 

 eight specimens. 



Phalonia scarificata, n. sp. 



(^ $. 8-11 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous. Antennal 

 ciliations oi ^ 1. Abdomen grey. Forewmgs elongate, posteriorly 

 somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded; 7 to costa; ochreous, more or less silvery-iridescent; 

 some minute scattered strigulae of black irroration along costa; a 

 quadrate deeper spot on costa beyond middle, edged laterally with 

 strigulae of black irroration ; some indistinct darker suffusion, with 

 irregular marks of black irroration, in disc beneath this ; a more or 

 less developed triangular blotch of black irroration on dorsum before 

 middle, and a small s^Dot towards tornus; an indistinct spot of 

 deeper suffusion above tornus ; an indistinct deeper f asciate streak 

 from i of costa to middle of termen, its lower portion covered by an 

 irregular patch of scattered black irroration : cilia pale ochreous. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 closely approximated or connate; grey, 

 thinly scaled in cell, veins darker; cilia pale grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from December to 

 March {Parish) ; Dutch Guiana. Paramaribo ; Brazil, 

 Parana ; twenty-six specimens. 



Phalonia enclitica, n. sp. 



cj. 13-15 mm. Head whitish. Palpi 2f, ochreous-whitish, 

 tinged or sprinkled with brownish. Antennal ciliations nearly 2. 

 Thorax whitish, sometimes tinged with ochreous. Abdomen grey, anal 

 tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique; pale 

 brownish-ochreous, sometimes more or less whitish-tinged ; a faint 

 brownish basal patch, edge angulated, its lower portion marked by a 

 more or less indicated darker streak; a moderate brownish post- 

 median fascia angulated and more or less interrupted in disc, par- 

 tially sprinkled and marked with dark fuscous on edges, lower portion 

 forming a semioval spot ; a roundish brown spot on costa at i, and 

 one or two dark brown strigulae before and beyond it : cilia pale 



