4 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey, with grey subbasal 

 shade. 



Ecuador, Alausi, 9450 feet,, in June (Parish) ; five 

 specimens. 



Phalonia mordax, n. sp. 



(J. 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish, more or less 

 sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous, palpi 3. Antemial cilia- 

 tions 2. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 oblique ; whitish, strewn with pale ochreous strigulae more or less 

 irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous; markings brownish 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous; three somewhat oblique spots from 

 costa at ^, middle, and f ; three rather irregular oblique fasciate 

 streaks from dorsum, first at ^, reaching half across wing, second 

 from beyond middle, similar but more or less interrupted beneath its 

 apex, third from tomus, more or less obsolete at lower extremity, 

 reaching f across wing near termen ; some small marginal spots round 

 apex and termen : cilia whitish, mixed or indistinctly barred with 

 fuscous. Hindwings pale grey, strigulated with grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey, with darker subbasal shade. 



Argentina, R. Parana; four specimens. 



Lasiothyris, n. g. 



Antennae in cJ ciliated. Forewings with 2 from 4, 3 and 4 

 approximated, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings with 3 

 and 4 connate, 5 hardly approximated, 6 and 7 nearly parallel. 



Apparently allied to PJiarmacis. 



Lasiothyris limatula, n. sp. 



(J. 9 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous, face whitish-ochreous. 

 (Palpi broken.) Antennal ciliations 1. Abdomen grey, anal tuft 

 grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rounded, oblique; light ochreous; costa marked 

 with some minute indistinct dark fuscous strigulae, and with narrow 

 elongate spots of ferruginous-fuscous suffusion at J and middle : 

 dorsal half suffused with ferruginous, more strongly posteriorly, 

 with a few dark fuscous specks, crossed by some silvery-whitish 

 iridescence beyond middle; an oblique ferruginous-ochreous fascia 

 from f of costa to middle of termen, preceded and followed by 

 silvery-whitish iridescence : cilia ochreous, towards tips whitish- 

 tinged. Hindwings hyaline with thuily stre^vn dark grey hakscales. 



