South American Micro-Lepidoptera. 9 



Tortrix lignea, n. sp. 



(J $. 15-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brown. Antemial 

 ciliations of (^ |. Abdomen whitish-grey. Forewmgs suboblong, 

 costa without fold, anteriorly strongly arched, posteriorly slightly 

 sinuate, apex obtuse, termen somewhat bowed, little oblique ; brown, 

 somewhat tinged with ferruginous, obscurely strigulated with dark 

 fuscous, especially on margins; basal patch obscurely darker, 

 partially suffused with dark fuscous irroration, especially towards 

 lower half posteriorly, edge angulated in middle ; central fascia 

 darker, broad, rather irregular, from before middle of costa to 

 dorsum before tornus, narrower and irregularly mixed with dark 

 fuscous irroi'ation towards costa; costal patch darker, flattened- 

 triangular, whence a thick streak runs to termen below middle ; 

 a short darker streak along upper part of termen : cilia whitish - 

 ochreous, with dark brown subbasal shade. Hindwings grey- 

 whitish, strigulated with grey i^osteriorly ; cilia whitish with grey 

 subbasal Ime. 



Ecuador. Huigra (4500 feet), Alaiisi (9450 feet), in June 

 {Parish); six specimens. 



Tortrix fissiculata, n. sp. 



c^ $. 18-20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light brownish closely 

 irrorated with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations of (J 2. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewmgs elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately 

 arched, without fold, apex obtuse-pointed, termen somewhat 

 sinuate, oblique ; brown suffusedly irrorated with grey, with irregular 

 anastomosing dark fuscous transverse striae ; the confluence of these 

 forms a narrow somewhat curved fascia about ^, a narrow irregular 

 somewhat oblique fascia beyond middle, and a streak from f of 

 costa to tornus, widest on costa : cilia whitish-fuscous, with dark 

 fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings grey-whitish, more or less 

 strigulated with grey; cilia whitish, with grey subbasal line. 



Peru, Aqualani, in June ; four specimens. 



Bulla atalodes, n. sp. 



o- 14 mm. Head and thorax silvery- white, face, palpi, and 

 shoulders dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1. Abdomen whitish. 

 Forewings rather elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, 

 straight in median area, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 oblique; silvery-white, tinged with pale grccnish-ycllow ; a dark 



