TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



LONDON 



For the Year 1917. 



-"'^soMian Vt^f'^ 



I. Descriptions of South American Micro-Lepidoptera. 

 By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. 



[Read December 6th, 1916.] 



The following descriptions are from specimens in my own 

 colleotion. They include some further interesting material 

 from high levels in the Andes (9000-12,000 feet elevation), 

 amongst which are examples of the genera Phalonia, 

 Crocidosema, Aristotelia, and Pkthorimaea. Altogether six 

 genera and 102 species are described as new. 



PHALONIADAE. 



Amallectis, n. g. 



Palpi rather long, porrected, triangularly rough-scaled. An- 

 tennae in (J strongly ciliated. Forewings with 2 from towards 

 angle, 3 absent, 8 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings with 2 from 

 towards angle, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 

 long-stalked. 



Probably a development of Phalonia. 



Amallectis devincta, n. sp. 



(J. 13 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sides more ochreous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish, laterally more ochreous, with a few dark fuscous 

 specks. Thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders marked with dark 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1917. — PART I. (nOV.) B 



