4 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



ochreous. Hindwinga grey ; cilia whitish-grey, with grey subbasai 

 shade. 



Ecuador, Alausi, 9150 feet, in June {Parish) ; five 

 specimens. 



Phalonia mordax, n. sp. 



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

 sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous, palpi 3. Antennal eilia- 

 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 bro^aiish 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous; three somewhat oblique spots from 

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

 streaks from dorsum, first at J, 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 subbasai shade. 



Argentina, R. Parana; four specimens. 



Lasiothyris, n. g. 



Antennae in (J ciliated. Forewmgs with 2 from i, 3 and 4 

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

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



Apparently allied to Pharmacis. 



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-oehreous fascia 

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

 silverj'-wliitish iridescence : cilia ochreous, towards tips whitish- 

 tinged. Hindwings hyaline with thmly strewn dark grey hairscales. 



