South American Micro-Lepidoptera. 5 



towards termen suffused with grey, veins and terminal edge dark 

 grey; cilia whitish-grey. 



Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, in June (Parish); one 

 specimen. 



Phtheochroa praeposita, n. sp. 



(^. 26-30 mm. Head and palpi fuscous. Antennal cUiations 

 1^. Thorax white. Abdomen light grey. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly considerably dilated, costa anteriorly hardly, posteriorly 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather 

 oblique; sUvery- white ; a rather broad somewhat oblique fuscous 

 median fascia, tending to be partially interrupted above middle, 

 extended along costa as a suiiused diminishing band to base, on 

 costa marked with small darker spots or strigulae, in disc with some 

 silvery iridescence and transverse markings of raised silvery scales ; 

 about seven dark fuscous dots on dorsal edge; a rather curved 

 transverse fuscous streak mixed wath dark fuscous above tomus, 

 and a small spot above upper extremity of this ; a triangular fuscous 

 apical patch, partially sprinkled with dark fuscous, extending over 

 nearly ^ of costa and to below middle of termen : cilia grey (imper- 

 fect). Hindwings pale grey, coarsely strigulated or marbled with 

 grey; cilia whitish-grey. 



Colombia, San Antonio, 5800 feet, in November; two 

 specimens. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



Capua arrecta, n. sp. 



(J. 17 mm. Head and thorax brown, suffusedly irrorated with 

 dark gi'ey. (Palpi broken.) Abdomen grey. Forewings sub- 

 oblong, costa anteriorly moderately, posteriorly slightly arched, with 

 costal fold reaching nearly to J, apex obtuse, termen straight, 

 somewhat oblique; ferruginous-brown, irrorated with dark grey; 

 costal fold and about five costal spots suffused with blackish -grey; 

 central fascia and large triangular costal blotch represented by a 

 broad indefinite general blackish-grey suffusion; a tuft of raised 

 scales on fold beneath middle of wing, and numerous scattered 

 raised scales on surface of wing : cilia brownish, basal half spotted 

 or mixed with dark grey. Hindwings grey, towards apex and upper 

 part of termen paler and strigulated with darker; cilia grey-whitish, 

 with subbasal line. 



Peru, Lima, in August (Parish); two specimens. 



