South American Micro-Lepidoptera. 11 



reaching half across wing : cilia whitish (imperfect). Hindwings 

 ochreous- whitish ; a brush of very long spreading black hairscales 

 within cell ; cilia whitish. 



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

 specimen. 



Gnephasia praecipua, n. sp. 



(^. 18 mm. Head and thorax whitish. Palpi whitish, basal 

 half sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations |. Abdomen 

 grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, posteriorly rather dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ; 

 ochreous-whitish, faintly tinged here and there with pale reddish- 

 ochreous ; markmgs dark fuscous ; several dots or strigulae on costa, 

 and a small triangular spot at J ; a quadrate spot on middle of costa, 

 an oblique fascia from dorsum before middle reaching half across 

 wing, and a mark in disc beyond the interval between them; a 

 large acute -triangular spot on dorsum beyond middle ; a fascia from 

 f of costa to i of dorsum, anterior edge with an irregular prominence 

 in middle, posterior edge nearly straight : cilia ochreous-whitish 

 (imperfect). Hindwings ochreous-whitish, irregularly marbled with 

 grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



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

 specimen . 



Cnephasia dentata, n. sp. 



(^ ?. 13-14 mm. Head and thorax whitish, shoulders with some 

 dark fuscous scales. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint and apex 

 of second whitish. Antennal ciliations of (^ 1. Abdomen whitish- 

 grey. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, rather oblique; ochreous-whitish, tinged 

 here and there with light brownish; some blackish dots or small 

 strigulae on costa ; a dark fuscous si^ot on base of costa, and a smaller 

 one at i; an ochreous-grey spot on middle of costa; an ochreous- 

 grey inwardly oblique fascia from costa at J, reacliing | across wing, 

 contracted above middle, becoming pale ochreous in disc; a dark 

 fuscous oblique fasciate blotch from dorsum before middle reaching 

 half across wing, its ujiper extremity denticulate and connected 

 by an irregular streak with a dark fuscous spot on dorsum at 

 ^ ; some blackish strigulae on upper part of termen : cilia whitish, 

 on upper part of termen sufifused with dark grey, on costa barred 

 with dark fuscous. Hindwings grey-whitish, irregularly strigulated 



