South American Micro-Lepidoptera. 13 



Sparganothis illuminata, n. sp. 



$. 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous-brownish, palpi 

 4. Abdomen orange. Forewings oblong, costa anteriorly strongly 

 arched, posteriorly nearly straight, apex obtuse, termen straight, 

 vertical ; ferruginous-brown with silvery-iridescent-violet reflections, 

 strewn with transverse anastomosing greyish-ochreous striolae with 

 strigulae of dark fuscous scales adjoining them ; two slightly sinuate 

 fine greyish-ochreous lines edged posteriorly with dark fuscous scales, 

 first from J of costa to j^ of dorsum, second from f of costa to tornus : 

 cilia brownish-ochreous, on termen with deep violet-ferruginous 

 basal line. Hindwings deep orange, towards apex and upper part 

 of termen coppery-tinged; cilia coppery tinged with fuscous. 



French Guiana, E. Maroni; one specimen. 



Sparganothis subacida, n. sp. 



(J. 15 mm.; ?. 22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax greyish- 

 ochreous, slightly sprinkled with dark fuscous, palpi in c? 3, in $ 4. 

 Antennal ciliations oi ,^ 1. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate-oblong, costa anteriorly in (J strongly arched, slightly 

 bent over and roughened with scales to beyond middle, with more 

 marked subtriangular projection near base, in $ very strongly 

 arched, posteriorly nearly straight, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 sinuate, little oblique ; brownish-oclireous, strewn with ferruginous- 

 brown strigulae ; some blackish strigulae on costa ; in $ a ferruginous- 

 brown spot on costa at J; costal patch elongate-triangular, ferru- 

 ginous-brown, in (^ marked with black, in $ narrowly produced 

 anteriorly to before middle of costa; a wedge-shaped ferruginous- 

 brown streak along apical part of termen, with some black scales : 

 cilia light brownish-ochreous, on termen with basal half ferruginous- 

 brown. Hindwings light dull fulvous, faintly darker-strigulated, 

 in (J rather broadly suffused with grey towards dorsum; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. 



French Guiana, R. Maroni ; two specimens. 



Peronea spheDobathra, n. sp. 



(^.15 mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous sprinkled 

 with fuscous. Palpi 3, fuscous, somewhat mixed with pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen grey. Forewmgs elongate, costa moderately 

 and evenly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly rounded, 

 oblique; pale greyish-ochreous suffused with light brownish; a 

 wedge-shaped fuscous and grey blotch extendmg along basal fifth 



