18 Mr. E. Mcyrick's Descriptions of 



strigulated with grey; tuft in o large, dense, ochreous-whitish, 

 basally suffused with fuscous ; cilia whitish, with grey basal line. 



Ecuador, Alausi. 9450 feet, in June {Parish); three 

 specimens. 



Crocidosema caliida, n. sp. 



(J. 17 mm. Head and palpi dark grey, collar paler. Thorax 

 greyish-ochreous, anteriorly and centrally suffused with dark 

 purplish-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 rather dilated, costa gently arched, without fold, apex obtuse, ter- 

 men slightly sinuate in middle, little oblique ; fuscous suffused with 

 purplish-grey; basal patch suffused with dark purplish-fuscous, 

 extending on costa to middle and on dorsum to «, followed by a 

 quadrate whitish dorsal blotch ; posterior half of costa with five 

 pairs of oblique whitish strigulae, last more distinct and followed by 

 a small dark fuscous apical spot ; ocellus filled with white irroration, 

 margined laterally with silvery-metallic streaks, and limited above 

 by an outwardly oblique curved blackish-fuscous streak : cilia dark 

 grey with rows of whitish points. Hindwings pale grey, veins and 

 termen suffused with darker grey ; tuft somewhat shorter and more 

 extended towards dorsum than in plebeiana, grey-whitish, towards 

 base suffused with blackish ; cilia grey, with dark grey basal line. 



Peru, Chosica, 2800 feet, in July {Porish) ; one specimen. 



Crocidosema ptiladelpha, n. sp. 



(J. 13-14 mm. Head grey, face and palpi whitish. Thorax 

 dark grey. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, without fold but with a tuft of scales near base, 

 apex obtuse, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique; grey, sometimes 

 tinged with whitish-ochreous in disc posteriorly; basal patch dark 

 fuscous, extending on costa to J and on dorsum to middle, edge 

 obtusely angulated in middle, costal tuft grey or grey-whitish; a 

 subquadrate whitish blotch on dorsum beyond this, posteriorly 

 suffused ; four or five indistinct pairs of whitish strigulae on costa 

 posteriorly, with obscure oblique leaden strigae nmning from them, 

 a more distinct pair of white strigulae before apex ; ocellus whitish, 

 margined laterally with silvery-metallic streaks, enclosing three or 

 four linear black dots, and preceded by some ochreous tinge, with 

 a black subdorsal dash : cilia whitish, speckled with blackish ex- 

 cept on tornus. Hindwings grey-whitish, veins and termmal area 

 suffused with grey, anteriorly semihyaluie ; tuft large, extending to 

 basal portion of dorsum, ochreous-grey-whitish, with a spot of grey 

 suffusion anteriorly ; cilia grey-whitish, with faint grey subbasal line. 



