22 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



Eucosma digna, ii. sp. 



(J. 1 1-12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fulvous, palpi ascending, 

 shortly scaled. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, pos- 

 teriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, without fold, apex 

 obtuse, termcn nearly straight, almost vertical; fulvous, irregularly 

 reticulated with rather dark violet-fuscous, costal area on posterior 

 half suffused with deep ferruginous ; costa strigulated with blackish, 

 and on posterior f with whitish; an irregular blackish line, angu- 

 lated in middle and suffused with deep ferruginous, from J of costa 

 to = of dorsum; a slender oblique blackish streak from middle of 

 costa reaching nearly half across wing, somewhat angulated near 

 its extremity, with a fine acute projection from angle posteriorly, 

 followed by two small black marks; a short oblique blue-leaden 

 striga rumiing to termen below apex, finely edged with ochreous- 

 whitish beneath; ocellus limited beneath by a leaden dash and 

 posteriorly by a leaden-metallic streak edged externally with 

 ochreous-white, and enclosing thi-ee strong black dots : cilia fulvous, 

 on termen with a leaden line, on tomus spotted with dark grey at 

 base. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked; d'ark 

 fuscous ; cilia grey, with darker subbasal shade. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in- December {Parish); two 

 specimens. 



Eucosma ortygia, n. sp. 



^ $. 17-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous 

 variably spotted or suffused with reddish-fuscous, palpi ascending, 

 shortly rough-scaled. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, without fold, apex obtuse, 

 termen straight, nearly vertical; whitish-ochreous strigulated with 

 reddish-fuscous mixed with dark fuscous, towards costa and pos- 

 teriorly or sometimes wholly suffused with ochreous-brown ; costa 

 strigulated with blackish and posteriorly with whitish; short 

 violet-leaden marks iron\ posterior pairs of whitish strigulae, and 

 a striga from | of costa to termen beneath apex; ocellus limited 

 beneath by a dark fuscous dash and posteriorly by a thick leaden- 

 metallic streak edged externally with ochreous-whitish, containing 

 three strong black dots or short dashes : cilia whitish-ochreous with 

 reddish- browTi line, broken up on tomus. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 connate; dark fuscous; cilia grey, tinged with whitish towards 

 tips, with darker subbasal shade. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from December 

 to March (Parish); eleven specimens. The allied species 

 transferrana, Walk. (= descriptana, Walk. = vincentaha^ 



