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spot along basal sixth of costa ; small black semioval spots on costa 

 at f and f ; plical and second discal stigmata black; two or three 

 small black dots on costa towards apex ; four narrow semioval dark 

 grey marks along termen, with a few black scales : cilia grey, on 

 costa pale yellow. Hindwings light grey; cilia pale greyish. 



Colombia, La Cmmbre, 6600 feet, in May {Parish) ; one 

 specimen. 



Recurvaria aequorea, n. sp. 



(^ $. 8 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders 

 suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen in (^ grey-whitish, in $ grey. 

 Forewings lanceolate; dark fuscous, sprinkled with whitish; a 

 cloudy whitish dorsal streak from base to tomus, speckled with dark 

 fuscous, pointed posteriorly, edge irregular : cilia ochreous-whitish, 

 round apex and upper part of termen irrorated with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings in ^ pale slaty-grey, in $ grey; cilia ochreous-whitish; 

 in c? with ochreous-yellowish expansible hairpencil lying along costa 

 from base to beyond middle. 



Peru, Chosica, 2800 feet, and Lima, in July and August 

 (Parish) ; four specimens. 



OXYLECHIA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae f , in 

 (^ simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi very 

 long, recurved, second joint with short rough tuft beneath and hairs 

 roughly expanded towards apex above, terminal joint longer than 

 second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior 

 tibiae clothed with hairs above. Forewings with 16 furcate, 2 from 

 near angle, 3 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings J, elongate-trapezoidal, apex somewhat produced, acute, 

 termen obliquely bisinuate beneath apex, cilia 4; 2-4 remote, 4 

 from angle, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 connate. 



Oxylechia confirmata, n. sp. 



cJ. 8 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint marked with 

 black towards base, terminal joint with black submedian ring and 

 supramedian band. Thorax white, shoulders dark fuscous. Abdo- 

 men grey, segmental margins and anal tuft white. Forewings 

 elongate, very narrow, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded; white, tinged with ochreous-yellowish in 

 disc, more strongly and sprinkled with fuscous posteriorly ; markings 

 dark fuscous, with some black scales on their edges, and margined 



