42 Mr. E, Merrick's Descriptions of 



rounded; 6 separate; grey- whitish sprinkled with grey and dark 

 fuscous, more strongly irrorated along costa; plical stigma rather 

 large, blackish : cilia pale greyish, sprinkled with blackish towards 

 base. Hindwings bluish-grey ; a strong ochrcous-yellowish expan- 

 sible hairpcncil from base lying along costa to beyond middle ; cilia 

 pale ochreous-grey. 



Colombia, Caldas, 4400 feet, and La Crumbre, 6600 feet, 

 in May {Parish) ; two specimens. 



Phthorimaea crustaria, n. sp. 



(^ $. 11-12 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, sometimes 

 sprinkled with grey. Palpi white, second and terminal joints each 

 with basal and supramedian bands of blackish irroration, terminal 

 joint somewhat shorter than second. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, 

 sometimes dorsally greyish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; 

 6 separate; ochreous-whitish, irregularly and variably sprinkled 

 with grey, ochrcous, and blackish; small cloudy spots of blackish 

 irroration on costa at base and J, and a cloudy blackish dot on fold 

 near base; stigmata rather large, black, sometimes ringed with 

 ochreous, plical rather obliquely before first discal; sometimes 

 indications of cloudy dots of blackish irroration on costa posteriorly 

 and termen : cilia ochreous-whitish, on basal half with scattered 

 dark grey and blackish points. Hindwings light slaty-grey; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, sometimes tinged with grey. 



Peru, Lima, in August {Parish) ; fourteen specimens. 



Phthorimaea densata, n. sp. 



(J $. 12-14 mm. Head and thorax grey, sometimes sprinkled with 

 whitish. Palpi white, second and terminal joints each with basal 

 and supramedian bands of blackish irroration, terminal joint some- 

 what shorter than second. Abdomen grey, basal segment sometimes 

 with two small fulvous spots, segments 2 and 3 with fulvous dorsal 

 patches. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 6 separate ; whitish irro- 

 rated with dark grey or blackish ; several indistinct blackish dots 

 on basal area, an obscure rather oblique darker streak from costa 

 at i to plical stigma, sometimes edged with whitish anteriorl}', pre- 

 ceded and followed beneath costa by ochreous marks; stigmata 

 moderate or large, black, edged below by ochreous spots and some- 

 times surrounded by irregular ochreous markings, plical rather 

 obliquely before first discal ; indistinct cloudy whitish opposite costal 

 and tomal marks at f, sometimes united into a slightly angulated 



