46 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



joint nearly as long as second. Thorax grey sprinkled with whitish. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey. Posterior tibiae in c? '''^th very long 

 whitish-ochreous haire. Forcwings elongate-lanceolate ; 6 separate ; 

 dark grey irrorated with white; a blackish dot beneath costa near 

 base ; an oblique blackish bar from costa at I to fold ; discal stigmata 

 blackish, indistinctly edged with ochreous beneath, plical ochreous, 

 slightly before first discal; indistinct whitish opposite marks on 

 costa at I and tomus : cilia whitish-grey, irrorated with dark grey 

 and black round apex and towards base generally. Hindwings pale 

 slaty-grey ; in ^ a very long dense black expansible hairpencil lying 

 along costa from base to § ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Peru, Chosica, 2800 feet, in July (Parish) ; two specimens. 



Phthorimaea altisona, n. sp. 



(J. 11-12 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, slightly whitish- 

 sprinkled. Palpi dark grey sprinkled with blackish and slightly 

 with whitish. Abdomen dark gre}'. Forcwings elongate-lanceolate ; 

 6 separate; dark fuscous, slightly whitish-sprinkled, dorsal area 

 tinged with ochreous- brown ; stigmata cloudy, black, plical obliquely 

 before first discal ; in one specimen some ochreous-brown streaking 

 towards costa posteriorly; apical area suffused with blackish : 

 cilia grey, round apex mixed with dark fuscous and somewhat 

 sprinkled with whitish. Hindwings bluish -grey; cilia light grey. 



Peru, Huancayo, 10,G50 feet, in July [Parish); two 

 specimens. 



Phthorimaea exacta, u. sp. 



(J $.11-12 mm. Head whitish, sprinkled wuth dark grey. Palpi 

 white sprinkled with grey, second joint blackish except towards 

 apex, terminal joint nearly as long as second, with black basal ring 

 and supramedian band. Thorax whitish irrorated with dark grey. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft in q ochreous-whitish. Forcwings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; G separate ; whitish irrorated with grey and dark 

 fuscous ; a small blackish spot beneath costa near base ; a suffused 

 dark fuscous bar from dorsum at ^ to above middle ; blackish spots 

 on costa at J and before |, stigmata cloudy, black, plical beneath 

 first discal, second discal elongate ; blotches of darker suffusion on 

 tomus and at apex : cilia pale grey mixed with dark fuscous. 

 Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia light grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in January and February 

 (Parish) ; two specimens. 



