Scmth American Micro-Lepidoptera. 47 



Phthorimaea epitricha, n. sp. 



^ $. 8-10 mm. Head whitish, more or less sprinkled with grey. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint irrorated with dark fuscous except apex, 

 terminal joint as long as second, with subbasal and supramedian 

 bands of dark fuscous irroration. Thorax whitish more or less irro- 

 rated with dark grey. Abdomen grey, in (^ with raised lateral sub- 

 apical tufts of long grey hairs. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; 

 6 separate; grey-whitish irrorated with dark fuscous; a blackish 

 spot or short oblique bar from costa near base ; a small ochreous spot 

 on fold at }, sometimes edged above and beneath with small blackish 

 spots; a thick oblique blackish streak from ?) of costa to fold; 

 stigmata ochreous, more or less edged above and beneath with small 

 blackish spots, plical obliquely before first discal, an elongate cloudy 

 blackish spot on costa just above second discal, sometimes edged 

 beneath by another ochreous dot; undefined spots of blackish 

 suffusion on tornus and at apex : cilia pale grey sprinkled with 

 black. Hindwings grey, subhyaline in disc anteriorly and towards 

 dorsum ; cilia light grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, from December to February 

 {Parish); ten specimens. 



Phthorimaea involuta, n. sp. 



(J $. 9-11 mm. Head whitish sprinkled with grey. Palpi 

 whitish, second and terminal joints each with subbasal and supra- 

 median bands of dark fuscous irroration, terminal joint as long as 

 second. Thorax whitish irrorated with dark fuscous, patagia 

 sometimes suffused with ochreous. Abdomen dark grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; 6 separate ; grey- whitish or whitish-grey, 

 irrorated with black; a narrow oblique blackish bar from costa 

 near base and broader one at ^, both terminated by small yeliow- 

 ochreous spots on fold edged beneath by black marks, second spot 

 representing plical stigma ; discal stigmata yellow-ochreous, edged 

 above and below by black spots, first obliquely beyond plical stigma, 

 its margin separated by an ochreous mark from a small blackish spot 

 on costa above it, margin of second usually absorbed in a subquad- 

 rate blackish blotch on costa above it, its lower margin sometimes 

 forming a considerable spot ; a well-defined blackish apical blotch : 

 cilia grey, irrorated with black except towards tips. Hindwings 

 dark grey, subhyaline in disc anteriorly and towards dorsum ; cilia 

 rather dark grey. 



