South A?nerican Micro-Lepidoptera. 51 



Gelechia pentadora, n. sp. 



cJ$. 12-14 mm. Head ochreous-wbite. Palpi yellow- whitish, 

 second joint with base dark fuscous, terminal joint as long as second, 

 with subapical band and sometimes base blackish. Thorax dark 

 purple-fuscous, with yellow posterior spot. Abdomen dark grey. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably 

 pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; dark purple-fuscous; 

 markings yellow; a slightly oblique oval transverse blotch from 

 costa at J reaching f across wing ; a spot beneath middle of disc ; 

 an irregular inwardly oblique transverse blotch from costa at f , 

 reaching more than half across wing; a spot on tornus; a small 

 spot before apex : cilia dark purj)le-fuscous. Hindwings and cilia 

 dark grey. 



French Guiana, R. Maroni; three specimens. 



Polyhymno gladiata, n. sp. 



(^. 9 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white (partially defaced), 

 shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex 

 pointed, prominent, termen sinuate, oblique ; costal half dark fus- 

 cous, dorsal area silvery-grey-whitish, these separated by a broad 

 median longitudinal shining white streak from base to §, pointed 

 posteriorly, lower edge suffused ; a very fine white Ime along costa 

 from near base to middle, thence diverted as a slender very oblique 

 streak to just above apex of median streak; an oblique white 

 strigula from costa about J, whence a rather thick angulated leaden- 

 metallic line runs to tornus ; beyond this a small white costal strigula, 

 followed by a small white triangular spot; apical and terminal 

 areas round these markings brownish-ochreous : cUia pale grey, 

 above apex with two white wedge-shaped marks separated with dark 

 fuscous, on termen white towards base, with a very short black 

 subbasal mark beneath apex and two black subbasal dots below 

 middle. Hindwings and ciha light grey. 



Colombia, Call, 500 feet, in May {Parish) ; one specimen. 



Polyhymno conflicta, n. sp. 



(S ?. 10-13 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 fuscous except apex, scales roughly projecting beneath towards 

 apex, terminal joint fuscous anteriorly. Thorax fuscous-whitish. 

 Abdomen whitish-fuscous, anal tuft fuscous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex produced, acute, 



