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blackish, plical very small, black, beneath first discal : cilia light 

 brownish, towards base mixed with fuscous, all scales finely whitish- 

 tipped. Hindwings light grey, darker towards apex, veins darker ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with grey, with greyish basal and 

 postmedian lines. 



Ecuador, Alausi, 9450 feet, in June (Parish)', two 

 specimens. 



Depressaria lusciosa, n. sp. 



(J. 20-21 mm. Head pale brownish irrorated with whitish. 

 Palpi brown -whitish, sprinkled with blackish towards base, with 

 blackish subapical ring of second joint, and basal and supramedian 

 rings of terminal joint. Thorax light brownish suffusedly irrorated 

 with whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, suffusedly banded with 

 grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 stalked ; 

 brownish or fuscous, tips of scales whitish, with scattered dark 

 fuscous scales tending to form strigulae, costa more or less strigu- 

 lated with blackish ; first discal stigma blackish, with a less marked 

 dot of brown and blackish scales somewhat beyond and beneath 

 it, second discal white, without dark edging : cilia light brownish 

 or greyish, irrorated with whitish. Hindwings pale grey; cilia 

 ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Peru, Jauja, 11,900 feet, in July (Parish) ; two speci- 

 mens. Allied to signijica. 



Cryptolechia loxobathra, n. sp. 



(J. 8 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sidetufts mixed with dark 

 fuscous. "Palpi whitish, second joint suffusedly irrorated with 

 dark fuscous except towards apex. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdo- 

 men grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 8 and 9 

 out of 7 ; whitish-ochreous ; a dark fuscous basal fascia, narrow on 

 dorsum, widest on costa, where it extends to I ; discal stigmata 

 dark fuscous, first minute, second moderate; a few dark fuscous 

 scales towards dorsum at t ; a dark fuscous spot on costa beyond § ; 

 a dark fuscous fasciaform blotch extending along termen fi'om apex 

 to below middle : cilia whitish-ochreous, towards tornus tinged with 

 grey. Hindwings light grey; cilia grey-whitish. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March (Parish) ; one 

 specimen. 



