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white dash beneath it : cilia grey, I'ound apex whitish with dark 

 fuscous subbasal line, and a blackish oblique projecting hook at 

 apex. Hindwings light grey; cilia pale grey, in (^ tinged with 

 ochreous. 



Peru, Huancayo, 10,650 feet, and Jauja, 11,900 feet, in 

 July (Parish) ; five specimens. 



Parectopa ischnotoma, n. sp. 



$. 6 mm. Head shining pale bronzy. Palpi moderate, slender, 

 bronzy-whitish, terminal joint with base and subapical ring dark 

 fuscous. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Fore wings lanceo- 

 late; glossy dark fuscous, with faint purplish tinge; markings 

 silvery-white; slender hardly oblique fasciae at ^ and |; wedge- 

 shaped transverse marks from costa at f and near apex : cilia 

 grey, round apex with blackish subbasal line and apical hook 

 (imperfect). Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



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

 men. Near the following species, but fore wings relatively 

 much broader, with much slenderer markings. 



Parectopa Isortha, n. sp. 



(^. 6 mm. Head shining ochreous-white. Palpi moderate, 

 slender, white, second joint dark fuscous towards apex, terminal 

 joint with base and subapical ring dark fuscous. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, apex of patagia white. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings 

 narrowly elongate-lanceolate; dark fuscous; markings shining 

 white ; narrow direct transverse fasciae at J and J, first somewhat 

 broader, especially towards dorsum; moderate triangular spots on 

 costa at I and near apex ; a white apical dot : cilia grey, round 

 apex white with blackish apical hook (imperfect). Hindwings 

 rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in February (Parish) ; one 

 specimen. 



Parectopa phaneropis, n. sp. 



$. 7 mm. Head whitish (rubbed). Palpi long, slender, white. 

 Thorax ochreous. Abdomen grey. Forewings narrow-lanceolate; 

 brownish-ochreous ; markings snow-white, edged with a few black 

 specks ; hardly oblique fasciae at J and somewhat beyond middle, 

 narrow on costa, moderately dilated downwards; a fine rather 

 oblique transverse line at f, more or less interrupted in middle; 

 a moderate rounded-transverse spot from costa towards apex, 



