234 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



nearlj' reaching termen ; a dot at apex : cilia pale ochreous-greyish, 

 round apex whitish, mth a blackish basal dot. Hindwings grey; 

 cilia pale grey. 



Ecuador, Duran, in June {Parish) ; one specimen. 



Parectopa stemonodes, n. sp. 



o . 6 mm. Head Avhitish-bronzy. Palpi moderate, slender, white, 

 terminal joint with base and a subapical ring blackish. Thorax 

 dark grey sprinkled with whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate-lanceolate ; dark violet-grey irrorated with whitish ; 

 markings white margined anteriorly with blackish ; slender irregular 

 somewhat oblique fasciae at J and J, slightly expanded at ex- 

 J^remities ; triangular spots on costa at f and towards apex, and a 

 dot on tornus opposite first of these, apex of second produced as a 

 crescentic strigula to termen ; a dot at apex : cilia light grey, on 

 termen sprinkled with blackish, at apex white (imperfect). Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, in June (Parish) ; two speci- 

 mens. A third example from same locality is in all pro- 

 bability the female of same species ; thorax suffused with 

 white, white markings of forewings much larger, fasciae 

 moderate. 



Parectopa refulgens, n. sp. ' 



$. 6 mm. Head white. Palpi moderate, slender, white, with 

 dark fuscous lateral line. Thorax white, patagia golden-ochreous. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings narrow-lanceolate ; shining golden ; 

 markings shining white, edged with black irroration ; dorsal half 

 witli some irregular marking towards base, two adjacent oblique 

 streaks at J, two others in middle, and a single one at J, irregularly 

 connected on dorsum ; oblique streaks from costa at ^, middle, 

 and |. confluent with these in disc to form acutely angulated fasciae ; 

 a dot on costa near apex, and a dot at apex, edged beneath by a 

 minute black dash ; some white suffusion sprinkled with black 

 specks along termen : cilia whitish, with a black median line, 

 towards tornus pale greyish. Hindwings light grey; cilia pale 

 ochreous-grey. 



Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, in June {Parish) ; one speci- 

 men, 



Parectopa lithomacha, n. sp. 



(J ?. 7-8 mm. Head bronzy-grey. Palpi moderate, somewhat 

 rough-scaled anteriorly, especially at apex of second and towards 



