240 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



Opostega acidata, n. sp. 



(J. 8-9 mm. Head, antemiae, and thorax oclireous-whitish. 

 Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings lanceolate; shining ochreous- 

 vvhitish ; a minute black apical speck : cilia ochreous-whitish. 

 Hind wings and cilia pale grey. 



Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, in June {Parish) ; two 

 specimens. 



Opostega sacculata, n. sp. 



(J. 6 mm. Head and thorax white. Antennae whitish-ochreous, 

 eyecaps white. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings lanceo- 

 late; shining white, with faint yellowish tinge; a subtriangular 

 dark grey spot on costa slightly beyond middle, apex obtuse, 

 reaching half across wing; a small praeapical spot of yellowish- 

 grey suffusion ; a minute black apical dot : cilia whitish, costal 

 cilia with three fine oblique blackish-grey lines, second terminating 

 in apical dot, and two or three blackish scales at base beneath apex. 

 Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. 



Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, in June (Parish) ; one 

 specimen. 



Opostega paromias, n. sp. 



$. 8 mm. Head and thorax white. Antennae dark grey, eyecaps 

 white. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings lanceolate ; shining 

 whitish, dorsal half fahitly greyish-tinged; a suffused dark fuscous 

 very oblique strigula from costa towards base; a semioval dark 

 fuscous blotch along median portion of costa, not reaching half 

 across wing; a small undefined dark grey praeapical spot, apex 

 beyond this grey ; a small black apical dot : cilia grey, on costa 

 with two fine dark grey oblique lines, second ruiming to near apical 

 dot, and a third beyond apex of wing. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Peru, Matucana, 7780 feet, in July {Parish) ; one speci- 

 men. Allied to the preceding. 



Opostega pontifex, n. sp. 



<J. 7 mm. Head and thorax white. Antennae grey, eyecaps 

 white. Forewings lanceolate; shining white; extreme costal edge 

 dark fuscous from base to fascia; a narrow irregular inwardly 

 oblique dark fuscous median fascia, whence a blotch of fuscous 

 suffusion extends along dorsum to tornus : cilia fuscous, costal 

 cilia with a strong dark fuscous basal streak. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey. 



Colombia, Cali, 500 feet, in May (Parish) ; one specimen. 



