242 Mr, E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



from costa at ^ and §, and two from dorsum towards tornus, spaces 

 between these very faintly yellowish-tinged, indicating an acutely 

 angulated fascia; a small very faintly yellowish-tinged spot on 

 costa at J, edged faintly posteriorly with grey ; apex slightly tinged 

 with yellowish ; a minute black apical dot : cilia white, with three 

 fine indistinct grey bars on costa, and two (or three ?) projecting 

 at apex. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



Peru, Lima, 500 feet, in August {Parish) ; one specimen. 



Phyllocnistis sexangula, n. sp. 

 $. 8-10 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen white. Fore- 

 wings narrow-lanceolate, apex caudate; shining white; markings 

 light brassy-yellowish, edged with rather dark fuscous; a narrow 

 median longitudinal streak from base to beyond middle, where it 

 unites at an acute angle with a narrow oblique bar from middle of 

 costa; in one specimen an oblique dark fuscous bar cormecting 

 this longitudinal streak with dorsum before middle of wing, in the 

 other reduced to a small projection on its lower margin ; a narrow 

 angulated transverse fascia at §, and a transverse bar from costa 

 at I, all these markings connected by a line of fuscous suffusion 

 in disc; a praeapical spot containing a black dot; a round apical 

 black dot : cilia white, on costa with three fine dark fuscous bars, 

 at apex with four fine diverging dark fuscous bars, on termen with 

 basal half light greyish-ochreous limited by a fine dark fuscous line, 

 on tornus with a projection of dark fuscous scales. Hindwings 

 grey-whitish or pale grey ; cilia whitish. 



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

 mens. The largest species of the genus. 



Phyllocnistis rotans, n. sp. 

 (J ?. 5-6 mm. Head and thorax whitish -yellowish, with leaden- 

 silvery reflections. Palpi whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 narrow-lanceolate, apex caudate; violet- whitish, dorsal half violet- 

 grey ; markings golden-yellow edged with dark fuscous ; a median 

 longitudinal streak from base to middle ; a narrow slightly curved 

 oblique fascia beyond middle ; a somewhat oblique bar from costa 

 at §, reaching half across wing; a transverse spot before apex; a 

 black apical dot : cilia grey, on costa with whitish reflection and 

 three blackish bars, at apex with three diverging blackish bars, on 

 termen with blackish median shade. Hindwings dark grey; cilia 

 grey. 



Ecuador, Alausi, 9450 feet, in June {Parish) ; five speci- 

 mens. Allied to the North American insignis. 



