244 Mr. E. Mey rick's Descriptions of 



whitish ; a slender transverse fulvous-ochreous fascia at J ; a trans- 

 verse black apical dot ; cilia wliitish, opposite apex with two 

 blackish lines. Hind\sangs grey-whitish ; cilia whitish. 



Beitish Guiana, Bartica, in February and March 

 (Parish) ; twenty specimens. 



Erioptris, n. g. 



Head smooth, posterior part of crown shortly rough-haired, face 

 retreating; tongue short. Antennae f;, in (^ stout, serrulate, basal 

 joint very long, dilated and concave beneath, forming a large eyecap 

 further enlarged with long rough projecting scales on margins and 

 with a tuft of hairs at extremity. Labial palpi short, drooping, fili- 

 form. Maxillary palpi absent. Posterior tibiae with some bristly hairs 

 above. Forewings with apex down-turned ; 2 from angle, 3 absent, 

 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings h, linear- 

 lanceolate, cilia 4 ; transverse vein absent between 3 and 5, 4 absent, 

 5-7 approximated towards base. 



Type harmodia. An interesting earlier form allied to 

 Lyonetia. 



Erioptris hierodora, n. sp. 



$. 8 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax silvery-white. Abdomen 

 dark grey, ventrally banded with white. Forewings lanceolate; 

 shining white ; markings brownish-ochreous sprinkled with blackish 

 specks; a moderate somewhat oblique antemedian fascia, rather 

 narrowed tow ards dorsum ; two costal blotches between this and 

 apex, reaching about half across wing, first narrowed do\vnwards, 

 second rounded : cilia white, round apex suffused with ochreous, 

 with some black specks. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



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

 specimen. 



Erioptris harmodia, n. sp. 



(J. 8 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen shining white. An- 

 tennae grey, eyecap white. Fore^^^ngs narrow-lanceolate ; shining 

 white ; apical i! light yellow-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 except a slender irregular white transverse streak at |, the dark irror- 

 ation more conspicuous beyond this but ceasing towards apex : cilia 

 light ochreous, with short transverse dark fuscous bars near before 

 apex on each margin. Hindwings white; cilia white, round apex 

 suffused with grey. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March (Pa)ish); one 

 specimen. 



