246 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



apical dot : cilia ochreous-whitish, suffused with yellow-ochreous 

 towards base. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in February {Parish) ; two 

 specimens. 



Otoptris pissantha, n. sp. 



$. 6-7 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae whitish, cro\\Ti and eye- 

 caps sometimes greyish-tinged. Thorax purplish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings narrow-lanceolate ; purplish-fuscous : cilia 

 grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in February {Parish) ; two 

 specimens. 



Tischeria ephaptis, n. sp. 



cj ?. 8 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings lanceolate; light ochreous-yellow ; costa on anterior half 

 slenderly grey, on posterior half rather broadly irrorated with dark 

 grey and blackish ; oblique streaks of blackish irroration f I'om costa 

 at i and beyond middle, reaching about half across wing; some 

 sliglitgrey irroration towards dorsum posteriorly, and a dot of black 

 irroration above tornus : cilia pale greyish, opposite apex towards 

 base pale yellowish sprinkled with blackish. Hindwings and cilia 

 pale grey. 



Peru, Chosica, 2800 feet, in July {Parish); four 

 specimens. 



Tischeria deliquescens, n. sp. 



(J $. 6-8 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous-yellowish, some- 

 what sprinkled with dark grey specks. Palpi ochreous-whitish. 

 Abdomen whitish -ochreous suffusedly irrorated with dark grey. 

 Forewings lanceolate ; light yellow-ochreous, more or less sprinkled 

 with fuscous and dark fuscous specks, more strongly irrorated 

 towards costa on posterior half : cilia greyish, towards base pale 

 ochreous sprinkled with black. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in February {Parish) ; seven 

 specimens. 



Tischeria plagifera, n. sp. 



(J $. 8-9 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish sliglilly sprinkled 

 with grey. Abdomen light grey. Forewings lanceolate; yellow- 

 grey-whitish irrorated with dark grey, more or less suffused irregu- 

 larly with ochreous-yellowish; a very oblique streak of blackisli 

 irroration from costa at J, reaching lialf across wing, and two less 

 luarked similar streaks of dark grey irroration beyond it, sometimes 



