248 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



Bucculatrix mellita, n. sp, 



(J ?. 5-6 mm. Head ochreous-white, frontal tuft sometimes mixed 

 with yellow-ochreous. Thorax yellow-ochreous. Abdomen grey. 

 Posterior tarsi with a black subapical dot. Forewings lanceolate, 

 apex somewhat produced; deep yellow-ochreous; costa slenderly 

 blackish from base to first streak ; oblique white wedgeshaped streaks 

 from costa before middle and at |, reaching half across wing, separ- 

 ated by a patch of black irroration ; a subdorsal spot (probably tuft) 

 of black irroration beneath first costal streak : cilia whitish, round 

 apex and upper part of termen with basal half ochreous sprinkled 

 with black and limited by a sinuate black line. Hindwings dark 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



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

 mens. 



Bucculatrix saccharata, n. sp. 



(^. 6 mm. Head, eyecaps, and thorax white, frontal tuft centrally 

 faintly tinged with yellowish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings lanceolate, apex slenderly produced ; white, sprinkled except 

 towards base Avith minute black specks suffused with yellow- 

 ochreous ; a yellow-ochreous streak along fold from base to middle ; 

 oblique yellow-ochreous streaks sprinkled with some black specks 

 from costa before and beyond middle and at f , reaching half across 

 wing; a semioval yellow-ochreous blotch on dorsum towards tornus, 

 edged anteriorly by a small black subdorsal tuft : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, round apex and on upper part of termen with basal half 

 ochreous-yellowish, with two lines of black specks. Hindwings 

 light grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Colombia, Caldas, 4400 feet, in May {Parish) ; one 

 specimen. 



Bucculatrix criticopa, n. sp. 



(^. 6 mm. Head, eyecaps, and thorax white, frontal tuft centrally 

 tinged with brownish-ochreous. Abdomen grey-wliitish. Fore- 

 wings lanceolate, apex rather produced ; ochreous-white, sprinkled 

 except towards base with minute black specks suffused with pale 

 yellow-ochreous ; a short oblique wedgeshaped yellow-ochreous spot 

 on costa before middle, and a longer one at | reaching half across 

 wing, whence a slenderer line runs to middle of termen, bearing on 

 its upper edge a minute black dot surmounted by a fine white dash ; 

 a conspicuous black tuft above middle of dorsum, posteriorly suffused 

 with yellow-ochreous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, round apex with two 



