66 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Descriptions of 



terminal joint. Thorax blackisli-grey, posterior margin and apical 

 half of patagia deep oohreous-yellow. Forewmgs rather narrow, 

 apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; purj)lish-grey ; 

 basal fourth deep ochreous-yellow, whence a streak extends along 

 costa to near apex, marked Avith a blackish dash on costa in middle, 

 and a longer one about |; discal tufts at \ blackish-grey: cilia 

 grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Brazil, R. Trombetas, Tefie ; Peru, Iqiiitos ; September 

 to March, six specimens. 



Stomopteryx eucharacta, n. sp. 



(3*$. 13-14 mm. Head, thorax dark leaden-fuscous. Palpi 

 blackish lined white. Forewings slightly dilated, costa faintly 

 sinuate, posteriorly arched, apex pomted, termen slightly sinuate, 

 very oblique; bronzy- blackish ; markings snow-white; a trans- 

 verse streak from costa at 1 not reaching dorsum; a dot on costa 

 before middle, and one on fold nearly beneath this; an inwards- 

 oblique streak from costa at | reaching half across wing; a short 

 oblique subdorsal mark beneath this ; a fine terminal line enlarged 

 at apex : cilia dark fuscous, basal half bronzy- blackish, a white 

 bar at apex. Hindwings termen sinuate; bronzy- blackish ; an 

 irregular- edged white spot beneath middle of disc ; a fine inter- 

 rupted white line along upper part of termen; cilia rather dark 

 grey, basal thu'd tlackish, a white bar at apex. 



Brazil, Obidos, Teffe, in September, December, and 

 January; four specimens. 



Anterethista phosphoropa, n. sp. 



i^$. 7-9 mm. Head, thorax dark grey. Palpi white, second 

 joint grey except apex, anterior edge of terminal jomt dark grey. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen very obliquely rounded; glossy dark grey, on posterior 

 half dark fuscous; an oblique mdescent violet- metallic strigula 

 from costa at g; similar bright iridescent violet- metallic scattered 

 scales in disc posteriorly, and a dot on dorsum before tomus : cilia 

 grey with sUvery-blue-metallic gloss, at apex a black basaJ spot, on 

 costa a white patch divided into tkree wedgeshaped spots by 

 radiatmg dark fuscous bars. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous; 

 in cj a slender expansible dark grey hah'pencU from costa near base, 

 and a large dense pencU of blackish hairscales from base lying 

 along dorsum. 



