72 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Descriptions of 



Commatica palirrhoa, n. sp. 



i^$. 9-10 mm. Head, thorax pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi whitish, 

 second joint dark grey except apex, anterior edge of termmal joint 

 dark grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded; light greyish-ochreous, on posterior half 

 irrorated dark grey; a blackish costal streak from before middle 

 to apex, broad towards | but finely attenuated anteriorly and 

 shortly pointed posteriorly, cut by a very oblique fine white striga 

 from I; plical stigma sometimes blackish; a streak of whitish 

 suffusion along termen from tornus, not reaching apex but expanded 

 into an irregular projection before it ; two or three indistinct dark 

 terminal dots : cilia whitish, on costa fuscous-tinged with dark 

 fuscous basal line and two others forming apical hooks. Hind- 

 wings grey; cUia light grey. 



Brazil, Teffe, in January ; Peru, Jiirimaguas and 

 R. Napo, March to May ; fourteen specimens. 



Commatica servula, n. sp. 



(J. 9-10 mm. Head, thorax ligKt grey. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 grey except apex. Forewings elongate, slightly dUated, costa gently 

 arched, ajiex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; violet-grey, 

 becoming darker posteriorly; a blackish costal streak from before 

 middle to apex, broad towards | but finely attenuated anteriorly 

 and shortly pointed posteriorly, cut by a very oblique fine white 

 striga from f ; a thick whitish streak along termen from tornus, 

 not reaching apex but expanded into an irregular projection before 

 it, including two more or less developed spots of ground-colour : 

 cilia whitish, on costa with dark fuscous basal line and two others 

 forming apical hooks. Hindwings grey; a large expansible light 

 grey hairpencil from base lying in disc; cUia pale greyish. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, in March ; three specimens. 



Commatica phanocrossa, n. sp. 

 1^. 10 mm. Head, thorax ochreous- whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint whitish except base. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, somewhat bent at |, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded; whitish- ochreous, anterior half of costa suffused white; 

 plical and second discal stigmata represented by elongate dark brown 

 marks, approximated ; a dark brown suboblique dash in disc beyond 

 these; a dark brown streak along costa from middle to apex, 

 attenuated to extremities, cut by a very oblique fine white striga 



