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from f, and marked vtith a black spot at apex; a narrow white 

 terminal streak preceded by a few brownish scales and including 

 three blackish dots : cilia silvery-metallic, base white, on costa a 

 dark fuscous basal litie and dark brown median line forming apical 

 hook, tips grey. Hmdwings dark grey; cilia light grey, round 

 apex whitish except towards base. 



Brazil, Teffe, in January; one specimen. 



Commatica xanthocarpa, n. sp. 



J$. 8-9 mm. Head violet-grey, face whitish, sides of collar 

 orange. Palpi white, second joint with violet-grey subapical band, 

 base and anterior edge of terminal joint dark grey. Thorax dark 

 violet-grey. Fore^vings rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; dark purple-fuscous 

 irregularly suffused orange-fulvous, leaving especially an undefined 

 dark fasciate streak proceeding from dorsum before middle obliquely 

 across fold, thence longitudinally to join a similar dark fascia from 

 costa preceding a fine whitish oblique striga from costa at f reach- 

 ing J across wing, apical area bej^ond this orange with two white 

 dots on costa before apex : cilia grey, a black basal line round apex, 

 base elsewhere orange. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia grey. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, in March; six specimens. Next 

 acropelta. 



Commatica hexacentra, n, sp. 



$. 9 mm. Head, thorax dark bronzy-grey, face lighter. Palpi 

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

 terminal joint dark grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen obliquely roimded; dark grey, becoming 

 dark bronzy-fuscous towards costa posteriorly; a very fine whitish 

 line from a white mark on costa at | to dorsum before tornus, 

 acutely angled in middle, both halves straight and very oblique; 

 three white dots on termen : cilia dark grey, a blackish basal line, 

 on costa three white dots. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 



Brazil, Teffe, in January; one specimen. 



Battaristis syngraphopa, n, sp. 



c^?. 9-10 mm. Head, thorax pale grey. Palpi white, second 

 joint grey except apex, anterior edge of terminal joint blackish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, more strongly posteriorly, 

 apex obtuse-pointed, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique; 



