South American Micro- Lejndopf era. 75 



costal edge anteriorly blackish ; an irregular thick upcurved black- 

 ish-fuscous streak from tov/ards dorsum before middle to disc at 

 I ; a very oblique blackish strigula from costa at J ; a thick bronze- 

 brown streak irregularly suffused black towards costa from near 

 beyond this to apex, anteriorly acute, cut by a very oblique fine 

 white line from middle of costa, and one less oblique from £ making 

 a very acute angular projection in middle and continued to dorsum 

 before tornus, both halves sinuate inwards, projection enclosing a 

 very fine black dash : cilia grey mixed greyish-ochrcous on termen, 

 base dark brown round costa and apex. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia grey, darker towards base. 



Peru, Iquitos, March to May; eight specimens. 



Battaristis spheno delta, n. sp. 



(^. 9 mm. Head, thorax whitish-grey-ochreous. Palpi white, 

 second joint suffused light grey except apex, darker above, terminal 

 joint dark grey towards apex. Foremngs elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; whitish- 

 ochreous, costa suffused white anteriorly; an elongate- triangular 

 blackish blotch on middle of costa; a wedgeshaped black costal 

 blotch from just beyond this to near apex, cut by a fine white 

 subterminal line from f of costa to tornus, right-angled in middle 

 and marked with a black dash on angle; apical area beyond this 

 brownish-tinged, some wliitish suffusion towards apex and along 

 termen : cilia grey- whitish, on costa greyer with blackish basal 

 line and two dark fuscous lines towards tips opposite apex. Hind- 

 wings and cilia grey. 



Brazil, Teffe, in January; one specimen. 



Alsodryas prasinoptila, n. sp. 



cj. 15 mm. Head, thorax light green, whitish-sprinkled, face 

 whitish. Palpi white, second jomt dark greenish-grey except 

 towards base, with rough projecting scales towards apex beneath, 

 anterior edge of terminal jomt blackish except towards base. Fore- 

 wings elongate, slightly dilated, costa faintly sinuate, somewhat 

 bent at f, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded; green, 

 tips of scales whitish; large subcostal and subdorsal tufts at ^; 

 smaller tufts mixed dark grey representmg stigmata, plical hardly 

 before first discai ; a paler shade from J of costa to dorsum before 

 tornus, veiy obtusely angulated in middle, upper half slightly 

 sinuate, some dark gi-ey irroration beyond angle; cloudy blackish- 



