84 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Descriptions of 



into it, edge of blue portion iiregularly prominent beyond middle; 

 a fine angulated blue subterminal line, tinged sUvery-whitish on 

 dorsal area; a shining silvery- whitish apical spot preceded by blue 

 suffusion : cilia light blue-grey, tips whitish, on costa dark grey 

 overlaid silvery- whitish towards base. Hindwtngs dark grey; 

 cilia grey, tips grey- whitish. Hindwings beneath with white quad- 

 rate blotch from costa beyond middle. 



Brazil, Para, in July ; one specimen. 



Compsolechia platiastis, n. sp. 



cj. 14 mm. Head, thorax dark grey. Palpi grey, terminal joint 

 whitish posteriorly. Forewmgs elongate, somewhat dilated pos- 

 teriorly, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; dark ashy- grey; 

 plical and first discal stigma indistinct, cloudy, dark fuscous, plical 

 rather anterior; a slender u-regular grey line from ^ of costa to 

 dorsum before tornus margined anteriorly by a broad dark fuscous 

 fascia extending from dorsum f across wing, and posteriorly by a 

 narrow entire fascia; two or thi'ee cloudy dark fuscous dots on 

 upper part of termen : cilia grey, tips paler. Hindwngs dark 

 fuscous ; cilia light grey, a dark grey subbasal shade. 



Brazil, R. Trombetas, in September ; one specimen. 



Compsolechia petromorpha, n. sp. 



c?. 12 mm., $. 14 mm. Head, thorax purplish-grey, face suffused 

 ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish-grey, terminal joint whitish, 

 anteriorly grey. Forewings rather narrow, somewhat dilated, costa 

 straight, arched posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather 

 oblique ; uniform rather dark violet-grey : cilia grey. Hindwings 

 dark grey; in ^J a long light violet-grey hairpencil lymg in median 

 fold and reaching end of cell, and a shorter but denser light grey 

 hairpencU in submedian fold ; cUia whitish-grey, a gi-ey basal shade. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, in March, 1 (J; Brazil, Teffe, in 

 January, 1 5. Distinct in both sexes from lithomorpha by 

 forewings more dilated posteriorly with less oblique termen, 

 the ^ also by the two hairpencils ; lithomorpha also occurs 

 from Para to Jurimaguas. 



Compsolechia sciomima, n. sp. 



(J$. 12-13 mm. Head, thorax glossy dark bluish- grey. Palpi 

 grey. Forewings rather narrow, rather dilated posteriorly, apex 



