86 Mr. Edward Meyrick's DescrijMions of 



I of costa to tornus, almost straight, enclosing five irregular dark grey 

 praemarginal dots : cilia whitish- ochreous, basal half light ochreous. 

 Hind wings dark fuscous ; cilia dark grey. 



Brazil, Para, in July ; two specimens. 



Compsolechia diplolychna, n. sp. 



^. 16 mm. Head dark indigo-blue, face whitish, postorbital- 

 scales yellowish. Pali^i whitish-grey, anterior edge of terminal joint 

 dark grey. Thorax dark purple-fuscous, patagia bluish. Forewings 

 rather narrow, slightly dilated, costa faintly smuate, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; purple- blackish ; a broad deep 

 orange fascia about |, leaving costal edge dark fuscous, deep 

 metallic-blue pointed streaks from its posterior edge near extremities 

 rather converging and not reaching anterior edge : cilia dark grey. 

 Hkidwings blackish, a thinly scaled white blotch in disc before 

 middle ; cUia dark gi'ey. 



Brazil, Para, in July ; one specimen. Allied to scitella. 



Compsolechia crocodilopa, n. sp. 



(5$. 11-12 mm. Head shining indigo-metallic, orbits yellow- 

 ochreous. Palpi light yellowish-grey. Thorax shining indigo- 

 grey, partially ochreous-tinged. Forewings narrow, slightly dilated, 

 termen slightly rounded, rather oblique; dark fuscous; base 

 narrowly suffused yellow- ochreous; a moderate fascia of ground 

 colour at J enclosed by two yellow- ochreous lines, anterior edge 

 subconcave, posterior straight, space between this and base and a 

 broad fascia beyond it shining leaden-metaUic ; an 8-shaped 

 transverse space at i mostly occupied by two shining blue-leaden- 

 metallic spots and enclosed by two irregular transverse yellow- 

 ochreous suffused streaks, first bearing a dark fuscous transverse 

 mark in middle, second interrupted in middle, these tending to be 

 coimected on costa by yellow- ochreous suffusion, sometimes cut 

 by a projection from upper metallic spot towards apex; a blue- 

 leaden- metallic terminal streak : cUia whitish, basal third dark grey. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, suffused darker towards base. 



Brazil, Para, in June; Peru, Iquitos, Jurimaguas, in 

 March; five specimens. Allied to /ascte^to Feld. 



Compsolechia recta, n. sp. 



^. 10 mm. Head, thorax light grey. Palpi stouter than usual, 

 second joint blackish finely ribbed white, terminal whitish speckled 



