88 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Descriptions of 



in it; it occurs all up the Amazons from Santarem to 

 Jurimaguas. 



Compsolechia caryoterma, n. sp. 



^'^. 12 mm. Head, thorax Icaden-grey, face more or less whitish, 

 eyes crimson. Palpi whitish, terminal joint anteriorly grey. Fore- 

 wings rather narrow, slightly dilated, costa faintly sinuate, arched 

 posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; dark violet- 

 grey, irregularly sprinkled whitish; a black subcostal streak from 

 base to J, terminated by a white costal spot and costal area above it 

 suffused white; an obscure streak of dark fuscous suffusion from 

 base of dorsum to disc at J ; a broad irregular dark fuscous fascia 

 from before middle of costa to | of dorsum, in ^ partially suffused 

 brown in disc; in (J veins on posterior half purplish, and costa 

 brown from middle to |; an irregular variably interrupted white 

 Ime from | of costa to tornus; a brown marginal streak rormd 

 posterior part of costa and termen, tending to be toothed on veins, 

 and preceded by some whitish interneural dots more developed in 

 ^ : cilia grey, a dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia grey, a dark grey basal line. 



Brazil, Obidos, Parintins, in September and October; 

 two specimens. Allied to amhusta. 



Compsolechia scholias, n. sp. 



$. 14 mm. Head, thorax Icaden-grey, face whitish- suffused, 

 eyes crimson. Palpi grey-whitish, terminal joint grey anteriorly. 

 Forewings rather narrow, slightly dilated, costa famtly sinuate, 

 somewhat bent at f , apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; dark 

 grey, posteriorly purple-tinged ; a black subcostal streak from base 

 to J, terminated by a suffused white spot ; an indistinct dark fuscous 

 streak from dorsum near base to disc at \, some whitish suffusion 

 about fold beyond this; a blackish elongate blotch on middle of 

 costa, whence an oblique blackish streak runs to and surrounds a 

 white mark in disc at g ; a blackish streak along posterior half of 

 fold, preceded by a small spot of white suffusion, at tornus meeting 

 a suberect dark fuscous spot ; an irregular white line from | of costa 

 to tornus, stronger on costa, somewhat interrupted in middle; 

 several small whitish praemarginal dots round apex : cilia white, a 

 dark grey basal shade. Hmdwings dark fuscous; cilia as in fore- 

 wings. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, in Marcb; one specimen. Allied to 

 preceding. 



