South American Micro-Lepidoptera. 89 



Compsolechia mniocosma, n. sp. 



Q. 15 mm. Head, thorax pale green, lower pai-t of face suffused 

 whitish, two small blackish spots on thorax, edge of shoulder black. 

 Palpi second jomt dark fuscous finely ribbed white, terminal white, 

 anteriorly dark fuscous speckled whitish. Middle tibiae tufted with 

 rough scales towards apex above. Forewings elongate, costa almost 

 straight, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; moss-green, 

 whitish-tinged towards base, more bluish-tinged towards dorsum 

 and termen; a deep green dot near base in middle; a deep green 

 rather oblique fasciate streak from dorsum towards base reaching 

 more than half across wing, posterior edge forming a triangular 

 prominence on fold, edged white and continued as a suffused white 

 Ime along fold; stigmata obscurely deeper, discal approximated, 

 plical before first discal ; a fine white very oblique strigula from costa 

 at I ; a streak of irregular white suffusion from disc at | to costa 

 before apex, beneath this an oval black spot almost at apex; five 

 white praetermmal dots, between second and third a fine black dash : 

 cilia dark grey, promment at apex, base whitish within a dark 

 fuscous line, tornal area whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous; a 

 light grey expansible hairpencU lying in submedian groove; cilia 

 grey, a darker subbasal line. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, in March ; two specimens, 



Compsolechia trachycneinis, n. sp. 



(5'$. 14-16 mm. Head, thorax greyish-ochreous, face suffused 

 whitish, eyes crimson. Pal^ji second joint blackish finely ribbed 

 white, tcrmmal white, anteriorly blackish speckled white. Middle 

 tibiae tufted with dense rough scales above towards apex, rosy- tinged. 

 Forewings rather narrow, harcUy dilated, costa straight, apex 

 roimded- obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; ochreous-grey, dorsal 

 f, a median streak to termen beneath apex with a branch to dorsum 

 before tornus, a streak beneath costa from middle to apex, and some- 

 times dorsal area suffused ochreous- whitish ; an irregular blackish 

 mark from costa at base ; a transverse blackish fascia from dorsum 

 at i not reaching costa ; an almost blackish praemarguial dot above 

 apex and two below apex, preceded by whitish linear marks : cilia 

 ochreous-fuscous, base within a darker line whitish. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; in cj an expansible greyish hairpcncil lying in anterior 

 half of submedian groove ; cilia grey, a dark grey subbasal shade. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, Iquitos, in March ; fifteen specimens. 



