90 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Descriptions of 



Compsolechia sesamodes, n. sp. 



(^.15 mm. Head, thorax dark grey, face whitish. Palpi second 

 joint blacldsh finely ribbed white, terminal white, anteriorly blackish 

 speckled white. Forewings rather narrow, slightly dilated, costa 

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

 rather oblique ; dark grey ; a blackish spot towards costa near base ; 

 a transverse blackish fascia from dorsum at J not reaching costa, 

 outer edge angulated on fold; plical and first discal stigmata 

 indicated by elongate blackish spots, both followed by spots of white 

 irroration, some Avhite iiToration towards costa above these; a 

 fascia of blackish suffusion preceding subtermmal line; a fine 

 transverse white mark from costa beyond f , and small groups of 

 two or thi'ee white scales forming a series from this to dorsum before 

 tornus, angulated in middle of wing, rather incurved on lower half ; 

 apical area suffused dark brown, an oval black spot beneath costa 

 near apex, an indistinct blackish praetermmal dot beneath apex, 

 two linear white praeterminal dots above this and four minute ones 

 below it : cilia fuscous, dark brown basal and dark fuscous apical 

 lines rather prominent at apex. Hind^vings dark fuscous; a long 

 pale greyish expansible hairpencil lying in submedian fold, longer 

 than half wing ; cilia grey, a dark fuscous basal line. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, in Marcli ; one specimen. 



Compsolechia niphocentra, n. sp. 



(j'?. 12-14 mm. Head grey, face ochreous-v/hitish. Palpi second 

 joint blackish finely ribbed white, terminal blackish speckled white, 

 posteriorly white. Thorax grey, sometimes two blackish dorsal 

 spots. Forewmgs rather narrow, slightly dilated, costa almost 

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

 rather obliquely rounded; dark grey, slightly whitish-speckled; a 

 small black spot towards costa at base ; a round black spot on fold 

 at I ; stigmata mdicated by whitish dots, sometimes little apparent, 

 plical beneath first discal ; an oblique white strigula from costa at 

 f , whence a fine incomplete line of white scales runs to dorsum before 

 tornus, acutely angulated in middle, often little marked above this, 

 rather mcurved on lower half; a roundish blackish spot near costa 

 before apex, usually edged white above, and four white elongate dots 

 before upper part of termen, between second and third a slight 

 usually indistinct blackish mark towards termen : cilia dark 

 fuscous, a pale greyish-ochreous basal line, some whitish suffusion 

 on tornus. Hindwings dark fuscous; in (J a slender ochreous- 



