92 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Descriptions of 



area except margins : cilia fuscous, base whitish. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia grey, a darker subbasal shade. 



Peeu, Jurimaguas, in March ; eight specimens. Abnor- 

 mal in the absence of vein 7 (which is constant, and no 

 instance has been observed in any other species), but in all 

 other respects a characteristic Compsolechia. 



Compsolechia antiplaca, n. sp. 



(J$. 12-14 mm. Head grey, face sometimes whitish. Palpi 

 second joint blackish finely ribbed white, termmal white, anteriorly 

 blackish speckled white. Thorax grey, sometunes two small black 

 dorsal spots. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated, costa almost 

 straight, posteriorly arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 dark grey, slightly Avhitish- speckled ; two small blackish spots 

 beneath costa towards base and one above fold at ^, often obsolete ; 

 a black spot beneath fold at 1 , always present but variable in size ; 

 stigmata sometimes blackish, often obsolete, discal approximated, 

 plical rather before first discal; some dark fuscous suffusion on 

 costa before subtermmal line ; a white line from | of costa to dorsum 

 before tornus, very obtusely angulated above middle and somewhat 

 interrupted above this, beyond interruption a black oblong spot 

 reaching costa near apex, adjoining line immediately beneath this 

 an ochi-eous- white blotch not reaching termen, crossed by two black 

 dashes, rarely a thhd indicated above these : cilia dark fuscous, a 

 fine whitish basal line, tornal area ochreous-whitish. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; in J a slender greyish hairpencil in submedian fold ; 

 cilia grey, a darker subbasal shade. 



Brazil, Teffe; Peru, Jurimaguas, Iquitos; from 

 December to May, twenty-two specimens. 



Compsolechia tetrortha, n. sp. 



cj$. 12 mm. Head, thorax grey, face sometimes whitish. Palpi 

 second joint black finely ribbed white, terminal white, anteriorly 

 black speckled white. Forewings rather narrow, slightly dilated, 

 apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded; grey, sometimes 

 irregularly sprinlded whitish; cloudy blackish dots beneath costa 

 near base and at i ; an oblique blackish streak from near dorsum at 

 ^ crossing fold; stigmata obscure, cloudy, blackish-grey, discal 

 approximated, plical rather before first discal; a nearly straight 

 fine whitish line from f of costa to tornus, preceded by a fascia of 

 brownish suffusion (with slight pinkish tinge) expanded and becommg 



