94 Mr, Edward Meyrick's Descriptions of 



faintly sinuate, posteriorly arched, apex rounded- obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; iridescent light brownish-ochreous, more or less 

 irregularly mixed or wholly suffused grey except apical area, and 

 sprmlded dark fuscous; some irregular smaU spots of dark fuscous 

 suffusion anteriorly, and stigmata sometimes similarly indicated, 

 plical somewhat before first discal ; costal edge more or less suffused 

 dark fuscous, sometimes more broadly towards subterminal line; 

 an ii'regular tornal blotch of dark fuscous suffusion; an obtusely 

 angulated series of small irregular whitish dots from f of costa to 

 toruus ; a short praemarginal white dash before apex, a black dash 

 above it and two below it : cUia from brownish-ochi'eous to grey, 

 base withhi a dark grey subbasal line ochreous-whitish, some 

 ochreous-whitish suffusion on tornus. Hindwings dark fuscous ; in 

 cJ a large expansible grey hairpencil Ij^ing in submedian groove; 

 cilia grey, a darker subbasal line. 



Brazil, Parintins, in October; Peru, Jurimaguas, 

 Iquitos, March to May ; seven specimens. Near anthraciim. 



Compsolechia phepsalitis, n. sp. 

 (j^. 10 mm. Head, thora.x grey, face whitish. Palpi second joint 

 dark grey finely ribbed white, termmal whitish, anteriorly dark 

 grey. Forewings rather narrow, costa almost straight, somewhat 

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

 dark purplish-grey, suffused chestnut- brown in disc posteriorly; a 

 dark fuscous median streak from near base to f , expanded downwards 

 into a blotch at J ; stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, plical rather before 

 first discal, second discal centred chestnut- bro^wTi; an oblique white 

 strigula from costa at i, and two minute white dots above tornus; 

 a roundish blackish spot resting on co^ta near apex, adjacent beneath 

 this a moderate white dot and then a minute one : cilia dark grey, 

 base mixed dark fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous, 

 darker towards base. 



Brazil, Teffe, in January; one specimen. 



Compsolechia drachmaea, n. sp. 

 c?$. 17-18 mm. Head, thorax grey, face whitish-grey. Palpi 

 second joint blackish finely ribbed white, terminal white, anteriorly 

 blackish speckled white. Forewmgs rather narrow, slightly dilated, 

 costa almost straight, arched posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen 

 nearly straight, somewhat oblique; rather dark violet-grey, 

 slightly whitish-speckled; dorsal area suffused blackish from near 

 base to near tornus; a fine rather uregular hardly curved whitish 

 line from beyond | of costa to dorsum before tornus, a minute 



