98 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Descriptions of 



obtuse-pointed, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; leaden-grcy; 

 a blackish dot on base of costa; a blackish rather oblique streak 

 from base of dorsum not reaching costa; an angulated transverse 

 blackish streak at J sometimes variably mterrupted ; an ochreous 

 subcostal streak from near base to middle interrupted by this; a 

 blackish fascia from middle of costa to before middle of dorsum, 

 narrowed m disc and preceded by ochreous suffusion, broader to- 

 wards dorsum and followed on dorsum by a suffused white spot, 

 sometimes nearly obsolete; beyond this a short dark fuscous mark 

 in disc and one on fold; a triangular blotch of blackish suffusion 

 on dorsum about |; a slightly irregular oblique whitish line from 

 costa at f to tornus, space between this and preceding forming a 

 fascia of pale yellow- ochreous suffusion; apical area beyond this 

 line wholly suffused blackish : cilia ashy-grey, two dark fuscous 

 shades. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia grey, a dark fuscous 

 subbasal shade. 



Brazil, Obidos, Parintius, August to October; nine 

 specimens. 



Compsolechia neurophora, n. sp. 



0$. 18-19 mm. Head shining dark indigo-blue-fuscous, f&ce 

 suffused whitish- ochreous, supraorbital scales whitish-yellowish. 

 Palpi ochreous- whitish, terminal joint grey anteriorly. Thorax 

 dark purple-grey. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; deep purple, more or less 

 sprinlded grey- whitish, on posterior fourth of v/ing veins 3-7 marked 

 with light greyish streaks, 2 and 8 slightly indicated : cilia pale 

 purplish-bronzy, a grey subbasal shade. Hindwings dark fuscous; 

 cilia grey, a darker basal shade. 



Brazil, TeSe, in December; four specimens. 



Compsolechia dryocrossa, n. sp. 



1^. 16-17 mm. Head, palpi, thorax fuscous, pale- speckled, 

 terminal joint of palpi ochreous-whitish posteriorly. Forewings 

 elongate, somewhat dilated, costa almost straight, rather bent at 

 |, apex obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; oclu'eous- 

 fuscous, irrorated ochreous-whitish; costal edge fuscous from base 

 to f ; indistinct fuscous dots above fold near base and at \ ; stig- 

 mata very indistinct, cloudy, fuscous, discal approximated, plical 

 slightly before first discal ; a very faint paler shade, hardly traceable, 

 from \ of costa to tornus, indented above middle : cilia light 



