Soutli American Micro-L&pidojMra. 107 



results in accordance with natural relationships, and I 

 propose to maintain it accordingly. 



Trichotaphe semicuprata, n. sp. 



cJ. 14 mm. Head, thorax Icadcu-grej^ face whitish. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish, second jomt Avith scales rouglily expanded 

 towards aj)ex above, mixed dark grey with bhiish reflections, 

 terminal jomt with snbbasal band and upper part of anterior edge 

 dark fuscous. Forewings rather narrow, termen rounded, rather 

 strongly oblique; dark violet-grey; a fine yellowish supramedian 

 line from base to J, and two slight yellow marks between apex of 

 this and costa ; a moderate blackish fascia before middle not reach- 

 ing dorsum ; a coppery- brown-reddish patch occupying nearly 

 apical half of wing, edged anteriorly ockreous-whitish towards 

 costa : cilia fuscous, basal third coppery-reddish, apical third 

 fuscous- whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia dark grey, basal 

 thu'd dark fuscous. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, in March; one specimen. 



Trichotaphe porphyrogramma Meyr. 



(J$. 11-13 mm. Palpi second joint with whitish lateral streak, 

 terminal somewhat shorter than second. Forewings pale ochi'eous, 

 costa, dorsum, and all veins slenderly streaked deep purple, between 

 these ground-colour red towards costa on anterior half, suffused 

 dark ferruginous- brown on posterior thud and narrowly along 

 dorsum; dark ferruginous.fuscous jiale-edged rather oblique 

 transverse blotches in disc before and beyond middle, posterior 

 narrower : cilia whitish, base within a dark fuscous antemedian 

 shade suffused ferruginous-ochreous, on costa beyond this grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, MallaU, December to February ; 

 Brazil, Para, Obidos, Parintins, July to October; Peru, 

 Jurimaguas, Iquitos, in March; fourteen specimens. 

 The original description included examples of other species 

 confused together, and is therefore corrected as above; 

 six of the original examples are included in it. The discal 

 blotches are characteristic and constant. 



Trichotaphe habrochitona Wals. 



If I have correctly identified this species from the 

 description and figure, the male has the costa of forewings 



