110 Mr. Edward Me3rrick's Descriptions of 



projecting scales above towards and at apex, terminal joint white, 

 anterior edge black. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax whitish- 

 ochreous more or less tinged grey dorsally. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat 

 oblique; pale ochreous, thinly speckled dark brown; a rather 

 broad ill-defined streak of dark brown suffusion beneath middle 

 from base of dorsum to termen beneath apex; a slender suffused 

 dark brown streak along costa from middle to near apex; a dark 

 fuscous terminal interrupted line or series of dots : cilia light fulvous. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Brazil, Manaos, in November ; six specimens. 



Trichotaphe formulata, n. sp. 



$. 18 mm. Head pale lilac-fuscous, face whitish-tinged. Palpi 

 second joint dark fuscous, triangularlj' expanded above and at apex 

 with long rough scales, apical edge whitish, terminal joint longer, 

 whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate-oblong, termen rather obliquely rounded; extreme costal 

 edge ochreous-whitish from J to f ; a blackish dot on base of costa ; 

 stigmata small, dark fuscous, with adjacent whitish dots posteriorly, 

 jilical beneath first discal : cilia fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia grey, a darker basal shade. 



Brazil, Parintins, in October; two specimens. 



Dichomeris plexigramma, n. sp. 



(J9. 18-20 mm. Head, thorax pale ochreous, sometimes sprinkled 

 fuscous. Palpi second joint pale ochreous sprinkled dark fuscous, 

 with loose rough expansible long hairscales above, beneath, and at 

 apex, terminal joint shorter, ochrcous-Avhitish, anterior edge dark 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa anteriorly gently arched, 

 faintly sinuate beyond middle, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 

 roimded; pale ochreous, variably streaked dark brown suffusion 

 between veins, more strongly in disc and forming oblique wedge- 

 shaped streaks in cell ; sometimes a pale shade near and parallel to 

 termen : cilia pale ochi-eous suffused brownish, round apex suffused 

 dark brown. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 



Brazil, Obidos, TefCe ; Peru, Iquitos ; British Guiana, 

 Bartica ; French Guiana, K. Maroni ; August to March, 

 eight specimens. 



