114 Mr. Edward Me3^rick's Descriptions of 



base dotted wliite, a white patch on costa before apex. Hindwings 

 dark grey ; cilia grey, a darker subbasal line. 



Brazil, Santarem, in August; one specimen. Allied 

 to preceding, with similar antennal tuft, but liorny tooth 

 additional; markings edged white, not yellow, discal 

 spot adjacent to fascia as in snmptella, pointed anterior 

 blotch characteristic. 



Dichomeris ellipsias, n. sp. 



Q. 11mm. Head, thorax grey. Palpi second joint dark fuscous^ 

 scales somewhat expanded above near apex, terminal joint rather 

 shorter, whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique; 

 rather dark grey; a rather oblique transverse elliptical blackish 

 blotch at J, yellowish-edged, nearly reaching dorsum, not nearly 

 reaching costa; a round blackish yellowish-edged spot in disc 

 before | ; a moderately broad blacldsh fascia from | of costa to 

 tornus, anteriorly edged by a yellow-ochreous line indented in middle ; 

 triangular blackish marginal dots round apex and termen, separated 

 anteriorly with ochreous- whitish : cilia light grey mixed whitish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, a darker basal line. 



Peru, Iquitos, in May ; one specimen. 



Dichomeris thesmiopa, n. sp. 



(^. 12 mm. Head, thorax grey, an ochreous-whitish stripe on 

 patagia. Palpi second joint grey, strongly thickened with dense 

 projecting scales above, anterior edge ochreous-whitish, terminal 

 joint whitish, a dark fuscous line on each side, inner interrupted. 

 Anal tuft pale yellow-ochreous. Forewings elongate, slightly 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, some- 

 what oblique; violet-grey; a transverse- oval blackish blotch, 

 finely edged white, resting on middle of dorsum and reaching | 

 across wing, anterior edge prominent in middle, lower part of blotch 

 occupied except margins by a light grey irregular spot; a large 

 black finely white-edged dot in disc at f ; a fine slightly curved line 

 of whitish irroration from a wedgeshaped white mark on costa at 

 |- to dorsum before tornus ; a marginal series of white dots edged 

 blackish terminally round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia 

 grey. Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia grey. 



Brazil, Obidos, in September ; one specimen. 



