South American Micro-Lepidoptera. 693 
large, whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa 
gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 
rounded; brownish-ochreous ; a very obscure oblique brown fascia 
from } of costa, not crossing fold; apical half of wing beyond an 
oblique line parallel to this suffused with brown; some rough erect 
scales along fold from near base to fascia: cilia ochreous-brownish, 
mixed with black round apex. Hindwings grey ; a subcostal pencil 
of long ochreous-tinged hairs extending from } to 3; a slight pencil 
of long hairs lying along lower margin of cell from base; cilia 
ochreous-grey-whitish, greyer towards base. 
CoLoMBIA, San Antonio, 5,800 feet, in November; one 
specimen. 
PARASTEGA, 0. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. 
Antennae #, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very 
long, recurved, second joint beneath with brush of rough projecting 
scales, terminal joint as long as second, posteriorly expanded with 
projecting scales except towards extremities, acute. Maxillary palpi 
very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed 
with long hairs above. Forewings with 2 from towards angle, 3 and 
4 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings 
over 1, trapezoidal, cilia 3? ; 3 and 4 nearly approximated at base, 5 
approximated, 6 and 7 nearly approximated towards base. 
Allied to Stegasta, from which it differs by the project- 
ing scales of terminal joint of palpi. 
Parastega niveisignella, Zell. 
(Psorvcoptera niversignella, Zell., Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross, xiii, 
aoe, Fl. IV, 106.) 
Described from Panama; I have it also from Dutch 
Guiana. 
Gelechia paphlactis, n. sp. 
g. 15mm. Head and thorax white, shoulders with a spot of 
black irroration. Palpi white, second joint irrorated with black 
except apex, terminal joint somewhat shorter than second, with two 
bands of black irroration. Abdomen ochreous-whitish sprinkled 
with grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; white, dorsal area tinged 
with grey; markings grey suffusedly irrorated with blackish ; a spot 
on costa at base, and three others between this and ?; a small spot 
on dorsum at 4, two obliquely placed in disc beyond this, and two 
TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1911.—PART IV. (JAN.) ZZ 
