South American Micro- Lepido2Jlera. 231 



filiform, appressed to lougue. Posterior tibiae clothed with long 

 fine hairs above. Fore-wings with 16 simple, 2 from angle, 3 absent, 

 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hind-wings under 1, narrow-trapezoidal, 

 apex somewhat produced, pointed, termen somewhat emarginate 

 beneath it, oblique, ciHa 2 ; cell rather wide, transverse vein absent, 

 3 and 4 connate, 5 nearly approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 stalked, 

 6 to apex. 



Probably a derivative of the Recurvaria group. 



Elasiprora rostrifera, n. sp. 



(J $. 7-8 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous, with a 

 white line above eyes and along inner edge of patagia, face whitish. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint with black line on outer side and sub- 

 apical ring, terminal joint with black line on each side. Abdomen 

 grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen very obliquely 

 rounded; light ochreous-brown ; costa suffused with black, cut by 

 very oblique white strigulae from before middle and at f ; a slender 

 black median streak from base to middle, its apex dilated and send- 

 ing an oblique projection upwards, edged above throughout by a 

 white line which is extended to join similar margin of an irregular 

 sinuate black streak from apex of wing to disc about f , the con- 

 necting portion also sometimes edged beneath with black irroration ; 

 a suffused white subdorsal line from base to about middle ; dilation 

 of median streak edged posteriorly with white, and sending a 

 suffused white streak to lower part of termen, and a suffused white 

 line surrounded with more or less black irroration to tornus : cUia 

 whitish, with ochreous basal line sprinkled with blackish, and two 

 apical black lines round apex and upper part of termen. Hind-wings 

 grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



British Guiana, Bartica and MallaK, frora December to 

 April (Parish) ; twelve specimens. 



Ptocheuusa hetaera, n. sp, 



(J $. 6-7 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sometimes tinged with 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish, second and terminal joints each with two 

 blackish rings. Thorax grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate; grey; very oblique white 

 strigulae from costa about ^ and middle; a very inwards-oblique 

 whitish strigula from dorsum before tornus, and a longitudinal one 

 in disc above this ; a round orange patch in disc at J, touching discal 



