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apical iDortion of costa and termen: cilia grey-whitish, greyer 

 towards tornus, round apex sprinkled with dark grey. Hind-wings 

 rather dark grey, in disc anteriorly and towards dorsum subhyaline ; 

 cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in January (Parish) ; one 

 specimen. 



Recurvaria nothostigma, n. sp. 



(^. 7-8 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, more or less 

 speckled with grey. Palpi whitish, second and terminal joints 

 each with base and two bands pale ochreous irrorated with blackish. 

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

 narrow, costa sUghtly arched, apex pointed, termen faintly sinuate, 

 very oblique; whitish closely irrorated with grey; markings dark 

 grey sprinkled with black and indistinctly edged with yellowish 

 suffusion and posteriorly with whitish; spots on costa near base, 

 before middle, at f , and a longer one towards apex, first connected 

 with base by a subcostal dash; dots in disc at J and middle, first 

 connected with dorsum by an obscure yellowish-grey bar, second 

 with an indistinct spot beneath and slightly before it; a triangular 

 spot on tornus opposite third costal spot, followed by a roundish 

 grey patch including a minute black dot ; an irregular suffused spot 

 within apex : cilia grey finely sprinkled with whitish. Hind-wings 

 grey, paler anteriorly ; cilia grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from January to 

 March (Parish) ; six specimens. 



COMPSOSARIS, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. Antennae f , in ^ 

 simple, basal joint long, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 curved, ascending, second joint above with scales expanded at apex, 

 beneath with long rough projecting hair-scales throughout and 

 denser projecting apical tuft, terminal joint shorter than second, 

 slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to 

 tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. Fore -wings 

 with 16 furcate, 2 from towards angle, 3-5 approximated at base, 

 6 near 7, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 1 1 from middle. Hind-wings |, 

 narrow-trapezoidal, apex produced, termen obliquely bisinuate, 

 cilia 3 ; 3 and 4 rather remote, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 7 

 nearly parallel, transverse vein very oblique inwards from 6 to 7. 



Apparently allied to Recurvaria, notwithstanding the 

 considerable differences. 



