238 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Description of 



towards apex, anterior edge of terminal joint blackish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded; dark glossy grey, becoming dark bronzy- 

 fuscous on posterior |; a wedge-shaped oblique white streak from 

 costa beyond middle ; a white dot in disc beneath its apex : cilia 

 grey, with two dark grey shades, on costa white with three oblique 

 dark fuscous lines converging towards apex. Hind- wings and cilia 

 dark fuscous. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, in February and 

 March (Parish) ; four specimens. 



CoMMATiCA, Meyr. 



Apopira, Wals. (Biol. Centr. Am. IV, p. 73) is a synonym 

 of this, and perhaps Simoneura, Wals. (1. c. p. 72) also. 



Commatica acropelta, n. sp. 



cj $. 9-10 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint very finely ribbed with grey, terminal 

 joint with anterior edge and extreme base blackish. Fore-wings 

 elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded; dark fuscous; a fine white oblique strigula 

 from f of costa almost to termen above middle, apical area beyond 

 this light brownish -ochreous, with four white marginal dots : cilia 

 fuscous with two dark fuscous shades, on costa with two white spots 

 on marginal dots. Hind-wings dark fuscous, rather lighter towards 

 base; cilia grey, darker towards base. 



British Guiana, Bartica and MallaH, from January to 

 March [Parish) ; five specimens. 



Commatica metochra, n. sp. 



cJ $. 9-10 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-grey. Palpi 

 ochreous-grey, apical edge of second joint white, terminal joint 

 whitish, anterior edge black. Abdomen dark grey. Fore-wings 

 elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 

 slightly rounded, rather strongly oblique; browuish-ochreous 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous streak along costa 

 from base to subtermtnal line; stigmata dark fuscous, plical 

 obliquely before first discal, second discal usually obsolete ; a 

 straight direct ochrcous-white subterminal line from J of costa to 

 dorsum before tornus, edged anteriorly with dark fuscous suffusion ; 

 ajiical area beyond this yellow-ochreous, mixed with whitish between 



