240 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Description of 



fold at J and stigmata obscurely blackish, indistinct, second discal 

 edged with two or three white scales; some whitish irroration to- 

 wards dorsum beyond middle, and between subterminal line and 

 termen ; a white dot on costa towards apex : cilia grey, paler 

 towards tips, on costa with two dark fuscous lines separated with 

 whitish. Hind-wings dark fuscous; cilia dark grey. 



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

 specimen. 



Commatica emplasta, n. sp. 



(J $. 9-10 mm. Head and thorax pale grey. Palpi grey or 

 dark grey, terminal joint and apex of second whitish. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Fore -wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; purplish-grey 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, more or less variably mixed or suffused 

 with pale greyish-ochreous except towards costa and dorsum, costa 

 suffused with dark fuscous; a small dark fuscous spot on fold 

 before j; stigmata represented by similar spots, plical obliquely 

 before first discal ; a fine oblique white strigula from costa at J ; 

 a black mark along apical part of costa, and four black dots or 

 groups of scales along termen : cilia greyish, on costa more or less 

 whitish with two thick dark fuscous lines. Hind-wings grey, darker 

 posteriorly, with fringe of long hairs from lower margin of cell ; cilia 

 grey, at apex with darker basal dot. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from January to 

 March (Parish) ; twelve specimens. 



Commatica chionura, n. sp. 



(J $. 9-10 mm. Head and thorax dark grey, lower part of face 

 suffused with whitish. Palpi white, second joint suffused with grey 

 towards apex, hairs largely expanded above, terminal joint with 

 anterior edge sprinkled with blackish. Abdomen dark fuscous. 

 Fore-wings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, 

 termen sinuate beneath apex, obliquely rounded; dark violet-grey 

 becoming blackish posteriorly; stigmata cloudy, blackish, some- 

 times more or less absorbed in the blackish suffusion, plical obliquely 

 before first discal ; a very oblique white strigula from costa at f , 

 whence a faint interrupted whitish line runs to near termen beneath 

 apex, thence curved very near termen to tornus; a brown mark 

 along costa beyond this, terminated by a white praeapical dot : 

 cilia white, on tornus grey becoming blackish towards base, on 

 costa dark fuscous with white mark on praeapical dot, at apex 

 forming a falcate projection with black basal line. Hind-wings 1, 



