246 Mr. Edward Meyrick's DescriiMon of 



7 closely appi'oximated towards base; a fringe of long hairs from 

 lower margin of cell towaixls base covering submedian fold. 



Type B. ichnota. Allied to Anacampsis, but differing 

 by the palpi. To this genus belong emissiirella. Walk., 

 and several of the species referred by Lord Walsingham to 

 Untomia, as sy^nphora, Wals., and the North American 

 nigratomella, Clem., and concinnella, Cliamb. 



Battaristis prismatopa, n. sp. 



(J. 10 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi with 

 second joint ochreous finely irrorated with blackish, becommg black 

 towards apex, apical edge white, terminal joint whitish, extreme 

 base black. Abdomen dark grey. Fore -wings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; 

 whitish-ochreous, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales posteriorly ; 

 plical and second discal stigmata dark fuscous; a blackish-fuscous 

 streak along costa from before middle to near apex, cut by a very 

 oblique white strigula beyond middle; a fine white subterminal 

 line from f of costa to tornus, rather acutely angulated in middle, 

 upper half faintly curved outwards, followed by brownish suffusion, 

 lower straight; a small black rhomboidal spot on termen beneath 

 apex, edged with some whitish suffusion : cilia grey, whitish to- 

 wards base, with dark fuscous basal line, and on costa with dark 

 fuscous posterior line. Hind -wings dark grey; cilia grey, darker 

 towards base. 



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

 specimen. 



Battaristis orthocampta, n. sp. 



cJ. 9-10 mm. Head light greyish-ochreous or grey. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, extreme apical edge of second joint white, termmal joint 

 whitish, extreme base black. Thorax greyish-ochreous or grey, 

 posterior edge dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore-wings 

 elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; grey or pale greyish-ochreous, somewhat tinged 

 with fuscous towards dorsum ; a black dot beneath fold at j ; plical 

 and second discal stigmata blackish ; a thick blackish streak along 

 costa from | to apex, attenuated anteriorly, cut by a fine white 

 very oblique strigula from costa beyond middle ; a fine black dash 

 in disc beyond second discal stigma, not reaching subterminal line ; 

 sometimes a blackish mark on dorsum before subtermmal line; a 

 fine whitish subterminal line from | of costa to tornus, right-angled 

 in middle, both portions straight; a white bar comiecting angle of 



