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this line witli termen beneath apex, including a fine black strigula 

 posteriorly; terminal area beneath this fuscous irrorated with 

 whitish ; a minute whitish dot on costa near apex : cilia fuscous 

 irrorated with whitish, on costa dark fuscous, at apex with a slightly 

 projecting blackish line. Hind-wings dark fuscous; cilia grey, 

 darker towards base. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from January to 

 March (Parish) ; eleven specimens. 



Battaristis ardiophora, n. sp. 



cJ $. 8-9 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides of face suffused 



with fuscous. Palpi grey, extreme apical edge of second joint 



white edged beneath with black, termmal joint white with extreme 



base black, anteriorly blackish towards tip. Thorax pale ochreous, 



posterior extremity suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark 



fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 



obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; pale brownish-ochreous, towards 



costa anteriorly whitish-ochreous; dorsum dark fuscous towards 



base ; costal edge black from base to a small fine wedge-shaped 



mark at J ; a thick dark fuscous streak along costa from 1 to near 



apex, attenuated anteriorly, cut by a fine white very oblique strigula 



from costa beyond middle; a small obscure oblique fuscous mark 



beneath fold at J; stigmata minute, obscure, dark fuscous, plical 



obliquely before first discal; a fine white subterminal line from | 



of costa to tornus, acutely angulated in middle, both halves slightly 



sinuate inwards, its angle just reached or hardly cut by a fine black 



dash preceding it, which is connected with second discal stigma by 



a suffused whitish dash, beneath this a minute black strigula touching 



line and preceded by a short whitish dash ; some fuscous suffusion 



towards dorsum before this Ime; tornal area beyond this line 



irrorated with whitish and sometimes fuscous : cilia fuscous sprinkled 



with whitish, on termen brownish-ochreous towards base, on costa 



dark fuscous with row of whitish points and blackish-brown basal 



line. Hind-wings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, with dark grey ubbasal 



shade. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in February {Parish) ; two 

 specimens. 



Battaristis ichnota, n. sp. 



6* ?• 10-11 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous, face 

 whitish-grey, lateral margms black, shoulders with a small black 

 spot. Palpi black, terminal joint and extreme apical edge of second 

 whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, costa 



