250 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Description of 



before middle, edged on both sides with black, posterior edging 

 confluent with a dark fuscous fascia preceding subterminal line, 

 uffused anteriorly and blackish on costa ; subterminal line from f 

 of costa to dorsum before tornus nearly straight, whitish ; terminal 

 area beyond this more or less whitish-irrorated, especially towards 

 costa, with three or four more or less indistinct blackish praemarginal 

 dots : cilia dark grey, with brown basal line, towards tornus paler. 

 Hind-wings dark fuscous, somewhat thinly scaled in disc anteriorly ; 

 cilia grey, darker towards base. 



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

 specimens. 



Alsodryas, n. g. 



Head smooth; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antennae |, 

 in cj simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, 

 recurved, second joint densely scaled, with strong triangular pro- 

 jecting tuft at apex beneath, terminal joint as long as second, 

 thickened with scales and slightly roughened anteriorly, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior 

 tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Fore-wings with tufts of 

 scales on surface ; lb furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 

 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hind-wings 1, elongate-trapezoidal, 

 apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, cilia IJ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 

 nearly parallel, 6 and 7 closely ap^Droximated towards base. 



Differs from Agriastis by the palpi. 



Alsodryas lactaria, n. sp. 



cJ $. 10-12 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish. Palpi 

 blackish, terminal joint and apical edge of second white. Abdomen 

 grey. Fore-wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish, more or less sprinkled 

 or faintly clouded with pale ochreous ; a black dot on base of costa 

 and small spot at i, costal edge black between these ; a black sub- 

 basal dot near costa; a slight suffused blackish wedge-shaped mark 

 on costa before middle, and a larger one beyond middle ; a rather 

 large transverse tuft of blackish-grey scales in disc slightly before 

 middle, and one somewhat smaller at § ; blackish-grey spots on 

 tornus and middle of termen, and two or three indistinct blackish 

 dots on costa towards apex : cilia grey, with a few whitish specks. 

 Hind-wings grey; cilia light grey. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March {Parish) ; two 

 specimens. 



