South American Micro-Lepidopfera. 257 



Anacampsis cassidata, n. sp. 



(J. 16 mm. Head glossy indigo-blue, side-tufts ochreous-yellow. 

 Palpi grey. Thorax leaden-grey. Abdomen dark grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa somewhat sinuate, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; dark violet -leaden-grey; base slenderly 

 dark fuscous; a dark fuscous transverse streak at ^; a suffused 

 dark fuscous streak from fold at | of wing slightly upcurved to 

 costa beyond middle; a suffused dark fuscous streak from disc 

 beyond middle to costa just above apex : cilia leaden-grey. Hind- 

 wings over 1, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate; dark fuscous; 

 cilia light grey, darker towards base. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March (Parish) ; one 

 specimen. 



Anacampsis orthophracta, n. sp. 



(J. 12 mm. Head and thorax dark violet-grey. Palpi grey. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore -wings elongate, narrow, costa faintly 

 sinuate, apex obtuse, termen rounded, oblique; dark fuscous; 

 four dark blue-leaden direct transverse fasciae, first narrow, basal, 

 sometimes connected with second on dorsum, second at J, broad, 

 third postmedian, broad, fourth from i of costa to tornus, narrow; 

 a slender blue-leaden streak along termen : cilia dark fuscous. 

 Hind-wings over 1, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate; dark 

 fuscous ; cilia dark grey. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, in January and 

 March (Parish) ; two specimens. 



Anacampsis ferreata, n. sp. 



<^. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax dark leaden -grey. Palpi grey, 

 Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, posteriorly 

 somewhat dilated, costa faintly sinuate, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly rounded, oblique ; dark indigo-blue-leaden ; a slender 

 rather oblique suffused blackish fascia at J, sometimes almost 

 obsolete; stigmata obscure, blackish, plical somewhat before first 

 discal; a narrow blackish subterminal fascia nearly parallel to 

 termen ; a blackish streak along termen : cilia grey, with dark 

 grey subbasal line. Hind-wings over 1, apex obtuse, termen hardly 

 sinuate; dark fuscous; cilia grey, with dark fuscous subbasal 

 line. 



British Guiana, Bartica, from December to February 

 (Parish) ; four specimens. 



