276 Mr. Edward Meyrick's Description of 



toraus; a row of black dots round posterior part of costa and 

 termen : cilia light brownish-ochreous. Hind-wings dark grey; 

 cilia grey, darker towards base. 



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

 specimens. 



Ilingiotis sevectella, Walk. 



Gelechia sevectella, Walk. Cat. XXX, 1020). 



S ?• 10-14 mm. Head light grey, sidetufts ochreous-whitish. 

 Palpi dark fuscous, apical edge of second joint white, terminal joint 

 whitish except anterior edge. Thorax light grey, shoulders suffused 

 with ochreous-whitish. Abdomen grey. Fore-wings elongate, 

 rather narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, 

 more strongly posteriorly, with cilia rather prominent at f , apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 9 separate ; light grey, strigulated 

 with darker and somewhat mixed with ochreous-whitish; costa 

 broadly suffused with ochreous-whitish from base to f , costal edge 

 blackish towards base ; a small black spot towards costa near base ; 

 stigmata represented by round blackish spots edged with whitish, 

 phcal smaller, slightly beyond first discal ; a black dot or mark on 

 costa at I ; a curved whitish line from costa beyond this to tornus ; 

 an ochreous-whitish line round posterior part of costa and termen, 

 marked with a series of blackish dots : cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 obscurely barred with fuscous. Hind-wings rather dark grey; 

 cilia grey, darker towards base. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from December to 

 March (Parish) ; twenty-four specimens. Walker's type 

 is from Ega, Brazil. 



Pachysaris, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts roughly spreading; ocelli 

 present; tongue developed. Antennae nearly 1, in (^ moderately 

 ciliated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi very 

 long, curved, ascending, second joint much thickened with dense 

 scales, above with very long dense projecting hairs on apical half, 

 expansible interiorly, terminal joint much shorter than second, with 

 rough projecting scales posteriorly except towards apex, acute. 

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

 tibiae with rough projecting hairs above and beneath. Pore- wings 

 with 16 furcate, 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from 

 middle. Hind-wings over 1, trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen 

 faintly sinuate, cilia | ; lower margm of cell with pecten of long hairs 



