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towards base; 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated at base, 6 and 7 

 connate. 



Type rurigena, Meyr. Allied to Trichotaphe. 



Pachysaris collina, n. sp. 



cj. 18 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi fuscous, irrorated 

 with darker. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore -wings elongate, narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat 

 oblique ; fuscous ; a small spot of dark fuscous suffusion on base of 

 costa; stigmata very small, obscure, dark fuscous, phcal rather 

 obliquely beyond first discal : cilia fuscous, base spotted with paler. 

 Hind -wings dark fuscous, subhyaline towards costa; cilia fuscous. 



Peru, Chanchamayo, in January (Mounsey) ; one 

 specimen. The fore-wings are obviously narrower than 

 in rurigena. 



Pachysaris rurigena, n. sp. 



(J $. 17-19 mm. Head grey, sides bronzy-tinged. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, terminal joint more or less white towards apex. Thorax 

 brownish, shoulders blackish. Abdomen grey. Fore-wings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 somewhat oblique ; brown ; a small blackish spot at base of costa ; 

 discal stigmata minute, dark fuscous ; a faint hardly paler slightly 

 bent shade from f of costa to tornus; a terminal series of minute 

 dark fuscous dots : cilia grey or brownish, base obscurely sjiotted 

 with paler. Hind-wings rather dark grey; cilia grey, with darker 

 subbasal shade. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, in February and 

 March (Parish) ; four specimens. 



Noeza pyretodes, n. sp. 



(^. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, patagia 

 mixed with ferruginous. Palpi whitish, second joint with two 

 ferruginous -brownish bands, terminal joint with anterior edge dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen greyish, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Fore-wings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, flattened and faintly 

 sinuate towards middle, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather 

 oblique; ochreous-whitish, dorsal f suffusedly tinged with pale 

 ferruginous; markings suffused, dark ferruginous; a small mark 

 on base of costa ; an irregular patch extending in disc from base to 

 J ; a slender streak along costa from | to f ; elongate marks towards 

 costa about middle and | ; a streak through disc from about ^ to f , 



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