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Genus OLCECLOSTERA Butler. 

 OLCECLOSTERA MORESCA, new species. 



Palpi and abdomen biovvn, the latter irrorated with white. Head 

 and thorax grey, ,slig"htly streal^ed with ])rown. Primaries grev^ the 

 base broadly reddish brown, limited by an antemedial grey line, out- 

 wardly edged with dark brown, this line wavy and angled on median 

 vein; a dark brown medial spot on eosta across cell; a similar spot on 

 inner margin, extending above siibmedian; a tine, t)rown, lunular, 

 postmedial line, followed by a dark spot on costa, and a l)rownish 

 shade from vein 4 to inner margin; an inwardly lunular subterminal 

 dark l)rown line from costa to vein 8, preceded between 6 and 7 by a 

 quadrate hyaline spot. Secondaries reddish ])rown; some grey at anal 

 angle and on inner margin, where it is crossed by dark brown lines. 

 Underneath brown; the secondaries with two tinel}^ wavy lines near 

 the middle of wing, and a grey shade from base to anal angle with 

 darker spots. 



Expanse. — 39 mm. 



Habitat. — Carabaya, S. E. Peru. 



Type.—Q2,i. No. 8796, U.S.N. M. 



OLCECLOSTERA ANNA, new species. 



Palpi and frons reddish brown. Collar and thorax lilacine grey. 

 Abdomen light brown. Primanes lilacine grey, the outer niargin 

 narrowl}' brown; an antemedial dark streak on costa; a black spot at 

 end of cell; a tine dark lunular postmedial line, preceded by a dark 

 shade below vein 2; a small dark medial spot on inner margin; two 

 subterminal hyaline spots between 5 and 7. Secondaries brown. 

 Underneath brown; a tine dark postmedial line on both wings. 



Expanse. — 36 mm. 



Hahitat. — Omai, British Guiana. 



Type.— Q^it. No. 8797, U.S.N.M. 



OLCECLOSTERA LEPIDA, new species. 



Palpi brown. Bod}^ gi'e}^ a brown dorsal streak on collar and 

 thorax. Primaries angled at vein 5, grey, thinly irrorated with dark 

 brown; the markings dark brown; a large antemedial spot on costa, 

 and one on inner margin farther from base, connected by brownish 

 lines; a tine line on discocellular; an elongated space on costa from 

 a])ove discocellular to near apex; a postmedial indistinct line, puncti- 

 form on veins; a subterminal lunular line from veins 3 to 7, preceded 

 by a hyaline spot between 6 and 7; fringe dark brown. Secondaries 

 brown, tinged with grey at anal angle. Underneath grey. Prima- 

 ries: the disc pale brown; a brown postmedial line; the subterminal 

 tine, lunular, followed by a darker brown shade. Secondaries: a dark 



