40 Mr. W. Scliaus on 



wliitish-yellow shade at apex. Hind wings below dirty- 

 white irrorated with brown, except on inner margin ; a dark 

 discal spot ; postmedial shade outbent on costa, outwardly 

 dentate above vein 7 and below 6 ; subterminal dark shade, 

 interrupted, chiefly noticeable at apex, between veins 5 and 

 6, and at anal angle. 



Expanse 22 mm. 



Hah. Carillo. 



Epistrema, gen. nov. 



Male. — Palpi upcurved, short, reaching just above vertex ; 

 second joint shortly fringed below, third joint smooth. 

 Antennae pubescent, without cilia. Fore legs hairy. Abdo- 

 men with dorsal tuft at base. Fore wings : veins 3, 4, and 5 

 equally apart ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 10 from end of 

 areole ; 9 stalked with 8 ; 11 free. Hind wings : veins 3 

 and 4, also 6 and 7, very shortly stalked ; 5 from above 

 lower angle. 



Type of genus, Epistrema ora, Schs. 



Epislrema ora, sp. n. 



S . Palpi, head, collar, thorax, and basal dorsal tuft on 

 abdomen dark brown ; abdomen otherwise brownish grey. 

 Fore wings dark greyish brown, thinly irrorated with lilacine 

 white scales ; a broad antem.edial light brown shade, edged 

 with fuscous brown and crossed by a fine dark line, slightly 

 inbent on inner margin ; a fuscous line from costa above 

 discocellular, incurved in cell and below vein 2, followed by 

 a buff shade, broadest on inner margin, crossed by a diffuse 

 brownish shade, and enclosing the reniform, which is narrow 

 and vaguely outlined in dark scales ; a subterminal dark 

 brown shade, not reaching costa and twice incurved, outwardly 

 paler shaded; terminal dark brown semilunar spots. Hind 

 wings brownish ; terminal spots indistinct ; base of cilia 

 greyish. Wings below greyisli brown, the hind wings faintly 

 paler, crossed by medial and subterminal darker shades. 



Expanse 18 mm. 



Hah. Carillo. 



Hypenodes modesta, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax greyish brown. Abdomen light 

 brown. Fore wings brown, irrorated with grey on basal 

 space, beyond discocellular, and broadly beyond postmedial 

 line ; an elongated dark brown spot tilling end of cell ; an 



