192 Mr. Butler's descriptions of Cryptolechia. 



23. CryptolccJtia virginalis, n, sp. 



Above silvery white ; primaries with the apex angular ; three 

 or four marginal black dots towards apex ; wings below with the 

 margins and veins yellowish ; body below white, tarsi of legs 

 testaceous. Expanse of wings 17 mm. 



Boaventiu'a, Rio Jutahi, 24th January, 1875. 



24. Cryptvli'chia Javarica^ n. sp. 



Above shining snow-white ; primaries with three oblong sub- 

 basal spots followed at basal third Ijy an irregularly zigzag 

 transverse Hne, two parallel discal lines Avidening and zigzag 

 towards the costa, and the fringe, broAvn ; a dark brown spot 

 closing the cell ; a marginal series of black dots ; secondaries 

 brownish towards apex and outer margin, the fringe depressed ; 

 body white : primaries below sordid white, the veins and margin 

 brownish, costal and internal border snow white ; secondaries 

 white, shghtly sordid towards apex ; a marginal brown hne. 

 Expanse of wings 22 mm. 



Kio Javary, 5th December. 



Near to C. cretifera of Felder. 



25. Cryptolechia rosacea, n. sp. 



Primaries above clay-coloured with a rosy gloss ; a distinct 

 brown streak, externally diffused, running from basal fourth 

 of costa to external tMrd of inner margin ; a diffused sub- 

 quadrate costal patch near apex, bounded externally by a 

 shghtly arched line which crosses the disc, both brown ; a mar- 

 ginal series of black dots ; fringe grey externally ; secondaries 

 whitish, the external half tinted with rose-red ; body corres- 

 ponding in colour with the wings ; body below white, the palpi, 

 upper surface of anterior tiljige, and imder surface of hind tarsi, 

 rosy ; wings below rose-red, the bases and internal areas whitish. 

 Expanse of wings 29 mm. 



Rio Tanima, Rio Negro, 31st July. 



Alhed to C. humerella. 



2&. Cryptolechia trilineata, n. sp. 



Primaries above silver grey, base brownish ; basal third of 

 inner margin dark brown ; three oblique irregular dark brown 

 lines, externally diffused, crossing the wing at equal distances, 



