996 MR. W. J. KAYE OX 



rather pale brown with scattered grey scaling. At base a short 

 black streak above which is an irregvilarly-shaped greyish patch. 

 This on costa is followed by two short curved lines. Some very 

 indistinct, slender, wavy lines across the discal area, with the 

 veins showing darker. Hind wing with the costal third greyish 

 white with two or three indications of transverse lines. Basal 

 two-thirds of wing tawny, pale at outer margin. Abdomen 

 tawny, with some black scaling on the three basal segments. 

 Exp. 42 mm. 



Habitat. Trinidad, Port of Spain, 27.i. 21 [N. Lamont). 



Family U R A N i A D ^. 

 Syngria delicata, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 7.) 



Collar whitish. Tliorax and abdomen pinkish fawn-colour, 

 iri-orated with minute black dots. Fore wing pinkish fawn- 

 colour. Discoidal spot small, black, lunar-shaped, externally 

 edged with pale cream-colour. A submedian, very indistinct, 

 orange line running very obliquely. A very distinct postmedian 

 ochreous line, palish-edged internally, also very oblique and 

 sharply angled just below vein 6. Margin sharply defined 

 ochreous, edged with pale colour internally. Hind wing pinkish 

 fawn with fine irroration of black dots. Very indistinct sub- 

 and post-median ochreous lines. Margins as in fore wing. Fore 

 and hind wing below without markings, except the fine black 

 dusting, which is less than on upper side. Exp. 36 mm. 



Habitat. Trinidad, Palmiste, June 1915 [N. Lamont). 



Family PYRALiDiE. 

 Subfamily PococERiNiE (=: Epipaschiance). 



POCOCERA BRUNJSTAPEX, Sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 1.) 



Head and thorax reddish brown. Abdomen pale brown. 

 Fore wing with basal third pinkish brown with some short 

 darker longitudinal lines terminated by a somewhat sinuous 

 silvery-grey line. Discal area of wing silvery grey, containing a 

 much waved slender line in middle, A darker shade before 

 outer margin and a dark reddish-brown apex with the veins 

 showing through, heavily scaled with blackish brown. Hind 

 wing pearly transparent with the apex blackish. Fore wing 

 below with a dark red costa, and the remainder of the wing 

 blackish. Hind wing below also with costa dark red, but other- 

 wise as above. Exp. 38 mm. 



Habitat. Ti-inidad, Guaico, 18. ix. 15 (A. Lamont). 



Subfamily Agroterin^ (::= Pyraustinm), 

 Samea delicata, sp. n, (PI. I. fig. 22.) 

 Head pale straw-coloured. Patagia with dark brown spots on 



