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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 
continuations of these ; an ochreous streak from J of costa to apex, 
some blackish irroration round it, and a black apical mark: cilia 
whitish-grey, round costa and apex a black antemedian line. 
Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Brazil, Obidos, Parintins, Teffe, August to January; Peru, 
Iquitos, R. Napo ( Parish ), Paca}*a (Moansey), March to June; 
11 ex. 
COLONANTHES, n. g. 
Head smooth ; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. Antennae j, 
in serrulate, simple, basal joint moderately elongate, without 
pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint beneath with 
triangular median and apical tufts of scales, terminal joint as long 
as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Anterior 
tibiae and basal joint of tarsi thickened with rough scales above; 
posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. Forewings with tufts of 
scales; 1 b furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 
costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings under 1, elongate-trapezoidal, 
termen emarginate beneath produced apex, cilia 2; 3-5 somewhat 
approximated at base, 6 and 7 parallel. 
A development of Comjpfiosai'is. 
Colonanthes plectanopa, n. sp. 
q . 9 mm. Head whitish, sides of crown speckled grey. Palpi 
white, second joint with brownish bands on tufts, terminal joint 
with anterior edge dark fuscous and three faint ochreous or fuscous 
bands. Thorax ochreous irrorated grey, three fine indistinct 
whitish lines. Forewings narrow, apex pointed, termen very 
obliquely rounded; brownish suffused or irrorated gre}’, with 
minute whitish speckling; two white strigulae from costa near 
base and at J converging to a median basal tuft; oblique white 
strigulae from costa at J, before middle, and at f, preceded by 
suffused brown blotches, first running to two large tufts somewhat 
obliquely placed in disc; discal stigmata black finely ringed 
whitish, connected by a patch of brown suffusion, beneath first a 
grey subdorsal tuft, beneath and touching second a large dark grey 
dorsal tuft edged anteriorly by an oblique white strigula ; a suffused 
dark fuscous dash in disc posteriorly ; some minute blackish white- 
edged dots on costa posteriorly and termen : cilia brownish speckled 
whitish with rows of blackish points, towards tornus grey. Hind¬ 
wings dark grey, lighter in disc; cilia grey. 
Brazil, Manaos, November; Perl, Jurimaguas, March (. Parish ); 
2 ex. 
Stenolechia zelosaris, n. sp. 
$. 10 mm. Head whitish, sides suffused grey. Palpi white, 
second joint dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint with two 
dark fuscous rings. Thorax grey. Abdomen with two very large 
