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AntaeoTicha ampherista, n. sp. 
d . 24-27 mra. Head white, crown more or less suffused pale 
greyish. Palpi white, second joint with dark brown streak on 
basal half, sometimes extended by light brownish suffusion to basal 
third of terminal joint. Thorax light grey or whitish-fuscous. 
Forewings ochreous-white; a suffused brownish dorsal hand 
throughout, occupying nearly half towards base and somewhat less 
than posteriorly, with some slight transverse darker marbling 
and an irregular blotch of darker suffusion at |; a line of fuscous 
suffusion along basal fourth of costa and then beneath costal edge 
to | ; small oblique spots of fuscous suffusion from costa at 4 and 
beyond middle, latter sometimes including a dark fuscous subcostal 
dot; blackish-fuscous dots on upper margin of dorsal band at f-, 
and in upper part of disc at | ; a suffused brownish streak from 
tornus reaching half across wing; five brownish marginal dots 
round apex and upper part of termen : cil a white, on tornus and 
lower half of termen suffused grey. Hindwings pale fuscous or 
whitish-fuscous, suffused darker grey posteriorly, apex narrowly 
w 7 hite; costa dilated on anterior half and clothed with dense rough 
projecting grey and white scales forming a strong tuft at middle ; 
an ochreous-whitish subcostal hairpencil from base to middle lying 
beneath forewings ; cilia whitish-grey, round apex white. 
Bolivia, Prov. del Sara, 1500 feet; Brazil, Obidos, September ; 
3 ex. Intermediate in characters between griseana and assecta. 
Antaeotricha milictis, n. sp. 
<d . 21 mm. Head white, crown ochreous-tinged. Palpi white, 
a brownish streak on second joint except towards apex. Thorax 
ochreous-white. Porewings white ; a pale ochreous line on basal 
fifth of costa and then just beneath costa to beyond middle, two 
short oblique greyish-ochreous projections from this towards base ; 
dorsal area below fold suffused pale greyish-ochreous, a triangular 
dark fuscous spot at |; cloudy greyish-ochreous or fuscous dots on 
fold just before middle and midway between this and base, one 
above and between these, one in disc at |, and one obliquely before 
and above this; several cloudy pale brownish-ochreous dots in¬ 
dicating partial subterminal and praemarginal series in disc: cilia 
white, on tornus greyish-ochreous. Hindwings ochreous-grey- 
whitish, apex narrowly white ; costa dilated on anterior half, with 
large broad projecting fringe of dense white and dark grey scales; 
an ochreous-whitish subcostal hairpencil from base lying beneath 
fore wings; cilia white. 
Brazil, Teffe, December ( Parish ) ; 2 ex. Allied to preceding. 
Antaeotricha sellifera, n. sp. 
<f . 15 mm. Head white, back of crown grey. Palpi white, a 
dark fuscous streak on basal half of second joint. Thorax dark 
fuscous. Porewings costa moderately arched, apex rounded; 
ochreous-white ; a dark fuscous basal patch occupying | of wing, 
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