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Antaeotricha nitescens, n. sp. 
cT. 17 mm. Head white. Palpi white, basal | of second joint 
pale greyish-ochreous with a dark grey streak, a subapical band of 
terminal joint dark grey. Thorax white, a dark fuscous posterior 
spot. Forewings 8 absent; shining white; a fine dark fuscous 
transverse mark at base of costa ; two dark fuscous dorsal blotches, 
first irregular, extending from near base to middle, anterior half 
broader and reaching half across wing, second oblong, extending 
from j|. to tornus, reaching half across wing; cloudy fuscous dots in 
disc at | towards costa, and before middle; an oblique dark fuscous 
line from costa beyond middle not reaching half across wing, and 
one slightly curved from costa at | to posterior angle of second 
dorsal blotch ; five black dots round apical margin and two very 
minute lower on termen, preceded by a spot of dark fuscous 
suffusion at apex and small cloud} 7 fuscous spots beneath : cilia 
white, at apex a spot of grey suffusion. Hindwings whitish, 
posterior third suffused pale grey except towards costa, three dark 
grey 7 marginal marks round dpex; costa rather dilated on basal |, 
a group of long expansible yellow-whitish subcostal hairs extending 
from base to near apex; cilia whitish, a light grey subbasal line, 
at apex some grey suffusion. Fore wings beneath with modified 
grey-yellowish subdorsal streak. 
Frazil, Para, July ( Parish ); 1 ex. 
Antaeotricha tornogramma, n. sp. 
S . 15 mm. Head white. Palpi white, a dark fuscous streak 
terminating in a ring on basal | of second joint, basal and sub- 
apical rings of terminal joint dark fuscous. Thorax white, slightly 
sprinkled fuscous. Forewings 3 and 4 out of 2, 8 and 9 connate ; 
white, on dorsal -| slightly tinged ochreous and irregularly sprinkled 
fuscous; a longitudinal dark fuscous dash from base of costa ; some 
dark fuscous suffusion towards dorsum before middle, an oblique 
series of three indistinct fuscous dashes crossing disc above this; a 
very oblique dark fuscous line from costa before middle to upper 
angle of cell, and a cloudy dot on lower angle; a curved dark 
fuscous line from costa at | to tornus, limiting a quadrate fuscous 
practornal blotch reaching half across wing ; a black marginal line 
on apex and upper part of termen and one or two dots above it, 
some slight fuscous suffusion preceding it at apex: cilia white, at 
apex grey on outer half. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, near 
termen slightly greyish-tinged except towards costa, two slight 
dark grey 7 marginal marks at apex ; costa hardly dilated, a pale 
yellowish subcostal hairpencil from base reaching nearly to apex; 
cilia whitish, at apex grey on outer half. Forewings beneath with 
modified ochreous-yellow subdorsal streak. 
Brazil, Parintins, October (Parish); 1 ex. 
Antaeotricha liydropliora, n. sp. 
. 13 mm. Head white, crown partially tinged grey. Palpi 
white, a dark fuscous streak on basal half of second joint, base and a 
