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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
and one just before it on fold ; a dark fuscous costal streak from 
before middle to apex, cut by fine very oblique whitish strigulse at 
middle and |; some undefined fuscous suffusion on tornus, above it 
one or two slight blackish strigulse, one at apex, and one beneath 
apex : cilia whitish-grey, on costa dark fuscous. Hindwings and 
cilia grey. 
Brazil, Para, July (Pam^) : 1 ex. Next prismcttopa. 
Battaristis rhythmodes, n. sp. 
d . 7 mm. Head, thorax grey. Palpi second joint grey, a sub- 
apical blackish-grey ring, tip white, terminal joint white minutely 
speckled grey, extreme base black. Forewings elongate, costa 
gently arched, apex broadlj' rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 
grey, tips of scales pale; black dots towards costa at ^ and 3 , and 
in disc at middle and |; an oblique dark fuscous streak crossing 
fold about and a small spot on fold before middle ; an elongate- 
triangular blackish patch extending along costa from before middle 
to near apex, cut by a short direct whitish strigula at middle, and 
an oblique one at |, latter almost meeting a fine indistinct erect 
whitish strigula from tornus : cilia grey minutely speckled whitish, 
a strong blackish-fuscous basal shade on costa. Hindwings dark 
grey ; cilia grey. 
Brazil, Para, July ( Parish ) ; 1 ex. 
Compsolechia atmastra, n. sp. 
$. 15 mm. Head, thorax rather dark grey, face ochreous- 
whitish. Palpi whitish, terminal joint and apex of second suffused 
grey anteriorly. Forewings rather narrow, costa moderately arched 
towards obtuse apex, termen obliquely rounded ; dark bronzy-grey; 
small ill-defined black spots beneath costa at and near base, and one 
beneath fold hardly beyond second ; several small irregular cloudy 
whitish marks or dots irregularly placed in median area of disc; a 
small white transverse wedgeshaped spot on costa at f, and a dot 
on tornus hardly beyond it; a small black spot on costa near apex ; 
three small white spots (lowest dot-like) before upper part of 
termen, and two small black marks between these : cilia grey, a 
dark fuscous subbasal line, base pale. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 
cilia grey, a dark fuscous subbasal shade. 
Peru, Iquitos, March ( Parish ) ; 1 ex. Between amaurota and 
tar della. 
Compsolechia comparanda, n. sp. 
c S • 13-14 mm. Head white, crown slightly tinged grey. Palpi 
white, base of second joint grey. Thorax whitish-grey. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 
rounded ; grey, somewhat sprinkled whitish, with some blackish 
scales; stigmata forming small suffused rather darker grey spots, 
plical rather before first discal, a similar spot in disc at i ; whitish 
opposite, dots on costa and dorsum at |, four or five small blackish 
