GELECHIAD2E. 
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apex obtuse-pointed, termen fa ntly sinuate, very oblique ; 6 
separate; white irregularly sprinkled grey and brownish; a small 
brownish spot near base in middle edged above with a fine black 
strigula; a large triangular fuscous blotch extending over median 
third of costa and reaching § across wing, crossed in middle of 
disc by a blackish streak, and its apical angle cut ofi‘ by an oblique 
white strigula preceded by dark fuscous suffusion; an oblong 
fuscous blotch on costa towards apex, emitting anteriorly a furcate 
lobe downwards, its posterior segment nearly reaching torn us, a 
blackish dash crossing lobe in middle of wing, another placed 
beyond it towards costa, costal edge of blotch suffused dark fuscous, 
with two minute white strigulae ; a fuscous streak along upper 
part of termen: cilia white, basal third tinged brownish, with 
several dark fuscous bars, remainder with three or four fuscous 
shades. Hindwings dark grey, lighter and with hyaline streaks in 
disc towards base : cilia grey. 
Portuguese E. Aerica, Delagoa Bay ; 1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). 
Chelaria stictocosma Meyr. 
Bred August from larva feeding on Desmodium gangeticum 
(. Legumiaosae ) at Pusa (T. B. Fletcher). The species varies 
considerably in development of markings ; levata Meyr. is only 
a lightly marked and rather worn specimen, and falls as a 
synonym. 
Chelaria disposita, n. sp. 
.20 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi white, basal half of 
second joint and two rings of terminal joint black. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen 
obliquely rounded ; white ; markings black ; a dot on base of costa, 
a small spot on base of dorsum, a quadrate spot on costa near base 
with lower angles projecting, an oblique mark in disc beyond this, 
a dot beneath costa before middle; dots representing stigmata, 
discal approximated, a small spot between them, plical slightly 
before first discal; a short mark beneath costa at •§-, and one just 
above tornus ; a dash towards termen in middle ; some black scales 
and slight fuscous suffusion at apex : cilia whitish. Hindwings 
light grey, whitish-suffused towards base ; cilia grey-whitish. 
Brazil, Espirito Santo, Porto, March (A 7 . Hoffmann) ; 1 ex. 
(Vienna Mus.). 
PERIC0GEHE3, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli superior ; tongue developed. 
Antennae J, rf simple, scape elongate, without pecten. Labial 
palpi long^ recurved, second joint thickened with dense scales 
roughly projecting beneath, terminal joint as long as second, 
slightly roughened anteriorly near base, acute. Maxillary palpi 
very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae rough- 
scaled above. Forewings with small tufts of scales; 2 from 
3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 
