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EXOTIC VUCROLEPIDOPTEEA. 
Phaionia paronyma, n. sp. 
1 propose this name for Phaionia parallel-ana Kenn. Tort. 292, 
pi. xiii, 22 (1921), preoccupied in the same genus by parallelana 
Wals. Ill. Het. Brit. Mus. iv, 28, pi. lxvi, 9 (1879). 
Phtheochroa praefasciata, n. sp. 
d . 18 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi dark grey, apex whitish. 
Thorax grey. Fore wings elongate, rather dilated, costa gently 
arched, termen rounded, oblique ; whitish-ochreous, partially 
suffused greyish in disc, a few scattered black specks, costa and 
dorsum irregularly dotted black; at f- a narrow irregular suffused 
grey fascia mixed blackish parallel to termen ; an undefined fascia 
of grey suffusion mixed blackish from -4 of costa towards tornus 
but hardly reaching it; beyond this some blackish strigulse towards 
termen, and a blackish apical spot: cilia whitish, a subbasal series 
of small blackish spots. Hindwings whitish-grey, some obscure 
strigulse of blackish-grey suffusion posteriorly ; cilia whitish. 
Costa Rica, Irazu, 8000 feet, May ( Reimoser ); 1 ex. (Vienna 
Mus.). 
Phtheochroa dolorosa, n. sp. 
2 . 17 mm. Head white. Palpi ochreous-whitish, base mixed 
dark grey. Thorax grey, somewhat mixed whitish and darker. 
Fore wings rather elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, 
slightly bent at |, termen rounded, rather oblique ; fuscous mixed 
grey, on anterior half of costa some small suffused brown spots, and 
one on fold near base ; a broad unevenly edged ochreous-whitish 
fascia from about | of C03ta to tornus, leaving a moderate fascia of 
groundcolour round apex attenuated to tornus : cilia greyish. 
Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
Brazil, Jaragua, November ( Hoffmann ) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Phtheochroa calyptrophanes, n. sp. 
5 . 16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax ochreous-white. Forewings 
rather elongate, rather dilated, costa anteriorly straight, towards 
apex gently arched, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; light 
brown, with coarse scattered dark brown strigulae; a white spot on 
base of dorsum, extended upwards at base but not reaching costa ; 
apical of wing shining ochreous-white, with a few brown strigulae 
on dorsal half, a dark grey dot on lower angle of cell, and a rather 
narrow fascia of suffused dark grey strigulation round apex 
attenuated to tornus (cilia defective). Hindwings light grey, 
slightly strigulated darker ; cilia pale greyish. 
Peru, Madre de Dios, 3300 feet; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Phtheochroa molybdanthes, n. sp. 
$ . 25 mm. Head, thorax light greyish-ochreous. Forewings 
rather broad, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched towards 
extremities, termen rounded, rather oblique ; pale greyish-ochreous, 
suffuaedly striated transversely light grey ; a dark leaden-metallic 
