GELECHIADjE. 
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Dichomeris crossospila, n. sp. 
c? . 8 mm. Head shining dark leaden-grey. Palpi whitish, 
second joint dark fuscous except apex, with short rough projecting 
apical tuft and scales expanded at apex above. Thorax rather dark 
fuscous. Forewings rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 connate, rather dark 
fuscous ; stigmata blackish-fuscous, edged posteriorly grey-whitish 
lunulate marks, plical somewhat beyond first discal; an indistinct 
angulated grey-whitish transverse line at |; a marginal series 
of ochreous-grey-whitish dots round posterior part of costa and 
termen : cilia fuscous, with basal series of ochreous-grey-whitish 
spots, and ochreous-grey-whitish towards tips. Hindwings and 
cilia grey. 
Costa Pica, Jimenez, April ( Reimoser ) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Dichomeris horocompsa, n. sp. 
$. 12 mm. Head, thorax light brownish-grey. Palpi grey- 
whitish, second joint with moderately broad rough projecting greyer 
tuft and scales expanded above at apex. Forewings elongate, costa 
arched near base, then straight, apex rounded, termen rounded, 
somewhat oblique ; whitish-grey irrorated fuscous ; an undefined 
blotch of fuscous suffusion from dorsum towards base ; a rather 
flattened-triangular dark fuscous blotch on middle of costa, reaching 
5 across wing ; an ochreous-brown transverse spot on end of cell; 
two whitish marks followed by two dots on posterior half of costa, 
small brownish spots between these, a brown marginal streak with 
waved anterior edge round apex and termen, and an irregular 
brownish transverse streak with three or four dark grey dashes 
joining ends of this : cilia grey, base whitish within a blackish 
subbasal line. Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
Bolivia, B. Songo, 2500 feet; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Cymotricha molybdoterma, n. sp. 
5 . 14 mm. Head, thorax light brownish-ochreous, a broad 
central light grey stripe. Palpi submetallic leaden-grey, anterior 
edge light ochreous. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa gently 
arched towards extremities, termen faintly sinuate, rather oblique ; 
ochreous-brown, darker posteriorly ; costal edge dark violet-fuscous 
towards base, and shortly towards middle ; discal stigmata blackish ; 
an obtusely angulated yellow-ochreous line from | of costa to dorsum 
before tornus, space between this and termen forming a narrow 
purple-grey fascia narrowed downwards, darker on edges : cilia 
ochreous, on tornus tinged grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, June (E . Hargreaves) ; 2 ex. (type Brit. 
Mus.). 
Apotactis citroptila, n. sp. 
2 . 11 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with grey 
median bar, terminal joint with fine grey subbasal ring. Thorax 
vol. iv.— April 1933. 2 a 
