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STENOMA MARGINATA, new species. 



Labial palpi bright ochreous; second joint shaded with dark fuscous 

 exteriorly; termmal joint with base and an annulation above the 

 middle dark fuscous. Face light golden yellow. Head, anterior part 

 of thorax and patagina, and costal edge of the forewings bright 

 ochreous; thorax and patagina otherwise dark purplish brown. Fore- 

 wings elongate ovate; apex and termen rounded, purplish brown, with 

 a black dot at the end of the cell, another on the middle of the fold, 

 and a marginal series of black dots around the apical and termmal 

 edges; cilia ochreous fuscous. Hmdwmgs dark purplish fuscous with 

 the costal part, which is covered by the forewmgs, white. Abdomen 

 dark purplish brown above, with light ochreous underside. Legs 

 light ochreous, barred, and annulated with dark fuscous. 



Alar expanse. — 16 mm. 



Ealitat — Cabima and Trinidad River, Panama, March and May. 



Type-specimen. — Cat. No. 16729, U.S.N.M. 



Very similar in color and ornamentation to the somewhat smaller 

 Cryptolechia epidesma Walsmgham. 



STENOMA SIMPLEX, new species. 



Second jomt of labial palpi white, shaded with dark fuscous exteri- 

 orly and with a dark spot on the mner side near apex; termmal joint 

 dark fuscous, with posterior edge white. Face white. Head and 

 thorax dark violaceous brown. Forewing dark brown, nearly black, 

 with a violaceous sheen; extreme costal edge narrowly white; a thin, 

 white, broken, zigzag line across the wmg from the middle of costa 

 over the end of the cell to apical third of dorsum, but not quite reach- 

 ing the dorsal edge; a small white spot with a black center at apex; a 

 faint row of small white dots along terminal edge; upper part of cilia 

 around apex white, lower part blackish brown. Hindwing blackish 

 browTi, with apical cilia whitish. Legs dark brown externally, pure 

 silvery white on the inner side. Underside of body white. 



Alar expanse. — 14-15 mm. 



Hahitat. — Trinidad River, Panama, June. 



Type-specimen.— C&t. No. 16738, U.S.N.M. 



Very close to S. menestella Walsingham, S. jiliferella Walker, and 

 S. niviliturella Walker, but somewhat larger than any of these, nearer 

 in size to the also closely allied S. ocJiropa Walsingham. 



STENOMA MINOR, new species. 



Labial palpi silvery white, shaded externally with blackish fuscous. 

 Face pure silvery white. Head blackish brown. Thorax blacldsh 

 brown, with a bluish metallic sheen. Forewings dark purplish brown, 

 with strong metallic reflections; costal edge at apical fourth touched 

 with white; cilia light straw yellow, with a basal series of dark brown 

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