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STENOMA FENESTRA, new species. 



Second joint of labial palpi light golden ochreous in front, white 

 on the inner side and dark brown exteriorly; terminal joint dusky 

 white. Face and head yellowish white, silvery. Thorax reddish 

 brown with ochreous posterior tip; patagina blackish brown on 

 lower half, tips light ochreous. Forewing dark violaceous brown; 

 a round lemon yellow spot on costal edge near base, followed by a 

 large reddish yellow spot, edged by dark velvety brown scales; a 

 small yellow dot within the middle of the dorsal edge, some diffused 

 reddish and dark-brown streaks on the cell; two indistinct and 

 suffused, whitish, zigzag lines across the wing at apical third; ex- 

 treme costal edge, a small spot at apical third of costa and extreme 

 apex light yellow. Hindwing dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous 

 with white underside. Legs white; tarsi and anterior tibiae barred 

 with dark brown. 



Alar expanse. — 22 mm. 



Habitat. — Chiriquicito, Panama; Sixola River, Costa Rica, W. 

 Schaus, collector. 



Type-specimen.— C&t. No. 16719, U.S.N.M. 



Nearest to S. apicalis Busck, which species was also taken in 

 Panama, at Cabima, June. 



STENOMA PHYTOPTERA, new species. 



Second joint of labial palpi dark violaceous brown, strongly mixed 

 with light ochreous toward the tip; terminal joint light yellow, with 

 dark violaceous brown base and annulation before the tip. Face 

 light straw yellow. Head dark ochreous mixed with brown. Thorax 

 dark violaceous brown with posterior lobe leaf green. Forewing 

 dark violaceous brown, irregularly mottled with leaf-green scales, a 

 large blotch of which is found just before the middle of dorsum, 

 followed by a black dot on the fold; at the end of the cell is a short, 

 transverse, black Une; on the middle of the edge is a large showy 

 dark velvety brown spot with a pure white center and with deep 

 black shadings in front, and with four or five black dashes toward 

 the margin; cilia dark brown with small equidistant pencils of 

 light ochreous. Hindwings blackish fuscous. Abdomen blackish 

 brown; underside mLxed with ochreous. Legs blackish brown; 

 tarsi with narrow ochreous annulations. 



Alar expanse. — 25-27 mm. 



Habitat. — Trinidad River, Panama, March. 



Type-specimen.— Cat. No. 16720, U.S.N.M. 



I also have this showy species from Sixola River, Costa Rica, 

 W. Schaus, collector. Though of quite different ornamentation, it 

 falls in the same group as the preceding species. 



