206 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



faintly pinkish-tinged, more whitish towards tips. Hindwings 

 3 and 4 connate ; grey ; cilia f^rey-whilish, a greyer subbasal shade. 

 FuKNCii (jtDiana, K. Maroni ; British Guiana, Bartica, J.muary 

 Parish): five specimens. 



Stenoma eminens, n. sp. 



r{ . 20 mm. Head, thorax whitish-grey, faintly violet-tinged, 

 face whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint grey except towards 

 apex, extreme base of terminal joint dark grey. Antenual ciliations 

 2i. Abdomen ochreoiis-whitish sprinkled pale grey, anal tuft more 

 ochrcous-tingeil. Forewings elongate, moderate, posteriorly some- 

 what dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, 

 hardly oblique; whitish-grey slightly tinged violet; costal edge 

 white ; stigmata dark grey, plical obliquely beyond first discal ; a 

 verv obscure cloudy somewhat dotted grey line from 4 of costa to 

 dorsum before tornus, curved outwards from i to -i of its length; a 

 terminal series of eight small blackish dots: cilia ochreous-grey- 

 whitish. Hindwings 3 and 4 connate ; pale grey; cilia grej^-whitish, 

 a greyer subbasal line. 



French Guiana, 11. Maroni; one specimen. Although very 

 similar to several species of the sororia group, it appears to be 

 distinguished from all these ])y the different form of forewings, of 

 which the apex is not rounded. 



J Stenoma dryocosma, n. sp. 



5 . 19-20 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides of crown brown, 

 face whitish. Palpi whitisli, second joint brownish-ochreous except 

 apex, with suffused fuscous subapical ring, terminal joint suffused 

 fuscous anteriorly. Thorax brown or ochreous-brown. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa anteriorly moderately 

 arched, sinuate beyond middle, rather strongly arched towards apex, 

 apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique; ochreous- 

 brown, more or less suft'usedly and irregularly mixed fuscous 

 anteriorly; a triangular dark brown or dark fuscous ])OStmedian 

 costal blotch reaching somewhat more than half across wing, 

 including an irregular dentate transverse brownish-ochreous streak, 

 blotch edged posteriorly with white suffusion in disc; terminal area 

 beyond this forming a broad grey band irregularly sprinkled 

 blackish-grey and whitish ; small dark grey marginal spots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen: cilia greyish, a darker subbasal 

 shade. Hindwings ','> and 4 connate ; grey irrorated dark fuscous; 

 cilia pale greyish, a darker subbasal shade. 



Frexgh Guiana, li. Maroni ; two specimens. Allied to mo'hilaia 

 and trnncatnhi ; it might possibly be the other sex of the former of 

 these species, but the differences are very considerable. 



\j Stenoma seducta, u. sp. 



J §. 17 mm. Head groy-whitish. Palpi white, second joint 

 grey except towards apex, terminal joint somewhat sprinkled grey 



