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and with whitish reflections except along costa and terraen and on 

 a triangular patch in disc ahout i ; in J a broad streak of whitish 

 suffusion beneath costa, interrupted in middle, curved round before 

 apex parallel to terraen and running to dorsum before tonius, from 

 extremity of anterior portion an irregular line runs to second discal 

 stigma, these markings in $ hardly indicated ; plical stigma dark 

 fuscous, second discal forming a transverse fuscous mark, partially 

 edged whitish ; a whitish streak along termen, in $ slenderer and 

 interrupted : cilia light brownish, base more or less mixed whitish. 

 Hindwings 3 and 4 stalked ; fuscous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 

 liKAZiL, Sao Paulo; two specimens. Allied to bri/opJianes. 



Stenoma scapularis, n. sp. 



^ . '.i'2 mm. Head light grey, sides of face whitish. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint with a grey lateral streak on basal half and 

 ochreous-tinged anteriorly except at ii\)ex, base of terminal joint 

 grey. Thorax light grey, shoulders witli a yellow-ochreous mark. 

 Abdomen grey, apex j^ale ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, 

 costa strongly and evenly arched, apex rounded off, termen rounded, 

 somewhat oblique; glossy light leaden-grey; costa towards base 

 narrowly yellow-ochreous, thence costal edge finely white to near 

 apex ; a spot of blackish-grey suffusion above middle of dorsum, 

 another above and slightly anterior to this, and a third more 

 obscure beneath lower angle of cell : cilia pale grey. Hindwings 

 ''- and 4 connate ; grey ; cilia light grey. 



Frkncu (tuiana, Pt. Maroni; one specimen. Nearly allied to 

 ijJa phiirodea (which should have been described as having forewings 

 grey when fresh, not greyish-ochreous), but easily known by yellow 

 base of costa and shoulder-marks, and apex of patagia not yellow. 



J Stenoma sacra, n. sp. 



5 . 3.5 mm. Head white, crown orange except on sides. Palpi 

 white, second joint with blackish lateral streak on basal half, 

 terminal joint with strong blackish lateral lines. Thorax white, 

 tinged orange in middle anteriorly. Abdomen orange, basal joint 

 white. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat 

 oblique ; snow-white : cilia white. Hindwings 3 and 4 closely 

 approximated at base ; white ; cilia white. 

 French Ctuiana, R. Maroni ; one specimen. 



^ Promenesta isotrocha, n. sp. 



9 . 16 mm. Head, thorax light oohreous-yellow, face whitish- 

 yellow. Palpi white, second joint light yellowish except tip. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa rather 

 strongly and evenly arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, little 

 obli(iue ; light yellow' ; second discal stigma small, grey : cilia light 

 yellow. Hindwings jjale ochrcous-yellowish; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Argentina, Santiago del Estero ; one specimen. 

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