424 EXOTIC MIOROLEPIDOPTEEA. 



oblique ; 2 couuato with 3, running into 1 c ; dark grey ; veiy 

 oblique black linear marks on costa at 5, middle, and |, costal 

 edge between and beyond these suffused with ochreous-white ; 

 second discal stigma indistinct, dark fuscous, edged with ochreous- 

 white posteriorly ; from third costal mark a somewhat irregular 

 dark fuscous line runs to toruus, moderately curved on lower half, 

 area beyond t his more or less suffused with ochreous-white ; about 

 eight blackish marginal dots round apex and terraen : cilia ochreous-^ 

 white, on tornus grey. Hindwings wdth 3 and 4 st_alked, 5_nearlj 

 approximated ; dark grey ; cilia grey, round apex and upper part 

 of termen ochreous-white with grey subbasal shade. 



British Guiana, Bartica, in January and February (ParisJi) ; 

 three specimens. Allied to murinella^ from which it is readily 

 distinguished by the black costal marks. 



Stenoma gypsoterma, n. sp. 



S. 16 mm. Head ochreous-w^hitish, crown more or less grey. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint with basal | and a subapical ring dark 

 fuscous, terminal joint with base and a supramedian anterior streak 

 dark fuscoirs. Antennal cilialions 1^. Thorax grey, shoulders 

 narrowly whitish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft grey-whitish, li'ore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique; 2 running into 1 c, 8 absent 

 (coincident with 9); rather dark grey ; costa suffused with white 

 throughout; three very oblique linear black marks on costa at |, 

 middle, and |, giving rise to cloudy irregular oblique dark fuscous 

 lines crossing wing, second line edged with a whitish mark 

 anteriorly below middle, third somewhat sinuate above middle 

 and rather curved below, running to tornus, area beyond this 

 wholly ochreous-white, with six large blackish dots or marks 

 round api-cal and terminal margin : cilia ochreous-white, on tornus 

 grey. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 closely approximated ; 

 grey ; cilia grey, round apex suffused with ochreous-white. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March (^Parish) ; two specimens. 



Stenoma phaeoplintha, n. sp. 



J $,. 13-14 mm. Head grey, face and sides of crown white. 

 Palpi white, second joint with streak from base terminating in 

 supramedian ring and a subapical ring dark fuscous, terminal 

 joint with base and supramedian band dark fuscous. Antennal 

 ciliations of 6 2^. Abdomen grey, anal tuft of J ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa anteriorly 

 gently, posteriorly slightly arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, 

 little oblique ; 2 separate ; white, variably sprinkled with grey in 

 disc ; a dark fuscous mark on base of costa reaching half across 

 wing; three equal quadrate dark fufcous dorsal blotches extending 

 from base to tornus and nearly meeting, reaching half across wing ; 

 a blackish dash above first blotch near base ; three oblique dark 

 fuscous streaks from costa, first running to anterior angle of second 



