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blotch, second irregular, not reaching a small elongate dark fuscous 

 spot lying above anterior angle of third blotch, third strong, 

 almost straight but faintly sinuate in middle, running to termen 

 below middle and limiting third blotch, preceded by more or less 

 dark fuscous suffusion on upper half except on costa; seven large 

 black marginal dots round posterior part of costa and termen : 

 cilia white, Avith light fuscous subbasal line, on toruus fuscous. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated; grey, in $ 

 rather darker; ciliaTTgHt grey, with darker subbasal shade, round 

 apex whitish-suffused. 



British Guiana, Bartica, from December to February (Parish) ; 

 twenty-eight specimens. 



Stenoma paracta, n. sp. 



cJ. 26 mm. Head white, crown suffused with pale fuscous. 

 Palpi white, basal | of second joint and base of terminal joint 

 fuscous. Antenual ciliations 2|-3. Thorax pale fuscous, shoulders 

 whitish. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, costa anteriorly moderately, then 

 slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather 

 oblique ; 2 separate ; white, with a few scattered fuscous scales ; 

 a narrow pale fuscous streak along basal third of costa; dorsal i^ 

 light fuscous, marked with some dark fuscous suffusion on dorsum 

 towards base, and two subtriangular slightly inwards-oblique dark 

 fuscous blotches at i and | ; a cloudy dark fuscous dot above fold 

 before apex of first dorsal blotch, and three forming an oblique 

 series in middle of disc with a])ex of second; a curved series of 

 six dark fuscous dots from | of disc to tornus, and a dot towards 

 costa at ^ ; six blackish marginal dots round apex and termen : 

 cilia white, towards tornus suffused with grey. Hindwings with 

 3 and 4 short -stalked, 5 approximated ; light grey; cilia grey- 

 whitish, with grey subbasal shade. 



Peru, Chanchamayo and El Porvenir; Colombia, San Antonio, 

 5800 feet, in November ; three specimens, 



Stenoma lathiptila, n, sp. 



S 2 • 17-18 mm. Head whitish, crown more or less tinged 

 with fuscous. Palpi white, basal f of second joint and extreme 

 base of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations of c? 2^ 

 Thorax pale fuscous. Abdomen pale grey, anal tuft whitish. 

 Forewings elongute, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen 

 rounded, somewhat oblique ; 2 running into 1 c ; whitish-fuscous ; 

 a dark fuscous streak from middle of base along dorsum to about i ; 

 three irregular oblique transverse suffused dark fuscous lines, first 

 from or near costa before ^ to middle of dorsum, where it some- 

 times forms a spot, second from middle of costa to |- of dorsum, 

 sometimes suffusedly expanded posteriorly towards dorsum, tliird 

 from I of costa to tornus, somewhat curved ; eight sometimes 

 connected dark fuscous marginal dots round apical part of costa 

 and termen : cilia whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 



