428 EXOTIC MiCEOLinnnoPTicKA. 



posteriori}- slightly arcliod, apex rounded, termon rouiuk'd, vertical ; 

 2 anastomosing -witli 3; i)alo yellow-ochreous ; an elongate blackish 

 blotch from base beneath costa to 'j of disc, attenuated anteriorl}-, 

 including a suthised line of ground-colour on upper margin of coll ; 

 thick irregular blackish submedian and subdorsal streaks from 

 base to beyond luiddlo of wing ; two blackish blotches transversely 

 jdaced in disc beyond middle, upper elongate, sometimes connected 

 with upper angle of anterior blotch, lower trapezoidal, connected 

 by a streak with lower angle of anterior blotch ; a dark grey sub- 

 costal streak throughout, posteriorly terminating in cloudy dark 

 grey rather curved subterminal and terminal fasciae, more or less 

 cut by pale lines on veins, leaving terminal edge of groundcolour: 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with grey antemedian shade. Hindwings 

 Avith J j and -{■ sluHjtj^sjtjUkj?d,. JL--a44)iuxiuiatcd ; dai'k grey ; eili;i 

 grey, with darker subbasal sliade, round apex sutluscd with whitish. 

 liKiTisu Guiana, Mallali, in March {Parish) ; four specimens. 



Stenoma aggerata, n. sp. 



5 . 17 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, face whitish. 

 (Palpi broken.) Abdomen grey. Forowings elongate, rather 

 naiTow, costa anteriorly moderately, then slightly arched, apex 

 rounded, iermen rounded, little o])lique ; 2 separate ; pale yellow- 

 ochroous ; a dark fuscous dorsal blotch extending from base to 

 middle and reaching | across wing, posteriorly obli(]uely rounded ; 

 a fascia-like patch of fuscous sutl'usion from beyond ccdl to dorsum 

 before tornus ; a narrow terminal interrupted fascia of fuscous 

 sutfusion, leaving terminal edge of groundcolour: cilia whitish- 

 ochreous., Hindwings with 3 and I j^hoil -stalked, f) aii])ro\iniated ; 

 grey; cilia grey, round ajiex sutfused with oclireous-wliitisli. 



Britisu Guiana, Bartica, in January [Parish) ; one specimen. 



Stenoma laxa, n. sp. 



cJ , 17 mm. ITead white, crown tinged with grey. Palpi 

 "white, second joint with dark fuscous streak on basal half. 

 Antennal ciliations 2^. Thorax light grey. Abdomen whitish. 

 Porewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, a2)ex 

 rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; 2 separate; white; 

 dorsal area beneath fold tinged with pale fuscous; an irregular 

 dark fuscous blotch on middle of dorsum, reaching ^ across wing, 

 and a smaller inwardly oblique triangular one towards tornus ; a 

 rather dark fuscous dot in disc before ^, one between this and first 

 blotch, one in disc beyond middle, and one between this and 

 second blotch ; a series of brownish dots from beneath costa at: 4- 

 to tornus, the one opposite apex considerably displaced anteriorly; 

 six marginal dark fuscous dots on termen : cilia white, beneath 

 tornus infuscated. Hindwings with 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 

 approximated; grej'-whitish ; terminaF edge grey; cilia whitish, 

 with fftiiil gVeyisli sul)basal line. 



Yiii^'BZUELA, Ciudad Bolivar, in July; oiio specimen. 



