XYLORYCTID-E. 



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|, aud a suffused orange mark above it; two irregular dentate 

 dark fuscous lines from costa posteriorly to about tornus, costa 

 whitish between these ; a slender dark fuscous streak round apex 

 and termen, including an orange marginal mark at apex ; cilia 

 dark grey. Hindwings with 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 nearly 

 aiiprp^xiinatcd ; dark grey ; cilia grey, darker towards' base ; in c? 

 a long whitish-ochreous dorsal hairpencil from base. 



British Guiana, Bartiea, in February (Parish) ; two specimens. 

 An elegant species, suggesting a conglomerate of coloured pebbles. 



Stenoma chloromis, n. sp. 



5 . 25 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown suffused with light 

 grey. Palpi whitish, terminal joint suffused with light grey. 

 Thorax whitish-ochreous, with dark blue-grey posterior spot. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa ante- 

 riorly moderatelj', posteriorly slightly arched, apex rounded, termen 

 rounded, little oblique; 2 anastomosing with Ic; glossy light 

 violet-grey; costa broadly but very indefiuitely suffused with 

 ochreous-white : cilia pale greyish, becoming ochreous-whitish on 

 costa. Hindwings with 3_ and 4 connate, 5 approximated ; grey ; 

 cilia grey, above apex white. 



I3KiTisa Guiana, Bartica, in December (ParisJi.) ; one specimen. 



Stenoma lebetias, n. sp. 



5 . 23 mm. Head white, back of crown suffused with grey. 

 Thorax white, shoulders marked with gre)% Forewings elongate- 

 oblong, costa anteriorly moderately strongly, posterioily slightly 

 arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, vertical ; 2 approximated 

 to Ic; white; markings dark fuscous; an elongate spot beneath 

 costa at base ; a line on each side of fold from near base to i ; a 

 suffused irregular streak from near basal 1 of dorsum, and some 

 slight auffusion beyond this ; three very oblique series of suffused 

 spots or marks, first of three spots, median largest, second and third 

 each of three partially connected marks and both directed to a 

 large rounded tornal blotch ; a pra-marginal streak running round 

 termen and apical sixth of costa, attenuated below and broadly 

 dilated above : cilia white, with a grey shade round teraien. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 ap proximated ; rather 

 dark grey, lighter anteriorly ; cilia whitish, witlii "grey subbasal 

 shade. 



French Guiana, S. Laurent ; one specimen. 



Stenoma ioptila, n. sp. 



2 . 23-24 mm. Head whitish, with a fulvous streak on each side. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint pale brownish suffused with yellowish 

 anteriorly. Thorax pale fuscous, with double posterior ferruginous 

 tuft dark fuscous at base. Abdomen rather dark grey. Forewings 

 elongate-oblong, costa anteriorly rather strongly, posteriorly slightly 

 arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightJy rounded, hardly 



VOL. i.—OcloJh'r 1915. 2 F 



