450 EXOTIC .MICROLi;PII)OPTEEA, 



oblique ; 2 separate ; grej'isli-purple ; costal edge whitish-ocbreous ; 

 fine wbitish-ocbreons lines on margins of cell from base to about ^ ; 

 a ratber broad whitisb-ocbreous median fascia, liardlj' reacbiug 

 costa, anterior edge suft'used, posterior ratber convex in disc ; 

 a faint darker curved subterminal sbade, preceded and followed by 

 sligbtlj^ lighter suffusion, in cj* terminal area tinged with wbitisb- 

 ocbreous : cilia wliitisb-ochreous, tinged with grey on tornus, 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated; grey; cilia 

 whitish-grey. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March {Pirrish) ; four specimens. 



Stenoma caesarea, n. sp. 



d 5 . 18-25 mm. Head slaty-grey, face whitish, sidetufts 

 margined with whitish-ocbreous. Palpi whitish, second joint with 

 a slaty-grey streak, apes pale yellow-ochreous, terminal joint 

 suffused with dark grey anteriorly. Antennal ciliations of c? 2|. 

 Thorax more or less dark slaty-grey, outer edge of jjatagia whitish- 

 ocbreous anteriorly. Abdomen grey. Foreuings elongate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat 

 oblique ; 2 separate ; glossy light or dark violet-slaty-grey ; 

 extreme costal edge ochreous-whitish ; a small wbitiali-oehreous 

 spot or mark on costa at |, and a small cloudy ochreous-whitish spot 

 just beneath it ; a cloudy dark fuscous spot on end of cell ; terminal 

 edge obscurely whitish : cilia light grey or whitish-grey, indistinctly 

 barred with darker. Hindwings with 3 and 4 short-stalked, 

 5 approximated ; grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey basal sbade, 

 British GrtAXA, Bartica, from December to Februairy (Farish)^ 

 sixteen specimens. 



Stenoma iocoma, n. sp. 



c? $ . 19-22 mm. Head whitish-ocbreous, crown more or less 

 suffused with violet. Palpi violet-grey. Antennal ciliations of 

 c? 2|. Thorax violet-grey. Abdomen grey. Porewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat 

 oblique; 2 separate; light violet-grey; costal edge wliitisb- 

 ochreous ; short fine whitish-ocbreous lines from base in middle 

 and on fold ; faint hardly perceptibly darker somewhat curved 

 transverse shades at 4, |, and 4 : cilia ochreous-whitish. Hind- 

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

 whitish, with greyish subbasal sbade. 



British Guiana, Bartica and Mallali, from Januarj' to March 

 {Parish) ; French Guiana, S. Laurent ; eight specimens. 



Stenoma sematopa, n. sp. 



5 . 15-16 mm. Head whitish-ocbreous, sidetufts marked ante- 

 riorly with violet-fuscous suffusion. Palpi violet-fuscous. Thorax 

 grey. Abdomen pale greyish. Forewings elongate, costa mode- 

 rately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; 

 2 separate; light gk)5sy grey, with faint violet tinge; extreme 



