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gently arched, faintlj' sinuate beyond middle, apex obtuse, termen 

 nearly straight, little oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked ; pale yellow- 

 ochreous, Klightly pinkish-tinged ; a dark grey dot in disc at | ; 

 traces of a faint irregular rather oblique line of grey irroration 

 crossing wing beyond, this ; two dark fuscous dots transversely 

 placed on end of cell ; a small cloudy grey spot beneath middle 

 of costa, whence an indistinct series of scattered grey scales 

 passes round upper margin of cell and behind these dots; a 

 rather large cloudy dark grey spot on costa at |, whence a series 

 of cloudy dark grey dots, abruptly curved above middle, runs 

 to dorsum before tornus ; a series of small marginal dark fuscous 

 dots along termen : cilia light ochreous-grey, base paler. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 approximated ; yellow-whitish; 

 cilia concolorous. 



Venezuela, Ciudad Bolivar, in June ; PAEAorAY ; two specimens. 



Stenoma tholodes, n. sp. 



5 . 22 mm. Head white, crown pinkish-tinged. Palpi white, 

 second joint brownish except apex. Thorax pale brownish, poste- 

 riorly and on patagia tinged with violet-fuscous. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings oblong, costa anteriorly moderately arched, then nearly 

 straight, apex rounded, termen slightly rounded, vertical ; 2 separate ; 

 light brownish, towards base of costa tinged \sith violet-pinkish ; 

 costal edge pale yellowish, at base dark fuscous ; an undefined area 

 of violet-fuscous suffusion occupying anterior ^ of wing except 

 towards costa ; small dark violet-fuscous spots on costa before ^ and 

 at middle, and a narrow flattencd-trianguhir spot extending from 

 beyond middle to ^, whence a series of cloudy dark fuscous dots, 

 somewhat curved in disc, runs to dorsum before tornus ; terminal 

 area beyond this suffused with violet-fuscous ; a series of dark 

 fuscous marginal marks round apex and termen, obscurely separated 

 with pale yellowish : cilia light brownish mixed with rather dark 

 violet-fuscous (imperfect). Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 ap- 

 l)roximated ; dark grey, lighter towards base ; cilia grey-whitish 

 mixed with grey, with darker grey subbasal shade. 



British Guiana, Mallali, in March (ParisJi) ; one specimen. 



Stenoma periscelta, n. sp. 

 c5' . 16-18 mm. Head whitish, crown tinged with pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Palpi whitish, second joint suffused with grej ish-ochreous 

 except towards apex, with dark fuscous streak on basal g, terminal 

 joint with base and apex dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 2. 

 Thorax brownish-grey. Abdomen dark grey. Torewings elongate, 

 moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 

 termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; 2 separate ; brownish-grey ; 

 extreme costal edge whitish ; a small faint fuscous spot on costa 

 before -|, and larger cloudy fuscous spots at middle and |; stigmata 

 cloudy, dark fuscous, plical very obliquely beyond first discal, nearer 

 second ; a very undefined thick cloudy fuscous shade passing round 



