XYLORYCTIDJ;. 459 



Stenoma pertinax, n. sp. 



J. 17 mm. Head whitisli-ochreous, crown grey. Palpi ochreous- 

 ■whiiish, second joint with basal | and a subapical ring dark grey, 

 terminal joint with base and a subapical band blackish. Antennal 

 ciliations Ig. Thorax light ochreous, shoulders broadly dark purple- 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 slightly dilated, costa anteriorly moderately, then slightly arched, 

 apex rounded, termen rounded, little oblique ; 2 separate ; light 

 ochreous ; a dark purple-fuscous irregular blotch on base of costa, 

 reaching nearly half across wing ; a dark purple-fuscous spot on 

 costa before middle ; plical stigma very small, dark fuscous, second 

 discal rather large, quadi'ate ; a bi'oad rather dark purple-fuscous 

 terminal fascia, anterior edge running from -| of costa to § of 

 dorsum, with a projection above middle whence a train of several 

 indistinct dots of dark fuscous irroration runs to costal spot, and 

 convex-prominent on lower third so as to touch secoud discal stigma 

 beneath, including a suffused pale ochreous streak along upper part 

 of termen, and marked on termen with five or six rather large 

 blackish dots : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a fuscous spot above 

 apex, and suffused with fuscous towards tornus. Hindwings with 

 3 ai)d 4 short-stalked, 5 approximated ; dark fuscous ; cilia grey, 

 with dark fuscous siibbasal shade, 



Pekij, Pacaya, in July i^AIounseij) ; one specimen. 



Stenoma octacentra, n. sp. 



S 9- . 17-19 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with 

 dark fuscous streak on basal |. Antennal ciliations of Jig. 

 Thorax pale greyish-ochreous, shoulders suffused with white. 

 Abdomen grey. Porewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, somewhat 

 oblique ; 2 separate ; light fuscous, more or less sufii'usedly sprinkled 

 with whitish, more strongly posteriorly ; costal edge whitish except 

 towards base ; stigmata moderately large, dark fuscous, plical very 

 obliquely beyond first discal, second discal transversely double, an 

 additional dot between lower of these and plical, also an additional 

 similar dot above first discal and two others beyond these two ; a 

 very oblique dark fuscous mark on middle of costa ; a dark fuscous 

 mark on costa at |, whence a series of cloudy dark fuscous dots 

 runs to dorsum before tornus, indented beneath costa and strongly 

 curved outwards in disc ; a marginal series of dark fuscous dots 

 round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia greyish-ochreous, 

 on costa and beneath tornus white, tips whitish on termen. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 approximated ; rather dark 

 grey, terminal edge marked with dark fuscous; cilia whitish-grey, 

 with grey subbasal shade. 



Peett, Pacaya, from June to August {Mounseij) ; three specimens. 



Stenoma scortea, n. sp. 

 5 . 25-26 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light brownish. 



