XYLORYCTID.E. 465 



Hinrlwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated ; ochreous- 

 whitish; dorsum with group of long expansible ochreous- whitish 

 liairs spreading over abdomen, but nob collected into a defined 

 pencil ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Brazil, Petropolis ; one specimen. 



Stenoma notifera, n. sp. 



S. 18mm.^ Head white, lower part of face infuscated. Palpi 

 Avhite, second joiut dark fuscous except apex. Aiitennal ciliations 

 1|, Thorax and abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, terraen nearly straight, little oblique; 2 separate; ochreous- 

 whitish ; a very small dark fuscous spot ou costa at |, a moderate 

 rounded-triangular one in middle, and a larger one at | ; plical 

 stigma minute, dark fuscous, second discal small ; six dark fuscous 

 marginal dots round apex and upper part of termen, apical one 

 largest : cilia whitish. Hindwings with H and 4 connate, 5 

 approximated ; ochreous-whitish ; a moderate whitish-ochreous 

 hairpencil lying along dorsum from base ; cilia whitish. 

 Paraguay; one specimen. 



Stenoma gu"bernata, n. sp. 



cJ . 20 ram. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with dark 

 fus^oiis streak above towards base, terminal joint with base and 

 apex blackisb. Antennal ciliations 2.|. Thorax fuscous-white. 

 Abdomen whitish. Forewiugs elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa 

 slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 little obli(]ue ; 2 separate ; fuscous-whitish ; extreme costal edge 

 white ; stigmata dark fuscous, first discal enlarged into a moderate 

 round spot, plical obliquely beyond it ; a small dark fuscous spot 

 on costa at ^, a somewhat larger one in middle, indicating origin of 

 a short series of several cloudy dark fuscous dots beyond cell, and 

 a moderate triangular spot at |, whence a rather strongly curved 

 series of dark fuscous dots runs to dorsum before tornus ; a mar- 

 ginal series of dark fuscous dots round apex and termen : cilia 

 fuscous-whitish, tips white. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 approximated ; ochi'eous-whitish ; cilia white ; a long projecting 

 membranous lobe from dorsum, near base, reaching considerably 

 beyond tornus and nearh' to anal segment of abdomen, furnished 

 on abdominal face with a long whitish-ochreous hairpencil from 

 base. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, R. Maroni, in July; two specimens. 

 This and the next five species are extremely similar, but differ in 

 secondary sexual characters ; in this the enlarged first discal 

 stigma is characteristic. 



Stenoma platycolpa, n. sp. 



S . 20 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint fuscous 

 except towards apex. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax fuscous- 

 voL. r. — November 1915. 2h 



