XYLORTCTID^. 475 



vertical ; 2 separate ; pale whitish-fuscous tinged "with violet ; 

 costal edge yellow- whitish ; stigiuata dark violet-fuscous, lirst 

 discal iniistiiict, plical obliquely beyond it, second aiscal trans- 

 verse ; a small dark violet-t'uscous spot on costa beyond middle ; a 

 large subtrianguJar dark violet-luscous spot on cot-ta towards apex, 

 ■whence a slightly curved tine fuscous line runs to tornus ; a ter- 

 minal series of rather large blackish dots : cilis whitish-violet-grey, 

 towards tips whitish. Hindwiugs with 3 and 4 connate, 5 approxi- 

 mated ; whitish-ochreous, towards apex yellowish-tinged ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, round apex greyish-tingtd. 



Fkench Guiana, iSt. Jean, li. Maroni, in July ; nine specimens. 



Stenoma pleonastes, n. sp. 



(5 . 23 mm. Head whitish, crown tinged with brownish. Palpi 

 "whitish, second joint fuscous except apex, with dark luscous stieak 

 above towards base, terminal joint wilh base -and apex dark luscous. 

 Autennalciliations 2^. Thorax fuscous, shoulders whitish. Abdo- 

 men grey, anal tult whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-oblong, 

 costa anteriorly moderately arched, posteriorly nearly straight, 

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

 light greyish-ochreous ; costal edge ochreous-yellowish ; a small 

 oblique dark fuscous mark on base ol costa; subcostal area broadly 

 suffused with ochreous-whitish on anterior half, including a line 

 blackish dash towards base ; a slender blackish streak along fold 

 from base to middle, terminated by plical stigma ; Urst discal 

 stigma represented by an elongate blackish spot, second by a 

 blackish dot, discal area round these irregularly marked with dark 

 brown sulfusion ; dorsum broadly suffused with dark brown from 

 base to j ; three dark brown costal spots, becoming blackish on 

 costal edge, first at |, small, second in middle, somewhat larger, 

 third at ^, whence a curved series of cloudy fuscous dots runs to 

 dorsum before toruus ; a terminal series of blackish dots : cilia 

 pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings with '3-o closely approximated 

 at base ; grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



PKiiNCH GriAKA, St. Jean, li. Maroni, in July ; one specimen. 



Stenoma siraphora, n. sp. 



cJ . 20 mm. Head pale violet-fuscous, with white bar on fore- 

 head. Palpi white, second joint violet-fuscous except apex. An- 

 tennal cilialions 1^. Thorax gre}ish-violet. Abdomen light grey, 

 anal tuft whitish. I'orewings elongate, posteriorly somewhat 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen nearly 

 straight, hardly oblique ; 2 separate ; greyish-violet ; extreme 

 costal edge whitish ; some violet-fuscous suffusion toM'ards dorsu^n 

 about I ; plical and second discal stigmata dark fuscous; a small 

 cloudy violet-fuscous spot on middle of costa, whence a strongly 

 curved series of dark fuscous dots runs to dorsum at | ; a rather 

 larger fiattened-triangular violet-fuscous spot on costa at |, whence 

 a series of dark fuscous dots runs to dorsum before tornus, indented 



