490 EXOTIC .MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



second discal stigma small, black, placed in an irregular suffused 

 white patch ; an oval dark fuscous blotch, edged anteriorly by a 

 suffused white streak, extending over termen from above apex to 

 near tornus : cilia light greyish, with fuscous antemedian line, base 

 barred with dark fuscous and marked with white above and below 

 middle of termen. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, with dark 

 grey subbasal shade. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, R. Maroni, in July; one specimen. 



Aplianoxena cantharitis, n. sp. 



(5 . 17-18 mm. Head white, crown dark fuscous. Palpi white, 

 second joint with a dark fuscous streak above on basal half, base 

 and apex of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 2^. 

 Thorax dark indigo-green-bhie. Abdomen whitish-grey. Eore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, widest before middle, costa towards base 

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

 hardly oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked ; white ; a dark fuscous basal 

 patch suffused with purplish-leaden-metallic occupying | of wing, 

 edge irregular, vertical ; a fine transverse-linear blackish mark in 

 disc near beyond this ; a broad very irregular somewhat oblique 

 postmedian fascia of grey suffusion, with a strong somewhat oblique 

 transverse black mark on its posterior edge in disc, and a small 

 spot of pale ochreous suffusion near before this ; apical fourth grey, 

 with a thick whitish line from # of costa to tornus, indented beneath 

 costa, and a fine whitish line just before termen, terminal edge 

 suffused with dark fuscous : cilia whitish with two grey shades 

 darker round apex, white on tornus. ilindwings grej', thiuly 

 scaled at base ; costal margin expanded from base to |, with long 

 rough projecting white scales suffused with purplish-grey beneath, 

 and long whitish subcostal hairpcncil from base lying beneath 

 forewings ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal line. 



French Guiana, K. Maroni ; three specimens. 



Aphanoxena triplintlia, n. sp. 



cJ . 15 mm. Head white, crown posteriorly tinged with grey. 

 Palpi white, second joiut with dark fuscous streak on basal half. 

 Antennal ciliations 8. Thorax white, suffused with light grey 

 except anteriorly and on patagia. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft 

 white. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked ; 

 shining white ; markings dark fuscous ; a short dash at base above 

 middle ; three suboblong dorsal blotches reaching half across wing, 

 extending from base to tornus with only narrow spaces between 

 them ; a rather upcurved line from beyond basal dash to upper 

 anterior angle of second blotch ; a short oblique mark beneath costa 

 at 4 ; a small elongate spot in disc before middle ; a rather 

 irregular line from middle of costa to upper anterior angle of third 

 blotch, and a hardly curved line from | of costa to its upper 

 posterior angle ; five rather large marginal dots round apex and 



