516 EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTERA. 



Stenoma capnosphaera, n. sp. 



(^ . 17-18 mm. Head whitish -ochreous, crown dark fuscous. 

 Palpi stout, whitish-ochreous, second joint with dark fuscous streak 

 on basal half. Antennal ciliations 1|. Thorax pale ochreous, 

 dorsal area sulTused with grey, patagia each with two small grey- 

 spots. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

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

 light brownish-ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with light grey ; a 

 small grey spot on base of dorsum ; a roundish dark slaty-grey 

 blotch resting on costa about ;^ and reaching half across wing, 

 followed by two small grey spots ; a very dark brown trapezoidal 

 blotch extending on dorsum from ^ to |, reaching half across wing, 

 narrowed upwards ; a very dark brown transverse-oval blotch 

 towards termen, area between this and dorsal blotch dark slaty- 

 grey, forming an irregular patch extending upwards in front of 

 subterminal blotch nearly to costa ; two or three small irregular 

 dark grey marks towards costa on posterior half ; a dark slaty-grey 

 praeterminal streak, only narrowly separated from preceding blotch 

 above and touching it beneath : cilia pale ochreous sprinkled with 

 grey, on tornus grey. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate ; dark 

 fuscous ; cilia dark grey, with darker subbasal line. 



French Guiana, Godebert, E. Maroni; two specimens. The 

 unusually stout palpi resemble those of the more characteristic 

 forms of A(jriojjliara, but there seems no appearance of tufts on 

 the wings. 



Stenoma ballista, n. sp, 



c? 19-20 mm., $ 24 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown more 

 or less tinged with fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint 

 with dark fuscous streak on basal |. Antennal ciliations "of S 

 1^. Thorax ochreous-whitish, centrally more or less sufiused with 

 light fuscous. Abdomen pale grey. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa anteriorly gently arched, then almost straight, apex 

 rounded, termen somewhat rounded, nearly vertical ; 2 separate, 

 approximated to Ic; whitish, on dorsal half faintly brownish- 

 tinged ; two very large dark fuscous blotches, first extending on 

 dorsum from near base to middle, rounded above, reaching | across 

 wing, second rounded, near termen, not reaching costa or dorsum ; 

 seven or eight dark fuscous marginal dots round apex and termen : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, with very faint greyish bars on basal half. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate; light grey, darker towards 

 apex ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal shade. 



French Guiana, R. Maroni; tliree specimens. 



Stenoma castellana, n. sp. 



c? . 20-21 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi white, second 

 joint dark fuscous except extreme apex. Antennal ciliations 2^. 

 Thorax ochreous-whitish, dorsally slightlj- greyish-tinged. Abdo- 

 men grey. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, cosla 



