618 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOPTEEA.. 



line from middle of costa to f of dorsum, strongly curved outwards 

 round cell ; a curved series of undefined blackish dots from f of 

 costa to ^ of dorsum : cilia purplish-fuscous, sprinkled with 

 grey-whitish towards tips. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate ; 

 grey ; cilia purple-grey-whitish, base suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Fkexch Giiia>'a, E,, Maroni; one specimen. 



Stenoma trocMstis, n. sp. 



c?. 23-28 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, partially brownish- 

 tinged. Palpi whitish, second joint externally with anterior 

 longitudinal half light yellow-brownish, posterior fuscous. An- 

 tennal ciliations 2. Thorax light fuscous or brownish. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate-oblong, posteriorly slightly dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse-])ointed, termen sinuate beneath 

 apex, then rounded-prominent; 2 separate, 8 to termen; light 

 fuscous ; extreme costal edge whitish-ochreous, near base dark 

 fuscous ; three dark fuscous costal spots, first at i, small, second 

 in middle, subtriangular, third about |, elongate ; an irregular 

 patch of rather dark fuscous suffusion or irroration towards dorsum 

 and disc anteriorly, sometimes almost obsolete ; first discal stigma 

 usually obscured in this, plical and second discal dark fuscous ; 

 a very indistinctly indicated darker fuscous line from second costal 

 spot to I of dorsum, strongly curved outwards in disc ; a waved 

 interrupted cloudy dark fuscous or blackish line from third costal 

 spot to dorsum before tornus, median third curved outwards but 

 sinuate in middle ; a marginal series of large cloudy dark fuscous 

 dots round apex and termen, confluent into a small spot beneath 

 apex : cilia fuscous, base brownish-ochreous, becoming wholly 

 suffused with dark brown on upper part of termen. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 connate ; grey ; cilia grey, with darker subbasal line, 

 at apex with small suffused dark fuscous spot. Forewings 

 beneath with dense fringe of very long pale greyish-ochreous hairs 

 lying along 1 c from base to |. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, R. Maroni; three specimens. I have 

 five 2 s which are probably the other sex of this species, but with 

 apex of forewings rounded-obtuse, termen not sinuate. 



Stenoma punicea, n. sp. 



S . 16-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax purple. Antennal 

 ciliations 1. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa 

 anteriorly moderately arched, posteriorly faintly sinuate, apex 

 obtuse, termen nearly straight, hardly oblique ; 2 separate, 8 to 

 termen ; purple ; a dark reddish-fuscous elongate-triangular patch 

 extending on costa from middle to near apex, anterior side darkest 

 and margined with pale ochreous, immediately preceded by a small 

 dark fuscous costal spot also edged by a pale ochreous strigula, 

 posterior side suffused but edged on costa by a pale ochreous dot; 

 a greenish-grey shade from towards costa at | to dorsum at | ; 



