XYLOETCTID.a;. 525 



Stenoma linteata, n. sp, 



S . 21-22 mm. Head and thorax whitish, sides of face 

 narrowly fuscous. Palpi whitish, second joint suffused with dark 

 fuscous on basal |. Antennal ciliations 2. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa 

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

 whitish, with very faint fuscous tinge, costal edge whiter ; stigmata 

 small, dark fuscous, plical very obliquely beyond first discal ; some 

 scattered dark fuseous scales indicating a faint irregular post- 

 median line; small blackish spots on costa at middle and |, second 

 sending a curved row of blackish dots to dorsum before tornus ; a 

 marginal row of blackish dots round apex and termen : cilia white. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate or closely approximated; whitish; 

 dorsum expanded to form a fold containing a long whitish-ochreous 

 hairpencil from base ; cilia ochreous-whitish, round apex greyish- 

 tinged. 



Prench Guiana, R. Maroni ; two specimens. 



Stenoma advocata, n. sp. 



<S . 25-26 mm. Head whitish, sides of face infuseated. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint suffused with dark fuscous on basal |. 

 Antennal ciliations 2|. Thorax whitish, faintly fuscous-tinged. 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-oblong, poste- 

 riorly slightly dilated, costa anteriorly gently, then slightly arched, 

 apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, little oblique ; 2 

 separate ; lilac- whitish, costal edge white ; stigmata dark fuscous, 

 plical and first discal small, plical very obliquely posterior, second 

 discal moderate, transverse, with a cloudy sometimes divided small 

 dark fuscous spot adjacent to it posteiiorly ; scattered dark fuscous 

 scales vaguely indicating a postmedian line; small dark fuscous 

 spots on costa at middle and 4, second sending a strongly curved 

 series of dark fuscous dots to dorsum before tornus; a marginal 

 series of dark fuscous dots round apex and termen : cilia whitish. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate ; ochreous-grey-whitish ; a long 

 dense whitish ochreous hairpencil from base lying in a subdorsal 

 fold ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



French Guiana, 11. Maroni ; two specimens. Very similar 

 indeed to linteata, but larger, and quite recognisable by different 

 form of wing (apex and termen less rounded), and dark spot 

 adjacent to second discal stigma, which is also larger and trans- 

 verse. 



Stenoma obmutescens, n. sp. 



(^ . 31 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown suffused with light 

 violet-fuscous. Palpi whitish, second joint violet-fuscous except 

 towards apex. Antennal ciliations Ij. Thorax light violet-fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-grey-ochreous. Femora with 

 brushes of dense white hairs beneath. Forewings elongate, costa 

 slightly arched, apex rounded-obti;se, termen nearly straight, 



