532 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEKA. 



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tips. Hindwings with 3 aud 4 stalked ; rather dark grej% thiuly 

 scaled in disc ; cilia light grey, with darker subbasal line. 



French Guiana, E. Maroni ; five specimens. Belongs to group y 

 of adustella. 



Stenoma dorcadopa, u. sp. 



(5" . 13-14 mm. Head whitish, crown posteriorly tinged with 

 pale ochreous. Palpi white, second joint with fuscous streak 

 above on basal half, terminal joint with extreme base aud apex 

 dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1|. Thorax whitish-ochreous, 

 dorsally tinged with pale grey posteriorly. Abdomen greyish- 

 ochreous, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat 

 oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked ; pale ochreous, with faint violet tinge ; 

 a black subbasal dot in middle ; a large oval black spot beneath 

 middle of disc, dorsal area before, beneath, and beyond this suffused 

 with grey ; discal stigmata small, black ; some violet-fuscous suffu- 

 sion beneath costal edge on anterior half, and a very oblique curved 

 series of indistinct fuscous dots running from middle of costa to 

 dorsum before toruus ; a thick dark violet-fuscous shade from 

 middle of costa near costal and apical margin to below middle of 

 termen ; a marginal series of dark fuscous marks round apex and 

 termen : cilia pale ochreous, with light greyish antemedian shade, 

 towards tips whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; grey, 

 thinly scaled "in disc ; cilia pale grey, with darker subbasal 

 shade. 



French Guiana, R. Maroni; four specimens. 



Stenoma rostriformis, n. sp. 



c? . 18-19 mm. Head violet- whitish, crown violet-fuscous 

 except on sides. Palpi whitish, second joint anteriorly ochreous, 

 with violet-fuscous streak on basal f , terminal joint with base and 

 a subapical band violet-fuscous. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax 

 rather dark violet-fuscous, with large posterior whitish-grey blotch, 

 shoulders violet-whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elon- 

 gate, costa rather strongly arched, with median scale-projection, 

 apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique ; 2 separate, 7 to costa ; pale 

 whitish-violet, tinged with greenish ; costal edge yellowish-ferru- 

 ginous except in middle ; costal half of wing irregularly streaked 

 with dark fuscous from base to beyond middle, cell mostly suffused 

 with brown except posteriorly ; second discal stigma dark fuscous, 

 transverse ; veins beyond cell streaked with fuscous or brown ; 

 some fuscous or dark fuscous suffusion towards dorsum beyond 

 middle ; a dentate brown or dark fuscous line from costa beyond 

 scale-projection to near termen beneath apex, thence curved to 

 dorsum before tornus, where it forms a small suffused spot ; a mar- 

 ginal series of dark fuscous marks round posterior portion of costa 

 and termen : cilia grey-whitish with grey subbasal line, towards 

 apex and tornus suffused with dark violet-fuscous. Hindwings 



