540 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



Abdomen rather dark grej'. Forewiugs elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, 

 little oblique ; 2 separate, 8 to termen ; pale brownish or whity- 

 brownish, slightly sprinkled with darker or blackish specks, towards 

 costa suffused with dark brown ; two fine indistinct lines of 

 fuscous or dark fuscous irroration, first from before ^ of costa to t 

 of dorsum, slightly irregular, second from ^ of costa to ^ of dorsum, 

 unevenly curved outwards opposite cell ; plical stigma minute, 

 black, second discal represented by two transversely placed minute 

 black dots ; a straight white subterminal line, edged anteriorly by 

 a small black spot near costa and a black dot beneath this, terminal 

 area beyond this line suffused with whitish except on margin ; a 

 terminal series of small blackish dots : cilia pale brownish. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate ; rather dark grey ; cilia grey- whitish, 

 with greyish subbasal shade. 



Fkench Guiana, 11. Maroni ; three specimens. Allied to melanixa. 



Stenoma platyphylla, n. sp. 



J . 17-18 mm. Head brown, with dark fuscous frontal band. 

 Palpi rather dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1|. Thorax brown, 

 with posterior green patch edged anteriorly with darker violet- 

 brown. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 somewhat bent at |, then oblique ; apex rounded-obtuse, termen 

 hardly rounded, nearly vertical; 2 separate; brown, indistinctly 

 and suffusedly streaked with darker ; a large green patch extend- 

 ing along dorsum from base to | and reaching more than half 

 across wing, edged above by a dark fuscous streak from base to g 

 of wing: cilia brown. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate; grey, 

 apical edge whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous, round apex 

 deeper towards tips. 



French Guiana, St. Jean, R. Maroni, in July; two specimens. 



Stenoma benigna, n. sp. 



$ . 24-25 mm. Head whity-pinkish. Palpi white, second joint 

 fuscous. Thorax light brownish-pink, with dark violet-fuscous dot 

 at posterior extremity. Abdomen pale ochreous, apex rosy-tinged. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, 

 apex rounded, termen rounded, vertical ; 2 separate ; pinkish- 

 brown, extreme costal edge rosy-pink; stigmata dark fuscous, 

 plical obliquely beyond first discal ; some dark fuscous irroration 

 between first discal and middle of costa ; an undefined fascia of 

 light grey suffusion and dark fuscous irroration running from | of 

 costa to middle of dorsum ; a small cloudy dark fuscous spot on 

 costa at I, whence a curved series of dark fuscous dots runs to 

 dorsum before tornus, sinuate inwards beneath costa : cilia pinkish- 

 brown, suffused with dark grey towards apex of wing and becoming 

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

 rose-pink, dorsal | ochreous-whitish suffused with grey ; cilia 



