34 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



shade enlarged on lower half into a rounded dark brown tornal 

 blotch ; a ter minal series of dark fuscous marks : cilia fuscous. 

 Hind-wings dark fuscous : cilia fuscous, basal third dark fuscous; 

 undersurface pale grey. 



Peru, Pozuzo ; one specimen. 



Stenoma astronoma, n. sp. 

 (^.11 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark bronzy- 

 fuscous, face shining white, abdomen beneath white. Palpi white, 

 terminal joint anteriorly dark fuscous, as long as second. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rather 

 obliquely rounded ; very dark bronzy-fuscous ; a streak of blue- 

 metallic suflfusion beneath anterior half of costa; a small round 

 white spot in disc at | ; immediately beyond this a broad transverse 

 fascia of violet-blue-metallic suffusion not quite reaching costa and 

 tornus ; two white specks on costa above this : cilia dark fuscous, 

 with a basal series of white specks, and a white patch at apex. 

 Hind-wings dark fuscous ; a rather large transverse white discal spot 

 in middle, almost reaching costa ; cilia fuscous, with a large white 

 patch at apex extending some distance along termen, and a white 

 spot on middle of termen. 



Bolivia, Songo ; one specimen. 



PLUTELLIDAE. 



COPOCENTRA, n. g. 



Head smooth; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antennae 

 1 or over 1, stout, flattened, especially in i^, tapering, simple, basal 

 joint short, without pecten. Labial palpi rather short, slightly 

 curved, porrected, filiform, pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. 

 Posterior tibiae in ^ dilated above towards apex with long dense 

 projecting scales, both outer spurs broadly dilated above and 

 beneath with dense projecting scales, in 9 with expansible project- 

 ing scales towards apex. Fore-wings with 2 from near angle, 7 to 

 costa, 8 absent, 11 from middle. Hind-wings under 1, narrowly 

 elongate-trapezoidal, apex obtuse, cilia 1 ; transverse vein absent 

 between 2 and 5, 3 and 4 absent, 5-7 approximated towards base. 



Nearly allied to Heliodines. 



Copocentra calliscelis, n. sp. 

 ^ . 13 mm., $ 9-10 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax 

 dark shining prismatic-bronze; extreme tip of antennae in one 



