no. 1815. SOUTH AMERICAN TINEOID MOTIIH—BUSCK. 215 



suffused with brown. Wings of the form as in the two preceding 

 species. Forewings with tuft of raised scales, reddish white, strongly 

 suffused with brown scales; three blackish brown equidistant costal 

 spots, the basal one the smallest, the outer most prominent, large 

 triangular; a short deep black transverse dash at the end of the cell, 

 preceded by a pure white spot, before which a thin longitudinal deep 

 black line across the cell to base of vein 1 1 ; a large ill-defined cloud 

 of dark brown scales above tornus; cilia reddish white with small 

 dark brown dots around the margin from apical fifth of costa to 

 tornus. Hindwing dark brown, cilia lighter brow, with a dark basal 

 line. Abdomen dark fuscous with ochreous tip and underside. 

 Legs ocherous white mottled with brown; tarsi dark brown with 

 ochreous annulations. 



Alar expanse. — 25-28 mm. 



Habitat. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. Wm. Schaus, 

 collector. 



Type.— Cat. No. 18571, U.S.N .M. 



Closely allied to the two foregoing species, intermediate in size, 

 darker than both, more reddish in color and easily distinguished by 

 the thin longitudinal black line on the cell and by the dark spot near 

 tornus. 



STENOMA TRASTICES, new species. 



Plate 9, fig. 34. 



Second joint of labial palpi light brown with white tip; terminal 

 joint light brown with two darker brown annulations. Face white. 

 Antenna? dark brown with lighter basal joint. Head light ocherous'. 

 Collar rich brown. Thorax speckled with white and dark brown 

 scales. Forewings with the bluish white ground color heavily ob- 

 scured by dark brown and black scales, especially on dorsal half. At 

 basal fourth is a dark brown costal spot; just beyond the middle of 

 costa is a small blackish brown zigzag streak, and at apical fourth 

 is a large dark brown costal blotch which extends over most of the 

 tip of the wing with exception of an oblong yellow dash before apex 

 and of the extreme edge which is whitish. Cilia dark brown. Hind- 

 wings dark brown. Abdomen dark brown above, ocherous under- 

 neath. Legs light brown with dark brown tarsi. 



Alar expanse. — 1G-22 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayenne and St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 

 Wm. Schaus, collector. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13572, U.S.N.M. 



Cotype in British Museum. 



STENOMA APICALIS, new species. 

 Plate 8, fig. 13. 



Labial palpi reddish brown. Antennae dark fuscous. Face and 

 head dark brown. Collar and thorax golden brown. Forewings in 



