no. 1815. SOUTH AMERICAN TINEOID MOTHS— BTJSGK. 217 



STENOMA FASCIATUM, new species. 



Plate 8, fig. 10. 



Labial palpi light ocherous, second, joint shaded with black exte- 

 riorly, termined joint with extreme base black. Antennae yellowish 

 fuscous. Face light ocherous. Head and thorax ocherous fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate oval ; apex not indicated ; ternaen evenly rounded ; 

 light grayish ocherous with a broad blackish brown oblique fascial 

 this begins on costa from basal fourth to the middle of costa and 

 reaches to the middle of dorsum; the edges are not even but reason- 

 ably parallel and sharply defined against the lighter basal and apical 

 parts of the wing; at apical third is an indistinct and ill-defined dark 

 fuscous cloud parallel with the fascia and mainly noticeable by its 

 outer edge, which appears as a dark, thin, undulating line from a 

 small costal spot to tornus. Hind wings dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous above with ocherous underside and anal tuft; legs 

 ochreous. 



Alar expanse. — 21-24 mm. 



Habitat. — Cayenne, French Guiana. Wm. Schaus, collector. Brit- 

 ish Guiana. C. W. Bebee, collector. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13575, U.S.N.M. 



Easily recognized by the rounded apex and the bold design of the 

 forewings. 



STENOMA VENATUM, new species. 

 Plate 8, fig. 14. 



Second joint of labial palpi ocherous shaded with black; terminal 

 joint black with ocherous tip. Antenna? blackish above, ocherous 

 underneath. Face light ocherous. Head blackish brown. Thorax 

 light ocherous with two small black lateral dots and with black pos- 

 terior tuft. Forewings light grayish ocherous, whitish above the 

 cell, with all veins sharply marked by black lines; terminal edge 

 black; two black dots near base within the dorsal edge. Cilia ocherous 

 fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous with ocherous cilia. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous above with whitish ocherous underside. Forelegs 

 blackish brown with narrow ocherous annulation at the joints; hind- 

 legs ocherous. 



Alar expanse ',.—26 mm. 



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

 collector. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13576, U.S.N.M. 



A striking species closely allied to Stenoma renselariana Cramer, 

 disjecta Zeller and loxogrammos Zeller, but without any large black 

 dorsal areas, as found in those species. 



