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ing dark brown line down to dorsum just before tornus. Along the 

 terminal edge is a faint row of dark brown dots. Cilia light brown. 

 Hindwings dark brownish fuscous with a light ocherous marginal 

 line before the cilia. Abdomen dark brown above; underside and 

 legs light ocherous. 



Alar expanse. — 24-28 mm. 



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

 collector. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13583, U.S.N.M. 



Cotype in British Museum. 



STENOMA VANIS, new species. 

 Plate 9, fig. 32. 



Labial palpi ocherous, shaded with dark brown exteriorly. Face 

 ocherous. Head and thorax dark purplish brown; thorax with 

 bright reddish brown posterior tuft. Forewings light brown with 

 dark brown and reddish brown markings as follows: From inner angle 

 of dorsum runs a broad rich reddish brown shade to the end of the 

 cell; from middle of costa runs a blackish brown shade outwardly 

 toward but not reaching the middle of termen; costal edge outside 

 of this shade broadly blackish brown ; doisal edge from base to beyond 

 middle broadly blackish or purplish brown. Terminal edge broadly 

 reddish brown. Cilia dark brown with light ocherous base. Hind- 

 wings dark brownish fuscous with ocherous cilia. Abdomen dark 

 brown above, underside ocherous. Legs ocherous; forelegs shaded 

 with dark brown anteriorly. 



Alar expanse. — 25-30 mm. 



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

 collector. 



Type.— -Cat. No. 13584, U.S.N.M. 



Cotype in British Museum. 



STENOMA ADDON, new species. 

 Plate 9, fig. 3G. 



Labial palpi white, second joint tinted with ocherous exteriorly and 

 with a black spot on the inner (upper) side at base. Face white, brown- 

 ish along the eyes. Head and thorax gray. Forewings with the white 

 ground color suffused with light soft gray, somewhat darker on dorsal 

 than on costal half. Two dark grayish brown zigzag lines across the 

 wing very faint on the costal side, stronger and emphasized by heavy 

 washed, dark shades externally on the dorsal side; the one begins 

 at basal third of costa and runs to middle of dorsum, the other begins 

 on the middle of costa and runs to apical fourth of dorsum; } r et far- 

 ther out on the wing is a thin evenly outwardly curved line across the 



