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Allied to Fumea Hubner, though of quite different general habitus; 

 differing in the less strongly developed antennae ciliation, the less hairy 

 labial palpi, and in the long-stalked veins 7 and 8 of the forewings. 



PLUMANA PIPERATELLA, new species. 

 Plate 8, fig. 1. 



Male. — Labial palpi blackish brown; face naked, black (possibly 

 denuded). Antennae yellowish. Head and thorax smoky white. 

 Forewings smoky white with transverse striation of numerous black- 

 ish brown dots, which on the edges form a series of equidistant margi- 

 nal spots all around the wing; a larger round brown dot at the end of 

 the cell; posterior third of costa smoky brown. Cilia dirty white 

 with a smoky brown line, parallel with the terminal edge. Hind- 

 wings smoky fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Legs smoky white with 

 the exterior surface fuscous. 



Female. — Unknown, probably apterous. 



Alar expanse. — 16-17 mm. 



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

 collector. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13601, U.S.N.M. 



Co type in British Museum. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate 8. 



Fig. 1. Plumana piperatella Busck. 



2. Stenoma io Busck. 



3. Hasta argentidorseUa Busck. 



4. Stenoma gunni Busck. 



5. Gonada falculinella Busck. 



6. Stenoma lactis Busck. 



7. Filinota hermosella Busck. 



8. Stenoma major Busck. 



9. Filinota peruviella Busck. 

 10. Stenoma fasciatum Busck. 



Fig. 11. Stenoma comma Busck. 



12. Pleurota literatella Busck. 



13. Stenoma apicalis Busck. 



14. Stenoma venatum Busck. 



15. Peleopoda notandella Busck. 



16. Peleopoda, maroniella Busck. 



17. Peleopoda irenella Busck. 



18. Stenoma nestes Busck. 



19. Stenoma acronitis Busck. 



20. Stenoma mendoron Busck. 



Plate 9. 



Fig. 21. Olethreutes gerda Busck. 



22. Stenoma thoristes Busck. 



23. Stenoma maroni Busck. 



24. Gonioterma emma Busck. 



25. Ordrupia friserella Busck. 



26. Gonioterma vita Busck. 



27. Gonioterma anna Busck. 



28. Gonioterma rosa Busck. 



29. Gonioterma stella Busck. 

 30 Gonioterma inga Busck. 

 31. St noma speratum Busck. 

 32 5. noma vanis Busck. 



Fig. 33. Stenoma inscitum Busck. 



34. Stenoma trastices Busck. 



35. Psoricoptera apicepuncta Busck. 



36. Stenoma addon Busck. 



37. Cryptolechia roseomarginella 



Busck. 

 38.. Tortrix auriferana Busck. 

 39., Stenoma salome Busck. 



40. Stenoma demas Busck. 



41. Stenoma hamon Busck. 



42. Stenoma phcebe Busck. 



43. Stenoma sirnilis Busck. 



