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dark fuscous, traversed by a slightly curved dark fuscous line from 
costa before middle to a suffused dark grey subtriangular prsetornal 
blotch ; an oblique dark fuscous line from costa at | curved round 
beneath to tornus and suffused with same blotch ; six blackish dors 
round apex and termen, largest at apex : cilia white, on lower part 
of termen and tornus greyish towards base. Hindwings 3 and 4 
short-stalked; light grey; cilia whitish, a light grey subbasal 
shade. 
Per:tj, R. Napo, May (Parish) ; 1 ex. 
Stenoma stygeropa, n. sp. 
c S . 14-15 mm. Head, thorax dark grey, face grey-w 7 hitish. 
Palpi whitish, second joint with streak terminating in supramedian 
ring and subapical ring, terminal joint with base and supramedian 
band dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-oblong, apex rounded, 
termen somewhat obliquely rounded; 2-5 approximated at base, 
7 to costa; dark grey; from just beneath basal half of costa a 
downwards-directed fringe of long dense grey hairscales; three 
indistinct irregular suffused oblique parallel dark fuscous transverse 
shades, first from beneath costal fringe to middle of dorsum, second 
from beyond middle of costa to before tornus, third from costa at | 
to termen above tornus ; cloudy dark fuscous marginal dots round 
apex and termen: cilia grey. Hindwings 3 and 4 moderately 
stalked; dark fuscous; cilia grey, a dark fuscous subbasal shade. 
Brazil, Manaos, November (Parish) ; 2 ex. 
Stenoma oxyschista, n. sp. 
c5* • 11-13 mm. Head white, crown suffused grey. Palpi white, 
second joint with lateral streak on basal half and subapical ring, 
terminal joint with basal and supramedian rings and anterior edge 
of tip dark fuscous. Thorax dark grey, shoulders white. Fore¬ 
wings suboblong, apex rounded-obtuse, termen somewhat obliquely 
rounded; 2 from near angle, 3-5 approximated, 7 to costa; dark 
grey, costal third and apical area beyond third line white ; three 
very oblique strong dark fuscous lines from costa to disc, third 
curved round beneath to tornus; beneath these disc variably 
streaked longitudinally with white and dark fuscous, especially a 
dark fuscous plical streak on basal third, and median streak on 
central third ; two or three distinct black marginal dots or marks 
above apex, and one or two minute dots below : cilia white, on 
tornus grey, round apex a dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings 
3 and 4 rather short-stalki d; rather dark grey; cilia greyish, a 
darker subbasal shade, at apex some white suffusion. 
Brazil, Teffe, December, January (Parish); 3 ex. 
Stenoma caenochytis Meyer, 
The J should have been correctly described as having just 
beneath costa of forewings a fringe of wdiite hairs finely attenuated 
from base to | (not a hairpencil); 6 and 7 connate or stalked, 10 
