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2 from angle, 7 to apex; dark indigo-grey, irregularly mixed or 
marbled ockreous-whitisk ; a silvery-wkite spot on base of costa ; 
a wkite patck occupying costal half of wing, its anterior portion 
suffused pale brownish-ockreous, an elongate fuscous mark on costa 
beyond middle, dark portion of wing somewhat extended upwards 
before termen, plical and second discal stigmata appearing in it as 
small dark fuscous spots : cilia fuscous, base spotted dark fuscous 
(imperfect). Hind wings whitish-grey ; cilia grey-whitish, a grey 
subbasal line. 
Brazil, Guandu, January, February (F . Hoffmann') ; 2 ex. (type 
Vienna Mus.). An insect of exceptional facies, perhaps allied to 
platyterma. 
Stenoma spodinopis, n. sp. 
14-16 mm. Head whitish-grey, face whitish. Palpi white, 
second joint greyish from base to a subapical dark fuscous ring, 
terminal joint with extreme base and a subapical ring dark grey. 
Thorax pale grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 
rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, nearly vertical; 2 from 
angle, 7 to costa ; pale grey, extreme costal edge white ; stigmata 
blackish, plical obliquely beyond first discal; a dark fuscous sub¬ 
quadrate spot on costa before middle, and a second less developed 
midway between this and apex ; one or two small cloudy dark 
fuscous marks between first costal spot and second discal stigma; 
a oloud of grey suffusion extending from beyond second discal 
stigma to dorsum ; a rather excurved grey line from second costal 
spot to tornus, sharply indented beneath costa ; a marginal series 
of black dots round apex and termen : cilia whitish. Hindwings 3 
and 4 coincident; grey; cilia pale grey, tips whitish. 
Brazil, Bio Preto, Sta. Bita, April; 2 ex. (type Vienna Mus.). 
Belongs to promotella group. 
Stenoma psalmograplia, n. sp. 
. 18 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with dark 
fuscous streak above on basal half. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax 
white, two transverse bars of faint irregular greyish-ochreous 
irroration. Forewings elongate, rather dilated, costa anteriorly 
slightly arched, then straight, apex rectangular, termen hardly 
sinuate, little oblique; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 to costa; 
white mixed light grey, appearing whitish-grey ; basal third of 
costa light yellowish-grey, rest of costal edge white with six small 
dark fuscous marks ; two fine distinct transverse fuscous lines, 
first at straight, direct, second from | of costa very obliquely 
outwards, above middle right-angled and running to dorsum before 
tornus ; six or seven irregular fuscous dots or marks in disc between 
these; a fine interrupted fuscous terminal line : cilia light grey, 
tips white. Hindwings pale grey, darker-suffused towards apex ; 
a suffused grey soot on each end of cell; cilia whitish-grey. 
Brazil, Guandu, December (F. Hoffmann ) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Allied to antilyra. 
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