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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
rest of costa and upper half* followed on dorsum by short grey- 
whitish suffusion and subdorsal streak of blackish-grey suffusion : 
cilia pale ochreous with grey reflections. Hindwings light grey; 
cilia grey-whitish. 
Brazil, Bahia, S. Antonio da Barra, December ; 1 ex. (Coll. 
Paravicini). 
Stenoma sciophthalma, n. sp. 
5 . 22 mm. Head, thorax light greyish-rosy, face tinged whitish. 
Palpi pale greyish-pink, terminal joint whitish. Forewing mode¬ 
rate, costa anteriorly moderately, posteriorly slightly arched, apex 
rounded, termen rounded, vertical; 2 from angle, 7 to apex (inde¬ 
finite) ; light ochreous-rosy; costal edge rose-pink, some slight 
greyish suffusion beneath it towards middle ; plical stigma faint, 
grey, second disca^ forming a small purplish-grey spot suffused 
grey-whitish except edge ; apical edge tinged orange-ochreous: 
cilia whitish-rosy, darker round apex. Hindwings whitish-ochreous- 
grey ; cilia whitish-rosy. 
Brazil, Bio Preto, Sta. Rita ( Penther ) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Allied to milichodes. 
* 
Stenoma patellifera, n. sp. 
(3. 16 mm. Head metallic brassy-whitish. Palpi whitish, 
second joint externally ochreous somewhat sprinkled fuscous, ter¬ 
minal joint tinged ochreous on lower half, with slight median tuft 
anteriorly and small blackish mark above it. Antennal ciliations 1^. 
Thorax light bronzy-brown. Forewings rather elongate, costa 
gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, little oblique ; 3 and 
4 out of 2, 6 to apex ; costal edge reflexed from near base to 
beyond middle, towards base a brush of short rough erect hairs 
beneath it; light lilac-brownish; a roundish depressed patch beneath 
costa before middle covered by greatly enlarged spatulate pale 
greyish scales directed posteriorly ; anterior part of costal fold dark 
fuscous, posterior part ochreous-whitish extended on costal edge to 
apex; some slight blackish irroration about upper edge of cell 
posteriorly ; an undefined irregular fuscous patch extending along 
dorsum, posteriorly extended across wing to near costa; a series of 
blackish marks round posterior part of costa beneath whitish edge, 
and round termen : cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings dark grey ; 
cilia light grey, a darker subbasal shade. 
Brazil, Bio Grande do Sul, August (Stiegelmayr) ; 1 ex. (Vienna 
Mus.). Belongs to the eccentric group of scoliandra ; the costal 
fold and associated characters are doubtless sexual. 
Stenoma argocorys, n. sp. 
(3 . 14-15 mm. Head silvery-white. Palpi white, second joint 
more or less strongly suffused grey. Antennal ciliations 1|. Thorax 
dark grey more or less mixed white, a white posterior spot. Fore¬ 
wings oblong, costa anteriorly rather strongly arched, faintly sinuate 
beyond middle, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, little oblique ; 
