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Stenoma hydrelaeas, n. sp. 
<$ . 18 mm. Head yellow-whitish. Palpi white, second joint 
with very pale yellowish stripe. Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax 
pale whitish-yellowish. Forewings elongate, hardly dilated, costa 
gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, slightly oblique ; 2 
from angle, 7 to apex (indefinite) ; pale whitish-yellow, extreme 
costal edge white, some pale grey suffusion beneath this towards 
base; three orange-yellow dashes in an oblique series near base on 
costal half; two small light grey spots beneath costal edge before 
middle ; a fuscous subquadrate patch occupying median third and 
extending from dorsum | across wing ; a pale grey elongate blotch 
beneath costal edge posteriorly, and a series of undefined streaks 
on veins forming with this a rather curved subterminal fascia; a 
pale greyish marginal shade round apex and termen : cilia whitish. 
Hindwings pale whitish-grey ; cilia whitish. 
French Guiana, E. Maroni; 1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). Possibly 
allied to porphyrastis . 
Stenoma zobeida, n. sp. 
2 . 19 mm. Head whitish, sidetufts pale greyish-ochreous. 
Palpi white, base tinged brownish. Thorax light greyish-ochreous, 
a violet posterior spot. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly 
gently arched, then straight, apex rounded, termen rounded, 
vertical; 2 from angle, 7 to apex (indefinite); light greyish- 
ochreous ; a triangular greyish-violet blotch from dorsum at |- 
reaching more than half across wing, edged anteriorly towards 
dorsum by a white line terminating in a small orange scale-pro¬ 
jection and preceded by some greyish-violet dorsal suffusion, apex 
of blotch connected with costa before ^ by a greyish-violet line ; a 
transverse-oval dark fuscous whitish-edged blotch on end of cell; 
a curved greyish-violet line from middle of costa passing just 
beyond this to dorsum at A, its lower half thickened into a fasciate 
blotch ; a greyish-violet line from costa at | to dorsum before 
tornus, thickened and sinuate inwards near costa, space between 
this and preceding tinged whitish towards costa; a greyish-violet 
marginal streak round apex and termen, obscurely whitish-edged 
anteriorly : cilia pale greyish-violet, towards tips whitish, base 
pale ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia oohreous-grey-whitish. 
Mexico, Tabasco ( Guyelmann ) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). Per¬ 
haps allied to thaleropa. 
Stenoma pyrobathra, n. sp. 
3*. 16 mm. Head pale lilac-brownish. Palpi pale brownish, 
with whitish reflections. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax pale 
lilac-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 
rounded-obtuse, termen somewhat obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 
short-stalked, 4 connate, 7 to apex ; light ochreous-grey, with lilac 
reflections; an orange-red basal spot, very narrow on dorsum, 
including a dark grey dot on base of costa, edged grey-whitish on 
vol. iv.-— February 1931. 
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