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ciliations 2. Porewings moderate, gradually dilated, costa gently 
arched, a narrow costal fold from near base to | containing some 
long expansible hairs, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, nearly 
vertical ; 2 from just before angle, 7 to termen, 8 to costa ; daik 
glossy purplish-brown, costal fold somewhat lighter and without 
purple gloss ; in disc before and above middle a roundish spot of 
brown apparently erectile hairscales ; second discal stigma minute, 
grey-whitish; costal edge shortly pale greyish-ochreous beyond 
end of fold : cilia light purplish-grey, base pale. Hindwings grey ; 
cilia grey, extreme base and tips whitish. 
Panama, Chiriqui Volcano ( de Mathan ) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini). 
An isolated and peculiar form ; perhaps related to chalybaeella 
Walk. 
Stenoma decora Zell. 
This striking and beautiful iusect belongs apparently by structure 
to the group of quadratdla Walk., though peculiar in colouring; 
examples from Jaragua and Guandu, Brazil. 
Stenoma vacans Meyr. 
The <y has a rather short dense ochreous-whitish expansible 
hairpencil rising out of a subdorsal fold of hindwings and usually 
resting in a basal recess of abdomen, therefore easily overlooked, 
and not mentioned in my original description. 
Stenoma ortholampra, n. sp. 
<5 . 35 mm. Head lilac-brown. Palpi brown, second joint with 
darker lateral streak, terminal joint whitish posteriorly. Antennal 
ciliations under 1. Tegnlae lilac-brown, rest of thorax forming a 
very dark brown patch edged whitish in front and at sides. Abdo¬ 
men bronzy-ochreous, basal half grey. Pore wings suboblong, some¬ 
what narrowed anteriorl}', costa almost straight, apex obtuse, 
termen faintly sinuate, little oblique ; 2 from near angle, 8 to apex; 
lilac-brown, towards costa except at apex becoming darker browm, 
costa dark brown; a slightly curved linear dark browm mark on 
end of cell; a nearly straight dark brown subterminal line ; some 
ockreous tinge towards apical edge : cilia pale lilac-grey. Hind¬ 
wings ochreous-orange ; cilia paler, tips whitish. Legs and basal 
half of abdomen white beneath. 
Brazil, Sao Paulo, Alto da Serra, February (JR. Spitz) ; 1 ex. 
(Vienna Hus.). Allied to Tiemilampra. 
Stenoma cliromatopa, n. sp. 
. 36 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous, terminal 
joint white. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax pale ashy-grey, 
shoulders whitish. Abdomen bronzy-ochreous. Forewings mode¬ 
rate, somewLat dilated, costa anteriorly slightly arched, then 
nearly straight, apex rather prominent, termen slightly sinuate, 
nearly vertical; 2 from near angle, 8 to termen ; light greyish-^ 
