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EXOTIC AlICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Stenoma navicular is, n. sp. 
3 .14 mm. Head o chreo us - whitish. Palpi white, second joint 
light greyish-ochreous except towards apex, extreme base of 
terminal joint dark grey. Antennal ciliations 1\. Thorax pale 
greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen slightly rounded, little oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 
to costa ; white, dorsal half greyish-ochreous, its upper edge partly 
suffused blackish-grey ; a small dark grey spot on base of costa ; a 
blackish-grey acutely angulated line from middle of dorsum to fold; 
a short oblique irregular greyish-ochreous streak from edge of 
greyish-ochreous half on end of cell; a light ochreous oblique line 
from costa at | to greyish-ochreous area; a small light grey spot 
on termen above this area; three black marginal dots round apex: 
cilia wkitish-ochreous, on costa and apex white. Hindwings 3 and 
4 short-stalked ; whitish : cilia whitish. 
Brazil, Sao Paulo (R, Spitz) ; 1 ex. (Vienna Hus.). Apparently 
allied to group of monosaris „ 
Stenoma ptilallactis, n. sp. 
3 2 • 21-23 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, face whitish. Palpi 
whitish, second joint with dark fuscous streak on basal half above. 
Antennal ciliations 3 nearly 2. Thorax light greyish-ochreous. 
Forewings 3 elongate, 2 broader, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 
rounded, little oblique ; 2 from angle, 7 to apex (indefinite) ; light 
greyish-ochreous, extreme costal edge whitish; stigmata blackish, 
plical elongate, obliquely beyond first discal; an oblique series of 
three small dark fuscous dots from beneath costa before middle to 
second discal; a strongly excurved series of similar dots from 
beneath costa atto tornus; a marginal series of blackish dots 
round apical part of costa and termen : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, 
tips whitish. Hindwings light grey, towards base whitish-tinged ; 
3 costa broadly expanded on basal |, a pale yellowish subcostal 
groove to middle ; cilia grey-whitish, a greyer subbnsal shade. 
Forewings beneath in 3 with large expansible whitish subdorsal 
hairpencil from base reaching to middle. 
Brazil, Guandii, January, February, October (F. Hoffman ); Bio 
Preto, Sta. Bita; 5 ex. (type Vienna Hus.). Apparently an 
abnormal member of the spurca group. 
Stenoma plesistia, n. sp. 
3 2 • 21-23 mm. Head, thorax pale greyish-ochreous, face 
tinged whitish. Palpi white, second joint with lateral streak of 
fuscous suffusion to near apex, extreme base of terminal joint 
fuscous. Antennal ciliations 3 2. Forewings elongate, parallel¬ 
sided, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, hardly 
oblique ; 2 from angle, 7 to apex (indefinite): whitish-grey- 
ochreous, with faint pinkish tinge, extreme costal edge white; 
stigmata small, blackish, discal remote, plical near and rather 
