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Show 68 LORD W A L S I N G H A M O N [Jan. 19, 31. ARISTOTELIA CRASSICORNIS, sp. n. Antennce stout, somewhat flattened ; very pale cinereous. Palpi slender, second joint longer than the apical, slightly roughened beneath especially at the extremity of the second joint; whitish, shaded externally nearly to the end of the second joint, apical joint faintly biannulate. Head and thorax hoary whitish. Fore wings hoary whitish, sprinkled with greyish-fuscous scaling ; with numerous short, slender, dark fuscous longitudinal streaklets accompanied by a few ferruginous scales, these have a tendency to follow the lines of the cell and of the fold, being only indicated on the costa by a minute streak at the base and two spots, one before the other behind the middle; cilia hoary whitish (lusted with fuscous atoms. Exp. al. 8 m m . Hind wings shining, pale grey; cilia yellowish grey. Abdomen shining, iridescent, silvery grey. Legs whitish, tarsi unspotted. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hah. West Indies-ST. J A N , 13-16 IV. (Gudmann). Two specimens, bred from a plant which was not identified. " Raupe cylindrisch, 16-fiissig, blaulich hellgriin mit einem rothen Giirtel, bestehend aus vier duukelrothen Flecken in der Einschniirung zwischen den Segmenten, und zwei grdssere rothe Flecke stehen am Riicken jedes Segments. Kopf hellbraun, Fiisse von der Grundfarbe ; das letzte Leibsegment blaulich griin, mit einem grossen rothen Flecke auf dem Riicken. " Die Raupen leben zu zwei, drei oder vier gesellig zwischen zusammengesponnenen Blattern, und aile Excremente werden theils zwischen den Blattern, theils ausserhalb des Randes der Blattwohnung festgesponnen, so dass die Raupen ganz versteckt sind." (Gudmann). § C. Fore wings, 7 and 8 stalked, 6 separate. Hind wings, 3 and separate. 32. ARISTOTELIA PICTICORNIS, sp. n. Antennce delicately annulated with white and blackish. Palpi very slender, smooth; beautifully marked with alternate rings of white and fuscous throughout. Head and thorax brownish fuscous. Fore wings brownish fuscous, evenly speckled and mottled with ashy grey throughout; a faint indication of a dark spot beyond the middle of the fold and groups of ashy-grey scales around the termen at the base of the ashy-grey cilia, through which run a slender dark dividing line beyond their middle. Exp. al. 10 m m. Hind wings as broad as the fore wings; pale chestnut-grey; the cilia about the termen grey, along the dorsum inclining to^ches'tnut. Abdomen brownish ochreous. Legs with alternate rings of white and fuscous. Type, 3 Mus. Hedemann. Hab. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 2 V. (Hedemann). Unique. |