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Show 86 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan. 19, 24. YPSOLOPHUS, F. [It is doubtful whether this generic name is rightly employed, but not having concluded the study of its history I have adopted it in the sense in which it is used by Heinemann, Staudinger and Wocke, &c] 73. YPSOLOPHUS MANELLUS, Mschl. Ypsolophus manellus, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. X V . 344-5, 354 (1890)l; Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 525, 546 (1892) \ Hah. West Indies-PORTORICO1,2. 74. YPSOLOPHUS RUSTICUS, Wlsm. Ypsolophus rusticus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 525-6, 546 (1892) \ Hab. UNITED STATES-Texas l, 13 VI. West Indies-ST. VINCENT X ; G R E N A D A (Mount Gay Estate, 300 ft., leeward side, 25 VIII.-10 IX.-H. H. Smith). 75. YPSOLOPHUS PIPERATUS, Wlsm. Ypsolophus piperatus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 526, 546 (1892)l. Hah. West Indies-S. THOMAS, 31 III.-9 IV. (Gwlmann, Hedemann); ST. VINCENT 1. " Larva mining in the leaves of a Solanea '' (Hedemann). " On a papilionaceous plant with pink cluster-flowers " (Gudmann). 76. YPSOLOPHUS INDIGNUS, Wlsm. Ypsolophus Indignus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 526-7, 546 (1892)\ Hab. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 4 V. (Hedemann); ST. T H O M A S, 10 III. (Gudmann); ST. VINCENT X ; G R E N A D A (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 5-30 IV.-H. H. Smith). 77. YPSOLOPHUS JUVENTELLUS, sp. n. Antennce ochreous, delicately annulated with umber-brown. Palpi white on their inner sides, the triangularly-tufted second joint umber-brown externally to two-thirds of its length. Head and thorax whitish ochreous. Fore wings umber-brown, with a broad whitish-ochreous band extending from the base to the termen along the dorsal half of the wing, its upper edge indented at and beyond the middle by two slight projections of the darker groundcolour ; three umber-brown spots on the termen above the tornus are followed by the whitish-ochreous cilia, through which runs an evenly curved line of umber-brown, giving the apex a rounded appearance; a small oblique white dot lies on the costa before the apex, the dorsum is slightly shaded with umber-brown. Exp. al. 9 mm. Hind wings and cilia bluish grey. Abdomen grey. Legs |