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Show 1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 103 than the second; white. Head coppery fawn-brown, with a white line on either side running back from the base of the antennae ; face and tongue whitish ochreous. Thorax coppery fawn-brown. Fore wings coppery fawn-brown, with a shining white streak along the costa from the base to the costal cilia, the extreme costa edged with bright ochreous throughout, including the costal cilia; cilia coppery fawn-brown with a slight ochreous tinge. Exp. al. 10 mm. Hind wings brownish grey ; cilia coppery fawn. Abdomen dark brownish grey, anal tuft subochreous. Legs pale cinereous, hind tibiae somewhat clothed above. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hah. West Indies-HATTI (Port-au-Prince, 23 V., Gudmann) ; ST. THOMAS, 10 IV. (Hedemann); G R E N A D A (Balthazar, 250 ft,, windward side, 15 IV.-H. H. Smith). Four specimens. II. BATRACHEDRINM. 37. PAMMECES, Z. 117. PAMMECES LITHOCHROMA, sp. n. Antennce (broken), basal joint elongate, enlarged posteriorly, with a distinct long pecten ; stone-white. Palpn long and strongly recurved, laterally ascending, second joint rather strongly tufted above at its end ; apical joint long and thin, slightly shorter than the second joint; pale stone-grey sprinkled with blackish atoms. Head and thorax smooth; stone-grey. Fore wings stone-grey, sprinkled with blackish atoms, especially along the costa; a minute black spot on the middle of the fold, another on the dorsum at its outer end, the latter somewhat elongate; a third minute elongate black spot lies at the end of the cell, and a few black dots around the termen at the base of the stone-grey cilia. Exp. al. 16 mm. Hind wings pale grey; cilia stone-grey. Abdomen stone-grey. Legs stone-whitish; hind tibiae hairy above. Type, 3 Mus. Gudmann. Hah. West Indies-SAN D O M I N G O (Puerto Plata, 16 V.-Gudmann). Unique. The antennae were between two and three times the length of the fore wings (Gudmann). 118. PAMMECES? PALLIDA, sp. n. Antennce longer than the fore wings, with a distinct pecten on the basal joint; dirty w-hite. Palpi: the second joint with a sloping brush above at its end, apical joint slender, naked, less than half the length of the second; white, with a smoky shade on the second joint externally. Head and thorax white. Fore wings shining white, with two or three small fuscous spots along the fold, and four minute fuscous dots on the costa along the base of the smoky white cilia. Exp. al. 13 mm. Hind wings shining, very pale |
