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Show 144 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan. 19, Slda sp. (Gudmann). The moth holds the second pair of legs outstretched as in Stathmopoda (Hedemann). It is interesting to find a second species of this genus, originally described by Clemens from Pennsylvania. I have not had sufficient material to enable m e to critically examine the structure of this genus, which is perhaps allied to Heliozela, H S. IV. BEDELLIANJE. 87. BUCCULATRIX, Z. 218. B U C C U L A T R I X FLEXUOSA, sp. n. Antennce, with a strong shining white eyecap on the basal joint; pale fawn, with minute darker annulations towards the apex. (Pcdpi obsolete.) Head whitish, with a line of fawn-coloured hairs down the middle; face shining white. Thorax fawn, the tegula? with white longitudinal streaks. Fore wings fawn, with white lines-one from the base scarcely below the costa reaches to the end of the cell; another following the extreme costa from the base is deflected to the end of the cell from about the middle of the wing-length, nearly reaching to a short longitudinal black streak beyond the outer end of the cell; another white line from the base of the dorsum reaches along the fold to one-third, nearly joining a sinuous white line which, arising from before the middle of the dorsum, is waved upwards and outwards, reverting to the tornus and thence overspreading the termen and cilia to below the apex ; there are two slender fawn-coloured dark lines running through the white cilia at and above the apex. Exp. cd. 5 m m . Hind wings pale greyish, cilia brownish grey. Abdomen greyish ochreous. Legs fawn-white, the tarsi minutely speckled with fuscous. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 8 III.-2 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Six specimens. Bred by chance in a glass containing some twigs of Acacia arablca, but the larva was not observed (Gudmann). 219. BUCCULATRIX UNIPUNCTA, sp. n. Antennce whitish. (Pcdpi obsolete.) Head and thorax creamy white. Fore wings creamy whitish, suffused and shaded with pale fawn-ochreous, especially along the base of the fold and along the outer two-thirds of the costa ; with a single strong black dot before the termination of the fold; a short slender line runs through the apical cilia, and there are a few black scales at the extreme apex and at the base of the whitish cilia. Exp. al. 6 m m . Hind wings and cilia very pale yellowish grey. Abdomen shining, pale whitish ochreous. Legs whitish, tarsal joints minutely spotted with fuscous. Type, 3 Mus. Hedemann. Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 12III.-3IV. (Hedemann). Two specimens. |
