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Show 1891.] MICRO-LEPIDOPTliRA OF THE WEST INDIES. 495 Arizona cannot be separated from T. centetes ; but from their paler colouring may perhaps be regarded as forming a connecting link between the Northern and Southern forms. PLATYPTILIA, Hb. PLATYPTILIA PUSILLIDACTYLA, Wkr. Oxyptilus pusillidactylus, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M. xxx. p. (1864). r N. syn.=Platyptilia tecnidion, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiii. pp. 468-9, pi. vi. fig. 162 (1877). Lmago. February (Z.). West Indies-Jamaica (Wkr.), St. Thomas (Z.). PLATYPTILIA, sp., Snell. Platyptilia, sp., Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxx. p. 66 (1887). West Indies-Curagao (Snell.). STENOPTILIA, Hb. STENOPTILIA? PUMILIO, Z. Mimeseoptilus pumilio, Z. Ver. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxiii. p. 324 (1873). United States.-Texas (Z.). West Indies-St. Vincent (windward side, 2 specimens, Smith). The slender erect palpi as well as the neuration appear to separate this species from Mimeseoptilus, Wlgrn. ( = Stenoptilia, Hb.), genus in which it was placed by Zeller. The same form occurs in other species from South America ; but I prefer to study more material before coming to a decision upon its generic value. ALUCITA, L. ALUCITA THOMJE, Z. Leioptilus thomce, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiii. pp. 480-1, pi. fig. 170 (1877). Lmago. December (Z.). West Indies-St. Thomas (Z.). ALUCITA BASALIS, Mschl. Oedematophorus basalis, Mschl. Ah. Senck. Nat. Ges.xv.pp. 345-354(1890). West Indies-Portorico (Mschl.). ALUCITA PALEACEUS, Z. Leioptilus paleaceus, Z. Ver. z.-b. Wien, xxiii. pp. 326-(1873). Pterophorus paleaceus, Mschl. Ab. Senck Nat. Ge* xv. pp. 346, 354 (1890). United States.-Ohio (Z.), Texas (Z.). West Indies-Portorico (Mschl.). PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1891, No. XXXIV. 34 |