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Show 1891.] MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA OF THE WEST INDIES. 497 CACCECIA, Hb. CACOSCIA JAMAICANA, Wkr. Terasjamaicana, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M. xxviii. p. 291 (1863). West Indies-Jamaica (Wkr.). This species was wrongly included in Teras by Walker ; it should be transferred to Caccecia, with which it agrees in structure. TORTRIX, L. ToRTRIX ? EFFOETANA, Mschl. Tortrix effoetana, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. xv. pp. 330, (1890). West Indies-Portorico (Mschl.). TORTRIX? INSIGNITANA, Mschl. Tortrix insignitana, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. xv. pp. 330-354 (1890). West Indies-Portorico (Mschl.). These two species being described from females, it is impossible to say whether they are rightly referred to the genus Tortrix. PTYCHAMORBIA, gen. n. (7rrwi; = a fold ; Amorbia, nom. gen.) Type, cS $ Tortrix exustana, Z. (Colombia). (Plate XLI. fig. 1, a-f.) (exustana, Z., $ =colubrana, Z., cS •) Antenna? biciliate in the S, each ciliation formed of a group of several hairs, and with the first 14 and the basal joint thickened with a mat of scales above, somewhat lengthened at its abrupt termination ; $ simple. Palpi conical, densely clothed, apical joint moderate ; projecting more than the length of the head beyond it in the 6", twice the length of the head in the $ . Head moderately smooth ; frontal scales projecting over the base of the palpi. Thorax smooth. Fore wings elongate, quadrate; costal margin arched before the middle, 6* with a strong costal fold at the base; apex rectangular, apical margin slightly indented below the apex; dorsal margin slightly convex. Neuration: $ 12 veins; 7 and 8 with a long common stem, enclosing the apex : S 11 veins (7 and 8 coincident). Hind wings with the costal margin excavate before the apex in both sexes ; apex rounded; apical and dorsal margins almost continuous, abdominal angle slightly dilated ; $ with long hairs above at the base. Neuration : 8 veins; 3 and 4 from a point, 5 bent over to near base of 4. Legs moderatelv clothed. 34* |