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Show 502 LORD W A L S I N G H A M O N T H E [Nov. 17, Palpi short, moderately clothed; apical joint exposed, scarcely projecting beyond the face. Head very wide, flattened to the thorax, the face between the eyes much flattened, moderately rough-scaled above. Thorax smooth. Fore wings elongate, costal margin almost straight, 3 without a costal fold, apical margin very slightly concave, anal angle rounded. Neuration: 12 veins, all separate ; 3 much bent up towards 4 on the outer margin. Hind wings rather triangular, apex somewhat acute, dorsal margin slightly and evenly rounded. Neuration : 8 veins ; 3 and 4 from a point, 5 bent over towards origin of 4. Apparently allied to Gacocharis, Wlsm., but without a thoracic tuft. Veins 3 and 4 of the hind wings are as in the group of genera allied to Penthina, Tr., but the neuration of the fore wings approaches more nearly that of the Paedisca group. EPISIMUS TRANSFERRANA, Wkr. Carpocapsa transferrana, W k r . Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M . xxviii. p. 398 (1863). South America-Brazil (Ega, Wkr.). Var. VINCENTANA (an sp. n. ?). West Indies-St. Vincent (1 specimen, Smith). With a single specimen before me, in very poor condition, I should not venture to describe it as a distinct species. It is obviously very similar to Walker's type from Ega; the chalybeous black top of the head is a strong distinguishing character, and the markings on the wings are approximately in the same position. Walker describes the darker shades as the ground-colour of the wing, whereas the paler colouring actually predominates (more so in this variety than in the type) ; moreover they have scarcely a trace of fawn-colour, and would be more accurately described as creamy-white. The slender leaden cross-streaks which occur in the type are wanting in this specimen, but the transverse linear arrangement of the scales is precisely the same, and if some of the grey streaklets which compose the medio-costal patch were prolonged in the direction of the dorsal margin they would exactly correspond to these lines, which Walker omits to mention in his description. I cannot venture to regard this specimen as distinct from E. transferrana, but it is probably a local variety. Exp. al. 14 millim. Type, 3- EPISIMUS AUGMENTANA, Z. Grapholitha (Hedya) augmentana, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiii. pp. 162-3 (1877). West Indies-Cuba (Z.). I am indebted to Dr. Staudinger for the opportunity of examining the type of this species. |