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Show 504 LORD W ALSINGHAM ON THE [Nov. 17, Hab. West Indies-St. Vincent (1 specimen, Smith). Type, ? . Having only a single $ of this species from St. Vincent I have used a 3 from Brazil in drawing up the generic description. PHOXOPTERIS, Tr. P H O X O P T E R I S VIRIDIDORSANA, Mschl. Phoxopteryx virididorsana, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. xv. pp. 334, 354 (1890). West Indies-Portorico (Mschl.). GRAPHOLITHA, H.-S. GRAPHOLITHA LIVENS, sp. n. [Head missing.] Thorax slaty grey. Fore wings deep brownish fuscous, mottled with curved bands and spots of slaty-grey; the basal half of the wing is entirely occupied by transverse bands of this colour, separated from each other by slender lines of the dark ground-colour, of which one is longitudinal from the base, reaching but a short way into the wing; one above it, also short, is oblique from the costa; and one below it from the dorsal margin, somewhat wider, pointed obliquely outwards ; the outer edge of the mottled basal patch is curved outwardly, reaching much farther along the dorsal than on the costal margin, where it does not attain to the middle of the wing ; about the middle of the wing is an outwardly oblique costal streak of slaty-grey, curved at its lower end and more or less blended with a shorter streak beyond it; between this pair of streaks and the apex of the wing are three other similar streaks, the first running obliquely outwards from the costa to the upper third of the apical margin, where it meets a shorter and less oblique subapical streak ; between these two is a third very short streaklet on the extreme costal margin ; all these five streaks are touched with whitish scales, and some are also visible on the extreme costal edge of the basal patch ; above the anal angle is an irregular, somewhat ocelloid, spot formed of two curved slaty-grey streaks; throughout the wings these slaty-grey bands are somewhat shining in contrast with the dull ground-colour; cilia dark slaty-grey. Underside unicolorous brownish fuscous, with five small whitish costal spots. Hind wings brown ; cilia pale grey. Abdomen brownish. Legs pale greyish ; hind tarsal joints spotted alternately with greyish white and fuscous. Exp. al. 12 millim. Hab. West Indies-St. Vincent (1 specimen, Smith). Type, $._ This specimen has unfortunately lost its head ; there can be no doubt as to the genus in which it should be placed, but in markings |