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Show 508 LORD W A L S I N G H A M O N T H E [Nov. 17, HELIGMOCERA CALVIFRONS, sp. n. Antennae cinereous. Palpi cinereous. Head cinereous above ; face whitish. Thorax cinereous. Fore wings(3) with a broad costal fold; cinereous, mottled with brownish ; with an ill-defined greenish basal patch, mottled with brownish, extending along the dorsal margin to nearly one third the wing-length, where is a patch of deep brownish fuscous scales; beyond it is a broad ill-defined pale space ; the apical half of the wing mottled with greenish and brownish fuscous ; a chestnut-brown spot immediately before the anal angle; the costal margin very pale cinereous, almost whitish, with a series of oblong brownish fuscous streaks alternately short and long, the long ones terminated by a few chestnut-brown scales; there are some shining greenish-grey metallic scales about the ocelloid spot which is separated from the apex by a curved brownish fuscous line occupying the middle of the apical margin, and recurved in the direction of the upper angle of the cell, where it nearly joins the middle costal streak, the extreme apex brownish fuscous ; cilia pale cinereous along their base, brownish fuscous beyond. Hind wings semitransparent, iridescent, blue-grey, matted with brownish cinereous scales about the abdominal margin, and with a strong fringe of subochreous matted scales from the base near the abdominal margin; cilia greyish fuscous, with a pale line along their base. Abdomen brownish fuscous mottled with pale cinereous, anal tuft paler. Underside pale cinereous. Hind legs brownish fuscous mottled with pale cinereous, tarsal joints also spotted with pale cinereous or subochreous. Epp. al. 13 millim. Hab. West Indies-St. Vincent (windward side, 2 specimens, Smith). Type, 3. T I N E I D M. TlNEINXi. TINEA, L. TINEA PLUMELLA, sp. n. Antennae with the basal joint slightly hairy ; greyish, with indistinct paler annulations. Maxillary palpi folded. Labial palpi short, projecting; greyish. Head hairy above and in front; dingy grey. Thorax pale whitish grey. Fore wings dingy whitish, sprinkled with brownish-grey scales, especially on the basal half; a brownish-grey spot at the base of the fold ; an indistinct transverse fasciaform band of scattered brownish-grey scales about the middle is diffused outwards on reaching the |