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Show 1891.] MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA OF THE WEST INDIES. 509 fold, reverting to the dorsal margin; beyond it the white is less sprinkled for a short space, but the apical third of the wing is blotched with brownish-grey spots, more or less connected by intermediate scattered scales-one central at the end of the cell; two costal, the first immediately above the central one, the other beyond it; one apical at the extreme apex; two less conspicuous dorsal ones, the first small, immediately below the central spot, the second also inconspicuous, immediately opposite the outer costal spot; cilia dingy whitish, with some brownish-grey scales running through them wherever the dark spots touch the margin. Hind wings pale grey; cilia whitish grey. Abdomen very pale brownish grey. Exp. al. 6| millim. Hab. West Indies-St. Vincent (1 specimen, Smith). Type, ? . . , - . A small but sufficiently distinct species, probably approaching cumulatella, Z., from South America, but having a whiter groundcolour. TINEA sp. West Indies-St. Vincent (I specimen, Smith). A single specimen in too poor condition to determine. Exp. al. 6 millim. TINEA 1 sp., Btl. Tinea ? sp., Btl. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 495. West Indies-Jamaica (Btl.). DENDRONEURINJH, subfam. nov. Labial palpi strongly developed, folded. Fore wings with veins 5, 7, and 8 out of 6. DENDRONEURA, gen. nov. (levhpov = a tree ; vevpov = a nerve.) Type, 3 Dendroneura praestans, Wlsm. (Plate XLI. fig. 6, a-c.) Antenna? nearly as long as the fore wings; basal joint flattened, scarcely enlarged. Maxillary palpi well developed, folded. Labial palpi short, depressed, clothed with appressed scales; apical joint scarcely shorter than the second, flattened, subovate. Haustellum moderate. Head much flattened, with a strong brush of radiating scales from each side behind the eyes. Thorax somewhat flattened, smooth. Fore wings long, narrow, acuminate, costal and dorsal margins nearly straight, anal angle obsolete ; a narrow mat of scales along the costal margin beneath gives the appearance of a downward fold. Neuration: 12 veins; 2 from near lower angle of cell; 3 from angle of cell; 4 separate from 3; 6 from upper angle of cell to apical |