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Show 524 LORD WALSINGHAM ON THE [Nov. 17, anal angle and in two costal patches, the first scarcely before, the the other beyond the middle; there is also a fuscous streak from the costa near the base, and a fuscous spot at the extreme apex followed by a fuscous line around the apical margin but not reaching to the anal angle; cilia reddish grey, inclining to pale ochreous grey on their basal half, especially towards the costal margin. In some specimens the pale ground-colour is equally distributed over the dorsal half of the wing. Hind ivings dark greyish ; cilia grey. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft paler; underside shining pale cinereous. Legs: hind legs fuscous, tibiae clothed above with longish hairs, tarsal joints speckled with very pale ochreous; middle pair of legs conspicuously banded on their outer sides with fuscous and very pale ochreous. Expl. al. 10 millim. Hab. West Indies-St. Vincent (windward side, 5 specimens, Mav, Smith). type, 3. D I A S T O M A , Mschl. DlASTOMA SQUAMOSA, sp. n. Antenna?, 3> strongly ciliated; very pale brownish. Palpi whitish, with an umber-brown streak at the base on the underside. Head dirty whitish. Thorax whitish, with a slight umber-brown tint anteriorly. Fore wings white, faintly speckled with pale umber-brown; with three dark brown costal marks containing some blackish scales:-the first at one fourth from the base, giving rise to a very inconspicuous sinuate and outwardly oblique line of brownish scales, some of which are raised; the second at about the middle of the wing, also gives rise to an outwardly oblique line of brown scales containing raised blackish tufts, this is developed into a conspicuous spot at the end of the cell, and beneath it nearer to the base is a mucb smaller spot of similar raised scales, this line is not coutinued to the dorsal margin; from the third costal spot, which is at three fourths of the wing-length, a more continuous but slender line of mixed brown and black scales, some slightly raised, curves outwards above the middle of the wing and is bent back to the anal angle ; beyond it, but below the middle of the apical margin, is a spot of similar colour, above which are a few scattered brownish scales along the margin; cilia whitish, their base indicated by a very faint marginal line. Hind ivings yellowish white, with cilia of the same colour. Abdomen very pale ochreous, with two yellowish-white tufts arising right and left at its junction with the thorax. Legs yellowish white. Exp. al. 19 millim. Hab. West Indies-St. Vincent (1 specimen, Smith). Type, 6*. |