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Show 532 LORD W A L S I N G H A M O N T H E [Nov. 17, Hind icings cinereous, with a slight fawn-brown shade from base above their middle ; a narrow inconspicuous subfuscous band across the extreme apex ; cilia cinereous, with a slender paler line along their base. Abdomen cinereous. Legs pale cinereous; hind tarsal joints unspotted. Exp. al. 16 millim. Hab. West Indies-St. Vincent (windward side, 2 specimens, Smith). Type, 3 2 • L1YPONOHEUTIN&. HYPONOMEUTA, Z. HYPONOMEUTA MAHALEBELLUS, Gn. Yponomeuta mahalebella, Gn. Ind. Meth. p. 105 (1845) ; id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5 s.) ix. p. 282 (1879). Hyponomeuta mahalebellus, Stgr. & Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. (ii.) no. 1555, p. 277(1871). Europe. West Indies-Cuba (Gn.). HYPONOMEUTA TRIANGULARIS, Mschl. Hyponomeuta triangularis, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. xv. pp. 339-40, 354(1890). West Indies-Portorico (Mschl.). (ETA, Grt. OETA PUNCTELLA, Cram. Phalaena (Tinea) punctella, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 164, pi. ccclxxii. fig. L (1782). = CEta compta, Grt. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. pp. 230-1 (1865). = Scintilla pustulella, Gn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5 s.)ix. pp. 287-(1879); Berg, Ann. Soc. Ci. Argent, x. pp. 100-2 (1880). (Eta punctella, Z. Ver. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxiii. pp. 228-9 (1873). Larva : Ailanthus glandulosa. United States, Honduras, Surinam, French Guiana, Argentine Republic, Brazil. West Indies-Trinidad (Wlsm.). I have a specimen from Trinidad received from Mr. Crowfoot. Walker [Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M. xxxv. p. 1894 (1866)] records this species from India, thus:-" c. Himalaya Mts. Presented by the Entomological Club." This specimen is labelled " Honduras " ! (ETA FULVIGUTTELLA, Z. (Etafulviguttella, Z. Ver. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxiii. pp. 231-2 (1873). = Syblis glaucopidella, Gn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5 s.) ix. p. 289 (1879); Berg, An. Soc. Ci. Argent, x. pp. 106-7 (1880). (? Australia, Z.) West Indies-Jamaica (Gn.). |