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Show 1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 59 t OIDJEMATOPHORUS, Wlgrn. Vet.-Ak. Handl. III. (7) 19 (1859). \_% (EDEMATOPHORUS, Wlgrn. Bib. Svensk.Vet.-Ak. Handl. III. 85 (1875).] = §LFIOPTILITS, Wlgrn. Vet.-Ak. Handl. III. (7) 21 (1859). = * ALUCITA (L.), Meyr. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890, 487. The type of Aluciia, L., was fixed as pentadactyla, L., by Poda, Ins. Mus. Graec. p. 94 (1761), and Lamarck, Syst. An. sans Vert. 288 (1801), cited the same species as the type of Pterophorus, Geoffr.; but this action was inadmissible, pentadactyla having already been constituted the type of Alucita. Latreille, Prec. Gen. Ins. 148 (1796), described the genus Omeodes, omitting to cite the type; subsequently, however, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. III. 418 (1802) : XIV. 258 (1805), this omission was remedied, hexa-dactyla, L., being cited as the type. By this action and Poda's the genus Pterophorus became monotypical with the type Alucita monodactyla, L. In this sense it was used by Wallengren, but Meyrick, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890, 487, wrongly employed Pterophorus for pentadactyla, and Alucita for monodactyla. 7. PTEROPHORUS INQUINATUS, Z. n. syn. = AMBROSIA?, Mrt. (Edematophorus inquinatus, Z. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXIII. 325 (1873) \ (Edematophorus ambrosias, Mrt. Am. Ent. III. 236 (1880) 2. (Edematophorus inquinatus, Cqllt. Pap. I. 61-2 (1882)3; Hdm. Stett. Ent. Ztg. LVII. 9 (1896)4. Larva. Ambrosia artemisicefolia 2'3, VII.3 excl. VIII.3 Hab. UNITED STATES-Texas, 23 VII.1, Missouri2. West Indies-HAYTI (Cap Haiti, 19 VI.-Gudmann); ST. T H O M A S , 7IV.4 8. PTEROPHORUS MONTIS-CHRISTI, sp. n. = Mlmceseoptllus gilvidorsis, Hdm. Stett. Ent. Ztg. LVII. 8-(1896), partlm. (Antennce broken.) Palpi projecting scarcely beyond the head ; pale cinereous. Head slightly tufted over the face ; hoary grey. Thorax hoary greyish, whitish posteriorly. Fore wings hoary grey, sparsely scattered with very minute fuscous speckling, which is also noticeable along the base of the hoary-grey cilia, especially on the dorsum. Exp. al. 17 mm. Hind wings shining hoary grey, with a bronzy reflection on their cilia. Abdomen [in the two specimens before me greasy and discoloured, but obviously paler than the wing-colour, as indicated also by the very pale patch on the posterior portion of the thorax at the base]. Hind legs with the spurs very long and slender; pale cinereous. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm.; $ Mus. Gudmann. Hah. West Indies-SAN DOMINGO (Monte Christi, 19 V. 1894; two specimens, " 3 & $ taken in copula," Gudmann); ST. CROIX : 2-5 V. (Hedemann, two specimens); G R E N A D A (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 15 IV., H.H.Smith; one specimen). |