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Show 60 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [J^1 9. PTEROPHORUS OSSIPELLIS, sp. n. Antennce bone-grey. Palpi very short, projecting, slender; bone-white. Head and thorax bone-grey. Fore wings of almost even width throughout; costa straight, second lobe scarcely widened at its middle ; uniformly bone-grey, the extreme costa slightly paler throughout; cilia bone-grey. Exp. al. 16 mm. Hind wings bone-grey with a slightly bluer tinge; cilia bone-grey. Abdomen bone-grey. Legs white, unspotted. Type, 3 Mus. Gudmann. Hab. West Indies-SAN DOMINGO (Puerto Plata, 15 V.: one specimen, Gudmann). 10. PTEROPHORUS PARVUS, Wlsm. Lloptllus ? parvus, Wlsm. Pter. Cal. & Or. 55-7, PL HI. (1880)"'. Hab. UNITED STATES - California e. VII.1 West Indies - GRENADA (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 15 III.-30 IV.- II. H. Smith). 11. PTEROPHORUS THOM^:, Z. Leloptllus thomce, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. XIII. 480-1, Pl. 170 (1877) \ Alucita thomce, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc, Lond. 1891, 542 (1892)2. Leioptilus thomce, Hdm. Stett. Ent. Ztg. LVII. (1896)3. Hab. West Indies-HAYTI (Port-au-Prince, Cap Haiti, 19-24 V.: Gudmann); ST. THOMAS, XII.1'3 12. PTEROPHORUS PR^USTUS, Mschl. Pterophorus prceustus, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. XV. 346, (1890) \ Alucita prceustus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 542 (1892) 2. Hab. West Indies-PORTORICO12. Judging from the description this is probably the same as thomce, Z. 13. PTEROPHORUS BASALIS, Mschl. (Edematophorus basalis, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. XV. 354 (1890) \ Alucita basalis, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891 542(1892)2. Hab. West Indies-PORTORICO12. 14. PTEROPHORUS PALEACEUS, Z. Leloptllus paleaceus, Z. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXIII. 326-(1873) \ Pterophorus paleaceus, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. 346, 354 (1890)2. Alucita paleaceus, Wlsm. Pr. Z Soc Loud 1891, 495, 542 (1892)3. ' Hab. UNITED STATES-Ohio l>\ Texas l>3. West Indies-PORTORICO23. |