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Show 1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 65 of the latter is a round black spot on the cell, almost connected with it; another small black costal patch lies at the commencement of the costal cilia and a round black dot beneath it at the end of the cell; a few black scales are scattered along tbe termen at the base of the olive-grey cilia. Exp. al. 8 m m . Hind wings shining, grey ; cilia pale brownish grey. Abdomen brownish grey. Legs greyish, with dark patches on the spurs ; hind tibiae somewhat hairy above, tarsi faintly spotted. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hah. West Indies-GRENADA (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 27 IV.-H. H. Smith). Unique. 24. ARISTOTELIA OSTARIELLA, sp. n. Antennce bone-white, very faintly annulated. Palpi slender, smooth, second joint scarcely thicker than the apical; bone-white, speckled with greyish fuscous. Head and thorax bone-whitish. Fore wings bone-whitish; a small greyish-fuscous spot at the base of the costa is followed by a small triangular costal spot before the middle, forming, with two others below it, a narrow transverse fascia tending slightly outwards to the dorsum ; halfway between this and the apex is another greyish-fuscous costal patch with a dark fuscous spot below it at the end of the cell; a few greyish-fuscous scales around the termen at the base of the bone-ochreous cilia. Exp. al. 8 m m . Hind wings shining, very pale grey; cilia pale greyish ochreous. Abdomen greyish ochreous. Legs pale whitish ochreous. Type, 3 Mus. Gudmann. Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 22-31 III. (Gudmann). Two specimens. 25. ARISTOTELIA KITTELLA, sp. n. Antennce (broken) : basal joints black with a white annulation. Palpi smooth, very slender, second joint as long as tbe apical joint •and scarcely to be distinguished from it in thickness; black externally with white annulations, one on the second joint and three on the apical. Head sooty-black. Thorax cream-white, with a black transverse band anteriorly which also crosses the base of the white tegulae. Fore wings cream-white; a small black costal spot at the base, a broad black transverse fascia before the middle, slightly attenuated at its centre, and a triangular black costal spot halfway between the fascia and the apex, this is preceded by a small black spot on the dorsum and followed by a few black scales on the termen below the apex; cilia cream-white. Exp. al. 7 m m. Hind wings shining, very pale grey; cilia with a slight yellowish tinge. Abdomen grey; anal tuft subochreous. Legs shining, cream-whitish. Type, 3 Mus. Gudmann. Hab. West Indies-HAYTI (Port-au-Prince, 22 V., Gudmann). Unique. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1897, No. V. 5 |