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Show 80 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan. 19, brownish grey, with slightly paler cilia. Abdomen and legs brownish grey. Type, 3 Mus. Hedemann. Hab. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 5-12 V. (Gudmann, Hedemann) ; ST. THOMAS, 20 III.-18 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Six specimens. Bred by Mr. Gudmann at St. Croix from larvae feeding on Croton jtavens. In a specimen, which I regard as undoubtedly a variety of this species, the discal and plical dots are not traceable, the wing-surface being merely speckled with fuscous. It appears to be somewhat variable. 60. ANACAMPSIS MANGELIVORA, sp. n. Antennce greyish fuscous. Palpi long, recurved, slender, the apical joint much longer than the second; second joint smooth, clothed with closely-appressed black scales nearly to its apex, which is hoary ; apical joint hoary, sprinkled with blackish scales. Head and thorax greyish fuscous, with hoary speckling. Fore wings greyish fuscous, with profuse hoary speckling; a dark fuscous elongate spot on the costa before the middle is preceded and followed by some hoary whitish scaling, of which there is also a slight patch at the commencement of the costal cilia; cilia hoary greyish. Exp. cd. 14 mm. Hind wings brownish grey ; cilia hoary grey. Abdomen brownish grey. Legs hoary greyish; hind tarsi annulate with dirty whitish. Tgpe, 2 Mus. Gudmann. Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S (bred from Bhlzophora mangel, 21 IV.-Gudmann). Unique. "Raupe zwischen zwei zusammengesponnenen, flach auf einandern liegenden Blattern von Bhlzophora ; flach, Kopf sehr gross, dunkelbraun. Der Kdrper gegen das After abnehmend in Breite, Grundfarbe schmutzig grim, mit drei sehr feinen lila-farbenen Riickenlinien ; Bauch hellgelb, 16-fiissig; nach der letzten Hautung wird sie fleischfarbig, Bauch etwas heller, Kopf dunkelbraun." (Gudmann). 61. ANACAMPSIS QUINQUEPUNCTELLA, sp. n. Antennce cinereous, faintly banded with fuscous. Palpi with the second joint somewhat triangular; dark brownish fuscous externally, white within and along the outer edge at its extremity ; apical joint slender, naked, more than twice as long as the second • white. Head and thorax dull fawn-grey. Fore wings dull fawn-grey, with five greyish-fuscous spots ; one above and one beneath the fold at one-fourth, one on the fold at its outer third with another on the cell a little above and beyond it and a small one at the end of the cell; half-way between this and the apex is an outwardly angulated, pale cinereous, narrow fascia ; a small dark fuscous spot lies at the extreme base of the costa; cilia pale cinereous, darker towards the apex. Exp. al. 10-12 mm. Hind |