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Show 1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 87 whitish ochreous, shaded and banded on the tarsi with umber-brown. Tgpe, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hah. West Indies-JAMAICA (Monteague, 1100 ft,, X L - Bendall). Unique. 78. YPSOLOPHUS? STRATELLUS, sp. n. Antennce biserrate towards the apex; fuscous, annulate with pale cinereous, basal and adjacent joints brownish ochreous. Palpi (missing). Head cinereous. Thorax leaden grey above, brownish ochreous at the sides, with two lateral ferruginous spots posteriorly. Fore wings brownish ochreous on the costal half, the dorsal half dark ferruginous blending to tawny fuscous ; on the pale costal half the ground-colour blends and varies with many different tints, a shining leaden-grey suffusion along its lower edge reaching nearly to the apex is repeated near the base of the costa-the costa itself (especially on its outer half) becoming pale rusty brown rather than brownish ochreous ; the dark dorsal half also varies in tone and colour, its upper edge (which although nearly straight is slightly indented a little beyond the middle) is rich reddish ferruginous throughout, blending to dark tawny fuscous along the dorsum and becoming even darker towards the termen and tornus; a leaden-grey line around the apex and termen is followed by the parti-coloured cilia, which are dark tawny grey on their dorsal half with three pale ochreous spots along their base and pale brownish ochreous on their costal half with rusty-brown spots near their base. Exp. al. 16 m m. Hind wings dark tawny grey, semitransparent with bluish reflections towards the base ; cilia subiridescent bluish, or brownish grey. Abdomen bronzy grey. Legs brownish grey, with an aeneous tinge externally. Type, 2 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-TRINIDAD (F. W. Urlch). Unique. The palpi are unfortunately missing in the type, but 1 have little doubt that it is a true Ypsolophus allied to fiavivlttellus, Clem., with which it agrees in neuration and general appearance. 25. LATHONTOGENUS, g. n. (Aa6u>v = unknown ; ykvo&=genus.) Type, Lathontogenus adustipennis, Wlsm. Antennce f, uniserrate. Labial palpi recurved, divergent; apical joint less than half as long as the second, acute; second joint laterally compressed, smooth beneath, clothed on the upper side towards its apex with a somewhat triangular tuft, which does not extend to the basal half. Maxillary palpi distinct. Haustellum rather short. Ocelli obsolete. |