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Show 90 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan- ^» 82. ETHMIA JOVIELLA, sp. n. Antennce brownish cinereous. Palpi white, slightly dusky at the extreme apex. Head and thorax white ; tegulae with a black spot anteriorly. Fore wings white, with a slight brownish-cinereous shade along the costal portion ; a large quadrate blackish spot at the base of the costa extends narrowly along the extreme margin to a black spot at one-sixth from the base; a second black spot lies a little before the middle of the wing at the upper edge of the cell, and there are three black spots below the fold, one at about one sixth, one at about one-half, and one below these two nearer to the first than to the second; just above the outer end of the fold opposite the tornus is another spot, less black, more inclining to fuscous; cilia white. Exp. al. 14 mm. Hind wings greyish brown ; cilia white. Abdomen greyish brown, shaded with ochreous above at the base; anal tuft inclining to ochreous. Legs whitish, tarsi faintly mottled. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-GRENADA (Mount Gay Estate, 300 ft., leeward side, 1-5 X.-H. H. Smith). Unique. 83. ETHMIA PAUCELLA, Wkr. Hyponomeuta paucellus, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B.M. XXVIII. 530-1 (1863) \ Psecadla paucella, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 527, 546 (1892)2. Hab. West Indies-SAN DOMINGO1 2. 84. ETHMIA NOTATELLA, Wkr. = XANTHORRHOA, 7i.° Psecadla notatella, Wkr. Cat, Lp. Ins. B.M. XXVIII. 536 (1863)x. Psecadla xanthorrhoa, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. XIII. 234-6, PL III. 71 (1877)2; Btl. Ent. Mo. Mag. XIX. 107 (1882)3; Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. XXX. 65 (1887)4; Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. XV. 341, 354 (1890)5. Psecadla notatella, Wlsrn. Pr. Z. Lond. 1891, 528, 546 (1892)6. Hah. West Indies - SAN DOMINGO 1G ; PORTORICO 2',,e; CURAgAO4'". 85. ETHMIA ABRAXASELLA, Wkr. = AUREOAPICELLA, Mschl.3 Psecadla abraxasella, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B.M. XXX. 1016-(1864) \ Psecadla aureoaplcella, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. 341-2, 354 (1890) \ Psecadla abraxasella, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 528, 546 (1892) 3. Hab. West Indies-CUBA (Trlng Mus.); JAMAICA3, 17 VII.; SAN DOMINGO 1,s; PORTORICO23. 86. ETHMIA EXORNATA, Z. Psecadla exornata, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent, Ross. XIII. 238-40, PL 73 (1877)x; Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 528, 546 (1892)'2. Hab. West Indies-CUBA1'2. PERU-Chanchamayo1'2. |