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Show 92 LORD WALSINGHAM O N [Jan. 19, an ashy zigzag shade runs to the dorsal margin in the form of the letter Z ; two similar spots lie at the end of the cell, the upper one in the same line as the first, the lower one a little beyond and below it; cilia dust-grey. Exp. al. 14 m m . Hind wings pale brownish grey; cilia with a slight ochreous tinge. Abdomen brownish grey, the anal tuft ochreous. Legs cinereous. Type, 2 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 7 V. (Gudmann); ST. T H O M A S , 15 III.-12 V. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Five specimens. Bred by Baron von Hedemann from larvae feeding in the flowers of a Bisonla. All the specimens are females, but I have little doubt that the reception of' the male will prove that they are referred rightly to this genus. 90. BLASTOBASIS GRENADENSIS, sp. n. Antennce pale cinereous. Palpi pale cinereous, shaded externally with fuscous. Head and thorax greyish, with a slight ochreous tinge. Fore wings smoky greyish, paler at the base, the darker shading inclining to form longitudinal lines on the outer half of the wing; with the usual three spots dark fuscous, the first a little above and before the middle, the two outer corresponding to the apical and tornal angles of the cell; cilia at tornus inclining to ochreous, about apex darker. Exp. al. 3 12 ; $ 15 m m . Hind wings greyish, with a slight bronzy sheen; cilia inclining to ochreous. Abdomen greyish fuscous ; anal tuft paler. Legs greyish fuscous, the long hairs on the hind tibiae inclining to ochreous. Type, 3 2 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-DOMINICA (Druce); G R E N A D A (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 5 IV.-4 V.; Mount Gay Estate, 300 ft., leeward side, 25-30 VIII.; 1-5 X.-H. H. Smith). Five specimens. The specimen from Dominica is not in good condition, but it appears to belong to this species. 91. BLASTOBASIS SUBOLIVACEA, sp. n. Antennce pale cinereous. Pcdpl cinereous, shaded with fuscous externally. Head and thorax cinereous, the latter slightly shaded with fuscous. Fore wings olive-grey with a slight greenish tinge, especially on the basal half, shading to brownish externally; a single black dot before and above the middle is followed by the usual two, the one at the apex and the other at the tornus of cell; costa narrowly inclining to ochreous ; cilia greyish, with a slight ochreous tinge at tornus. Exp. al. 12 m m . Hind wings bronzy brownish, thinly scaled between the upper veins in the o*, and causing the veins to appear darker, thus giving the win^s a streaked appearance; cilia pale greyish ochreous. Abdomen brownish grey ; anal tuft paler. Legs cinereous ; hind tarsi faintly grey-spotted. Type, 3 Mus. Hedemann. Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 7 III.-9 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Two specimens. |