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Show 94 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan. 19, greyish. Abdomen greyish ; anal tuft pale ochreous. Legs ochreous. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-ST. THOMAS, 15 III.-14 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Eight specimens. 95. PIGRITIA MEDIOCRIS, sp. n. Antenna? greyish, with a pecten at the base in the o*. Palpi very slender, recurved, greyish, with whitish lines along them above and beneath. Head grey. Thorax and fore wings olivaceous ochreous, the latter with a few greyish-fuscous scales sprinkled over the dorsum and the outer end of the cell; with a narrow line of the same immediately below the costa reaching from the base to half the wing-length, a line of similar scales runs along the termen, sprinkling the paler cilia; with a small dot before the anal angle. Exp. al. 8 mm. Hind wings and cilia pale grey. Abdomen pale olivaceous ochreous, tending to greyish posteriorly. Legs cinereous. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hah. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 26 IV.-6 V. (Hedemann); ST. T H O M A S , 12 III. (Gudmann). Six specimens. 29. AUXIMOBASIS, Wlsm. 96. AUXIMOBASIS INSULARIS, sp. n. Antennce greyish ; the basal joint with a closely-packed shield of scales. Palpi porrect, scarcely recurved, greyish fuscous externally, an ashy ring around the end of the second joint. Head ashy grey. Thorax greyish fuscous ; the tegulae paler. Fore wings pale greyish fuscous, with an angular spot at the base of the costa, ochreous edged with dark fuscous ; before the middle of the wing is an outwardly angulated dark fuscous band, and beyond the middle, at about one-third from the apex, a line of dark fuscous mottlings, forming a second band much less conspicuous than the first; cilia ashy grey. Exp. al. 12 mm. Hind, wings pale grey; cilia with a slight ochreous tinge. Abdomen and legs ashy grey; anal tuft ochreous. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsrn. Hab. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 18 V. (Pontoppldan); ST. THOMAS, 6 III.-15 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). This species differs from varlolata, Wlsm., in the less attenuated form of the hind wings, which have also a more obtuse apex. 97. AUXIMOBASIS VARIOLATA, sp. n. Antennce with a distinct basal pecten ; cinereous. Palpi on the outer sides brownish, with a pale band around the junction of the second and apical joints. Head ashy grey. Thorax pale brownish. Fore wings ashy grey, with pale brownish mottlings and dark fuscous spots and speckles, these latter consist of two ill-defined |