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Show 108 LORD WALSINGHAM O N [Jan. 19, that the semicircular spot on the fold from which the name taken is somewhat an exceptional marking ; it is scarcely traceable in any of the specimens now before me, and in the majority of them is entirely absent. I have, however, no hesitation in identifying them as belonging to the same species. 130. ANYBIA TRIPUNCTATA, sp. n. Antennce tawny fuscous. Palpi whitish ochreous, shaded with fuscous externally. Head and thorax tawny fuscous ; face shining whitish ochreous. Fore wings tawny fuscous with a vinous sheen ; three dark fuscous spots, a pair on the outer half of the cell in line with each other, connected by a short whitish ochreous streak, the third on the middle of the fold tipped wdth whitish ochreous at its outer extremity ; cilia greyish with a vinous tinge. Exp. al. 8 mm. Hind, wings and cilia greyish with a slight vinous tinge. Abdomen and legs whitish ochreous. Type, 2 Mus. Hedemann. Hab. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 29IV. (Hedemann); ST. THOMAS, 10 III. (Gudmann). Two specimens. 131. ANYBIA METALLIFERA, sp. n. Antennce brownish fuscous. Palpi pale cinereous. Head smooth, greyish ; face whitish, shining. Thorax and fore wings coppery brown, the latter with chalybeous bands and spots; a narrow fascia at one-fourth is followed by a central fascia of the same colour, which is wider toward the dorsum than on the costa ; at the tornus is an outwardly curved patch pointing toward a small spot at the apex, another spot occurring on the costa at the commencement of the cilia; these markings are all bluish chalybeous ; cilia brownish fuscous. Exp. al. 8 mm. Hind wings pale coppery brown, wdth brownish-fuscous cilia. Abdomen greyish fuscous, with some chalybeous scales above. Legs brownish fuscous. Type, 2 Mus. Wlsm. Hah. West Indies-JAMAICA (Monteague, 1200 ft., I.- Cockered). Unique. V. HELIODININJE. 42. HELIODINES, Stn. HELIODINES, Stn. Ins. Br. Lp. Tin. 243 (1854). = [CHRYSOESTHIA, Hb. Verz. bek. Schm. 422 (1826) partim.] t CHRYSESTHIA, HS. Schm. V. 314 (1855). =JETOLE, Chamb. Can. Ent. VII. 73 (1875). Herrich-Schaffer's restriction of Chrysoesthia, Hb., is subsequent to the publication of Heliodines by Stainton, whose name is therefore entitled to stand for the genus of which roesella, L., is the type. |