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Show 1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 109 132. HELIODINES MARGINATA, Wlsm. Heliodines marginata, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 535, 547 (1892)1. Hab. West Indies-ST. V I N C E N T \ 133. HELIODINES SCHULZELLA, F. Tinea schulzella, F. Ent. Syst. III. (2) 321-2. No. 152 (1794)': Suppl. Ent. Syst, 498. No. 92 (1798)2. Phalcena (Tinea) schulzella, Turton, Syst. Nat. III. 376 (1806)3. " schulzella. 125. T. alis auratis: lineis duabus oppositis marginalibus punctorum argenteorum, costa atra. " Corpus parvum. Antennae atrae. Caput et thorax atra, nitida, pectoris marginalibus aureis. Abdomen aureum. Alae aureae, nitidae, lineis duabus oppositis e punctis argenteis, altera costae nigrae adjacente, altera margini tenuiori. Posticae nigrae. " Habitat in Americae meridionalis Ins., Dr. Pflug"1. =West Indies1'3 (probably St. Croix or St. Thomas, Wlsm.). There appears to be little doubt that the above description was taken from a species of Heliodines which differs from any known to me. It appears to be intermediate between marginata and qulnqueguttata, agreeing with the former in having a black costa, but differing from it in the possession of metallic spots ; qulnqueguttata agrees in having the metallic spots, but the costa is not black. 134. HELIODINES QUINQUEGUTTATA, sp. n. Antennce simple; shining bronzy grey. Palpi short, slender, drooping; shining pale aeneous. Head smooth; shining bronzy. Thorax bronzy grey, golden orange beneath. Fore wings to beyond the middle golden orange, with the extreme base and 5 spots (3 subcostal and 2 intermediate dorsal, the dorsal spots alternating with the costal) all shining bronzy metallic, slenderly outlined with black scales in some lights; rather more than the apical third of the wing is shining bronzy metallic, extending farther along the dorsum than along the costa, its inner edge being indented on the cell; cilia bronzy grey. Exp. al. 8-5 m m . Hind wings shining bronzy ; cilia bronzy grey. Abdomen shining bronzy browrnish, with a bright metallic whitish patch along the first three segments beneath; anal tuft wdiitish. Legs bronzy brownish, with paler shining bands and spurs. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hah. West Indies-JAMAICA (Kingston, 10 XII.- T. D. A. Cockerell); ST. T H O M A S , 11 III.-12 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Five specimens. Bred by M r . Cockerell in Jamaica " from galls on Portulaca sp.; these galls produced also a Cecidomya, which was probably the gall-maker." Mr. Gudmann also bred this species in St. Thomas. " Raupe hellgriin, mit hellbraunem Kopf ; 16-fiissig. Vom Kopf bis zum After allmahlig an Breite zunehmend ; auf dem Riicken finden sich zwei und auf jeder Seite eine Langsreihe sehr feinen |