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Show 140 LORD WALSINGHAM oN [Jan. 19, 209. OPOSTEGA ADUSTA, sp. n. Antennce with a broad shining white eyecap on the basal joint; beyond pale fawn-brownish. Palpi pale fawn-brownish. Head and thorax shining white. Fore wings shining wiiite, with blue and lilac reflections: a conspicuous umber-brown dorsal spot at about one-third from the base; a narrow dark umber-brown shade along the costa a little beyond the middle is continued to the commencement of the costal cilia ; a slender fuscous line beginning in these runs obliquely outwards through the cilia forming an angle at the apex of the wing, thence deflected along the termen ; this is reduplicated by a slight shade in the middle of the fawn-brown cilia beyond it, its upper half preceded by a slight ferruginous tinge running parallel with it from costa to apex; cilia shining pale fawn-brownish along the dorsum and tornus. Underside spotless. Exp. al. 5 m m . Hind wings and cilia pale fawn-brownish. Abdomen (somewhat denuded) shining pale brownish. Hind legs shining pale brownish ochreous, the bristles continued to the tarsal joint. Type, 3 Mus. Hedemann. Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 20 III. (Hedemann). Unique. 210. OPOSTEGA VENTICOLA, sp. n. Antennce golden yellow; eyecaps shining white. Palpi white. Head and thorax shining white. Fore wings shining white, with two minute oblique fuscous costal streaklets followed by a short straight one before the apex, all tending to converge in the direction of a single black point in the apical cilia; the space between the first and second streak is golden yellow, which extends also to the black point but not to the dorsum or tornus; a very narrow faint golden spot rests on the middle of the dorsum; beyond the black point a slight shade is visible in the cilia, which are otherwise white with a golden tinge. Exp. al. 6 m m . Hind wings whitish grey; cilia golden white. Abdomen white with a golden tinge. Legs : hind tibia? and basal joints of the tarsi with stiff hairs ; whitish ochreous. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hah. West Indies-HAYTI (Port-au-Prince, 23 V., Gudmann); G R E N A D A (Balthazar, 250-300 ft., windward side, 5IV.-8V - H. H. Smith). Four specimens. 211. OPOSTEGA SALTATRIX, sp. n. Antennce with a conspicuous shining white eyecap ; remaining joints pale straw. Palpi small, slender, dependent; yellowish. Head and thorax shining white. Fore wings shining white, with a dark olive-grey fascia before the middle, diffused outwards at its upper end to the middle of the costa; this is followed by a streak of the same colour, along the apical portion of the costa, reaching to the apex ; a slender streak above it running through tbe cilia and meeting it beyond the apex, this streak is sometimes very inconspicuous ; cilia pale olive-grey. Exp. al. 5 m m . Hind icings very |
