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Show 160 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan.19, brownish grey. Fore wings hoary whitish, suffused and speckled with brownish grey, some dots of the same around the base of the long whitish cilia. Exp. al. 12 m m . Hind wings pale brassy-yellow ; cilia whitish, with an aeneous tinge along their base. Abdomen yellowish grey. Legs whitish. Type, 2 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 16 IV. (Hedemann). Unique. 255. TINEA SCYTHROPIELLA, sp. n. Antennce bone-white. Pcdpi, second joint recurved, somewhat roughened beneath, apical joint short, projected ; white. Head and thorax white. Fore wings rather shining, white, sparsely sprinkled with greyish brown ; a slender curved greyish-brown line, leaving the costa near the base, reaches obliquely outwards to the fold; a second, from before the middle of the costa, angulated outwards on the cell, descends obliquely to the middle of the dorsum ; a small ill-defined blotch of the same colour rests at the end of the cell, with a spot below it about the tornus, followed by others less conspicuous towards the apex; cilia whitish. Exp. al. 14 m m. Hind wings yellowish grey ; cilia becoming whitish on their outer half. Abdomen greyish. Legs whitish. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 8-11 III. (Gudmann). Two specimens. 256. T I N E A CRETELLA, sp. n. Antennce slender, simple (§); greyish ochreous. Palpi small, slender, drooping, slightly recurved, obtuse, naked: dark fuscous. Head rough ; white, face fuscous. Thorax smooth, white ; ferula? white. Fore wings chalky white, with a series of chestnut-brown costal spots and streaks; the first commencing at the base and extending to one-third the length of the wing; after this two smaller length-spots lie on each side of the middle and are followed by a larger, rather triangular, spot of the same colour at the commencement of the costal cilia, beneath this is a minute black dot at the end of the cell; cilia white, with a series of black specks near the base following the termen ; tornal cilia greyish. Exp. al. 11 m m . Hind wings grey, with a lustrous brassy tinge ; cilia grey, with a slight rosy tinge. Abdomen greyish. Legs pale cinereous • hind tibiae loosely clothed above. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-HAYTI (Port-au-Prince, 24 V.-Gudmann). Two specimens. 257. TINEA UMBRATICOSTELLA, sp. n. Antennce smoky brownish, the basal joint fringed with white beneath. Palpi short, drooping; white. Head very rough ; white. Thorax white, with a median brown streak. Fore wings lanceolate • white, the costa smoky-brown throughout, broader beyond than before the middle; a pale chestnut-brown shade along the fold and |