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Show 1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 163 In paler specimens the whitish-ochreous mottling is increased, forming a series of spots along the costa and dorsum. Very near Tinea plumella, Wlsm., but apparently distinct; the colour of the fore wings is more suffused. 264. TINEA PUMILIELLA, sp. n. Antennce cinereous. Palpi very small, drooping, cylindrical; dirty whitish. Head and face rough ; whitish cinereous above, face inclining to ochreous. Thorax whitish cinereous. Fore wings whitish cinereous, blotched with ferruginous, especially on the outer portion and on the inner margin of a slender, almost straight, transverse black fascia slightly before the middle ; a blackish streak along the base of the costa and a blackish costal spot at two-thirds from the base; on the outer edge of the central fascia is a pale band, almost white, but ill-defined externally ; the pale cilia are minutely speckled with black scales. Exp. cd, 6 m m . Hind wings yellowish grey; cilia pale grey. Abdomen bronzy grey. Legs whitish. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 8 V. (Hedemann); ST. T H O M A S , 12-30 III. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Three specimens. 265. TINEA CUMULATELLA, Z. Tinea cumulatella, Z.Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. XIII. 211-2 (1877) \ Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 11 III.-14 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). COLOMBIA, Fusagasuga, 16 IV.1 There is one male and three females in the collection, which can be distinguished from cumulatella, Z., only by their paler hind wings. The type is unique, and I should not venture to separate them specifically on this ground alone, as I find in the present series some variation in this respect. 266. TINEA NIGROVITTA, sp. n. Antennce pale brownish. Pcdpi drooping, slender, second joint sparsely clothed ; whitish cinereous. Head pale browrnish. Thorax greyish brown. Fore wings greyish brown, indistinctly speckled and smudged with a darker shade of the same colour; cilia slightly paler, with a dark shade running through them near the base. Exp. cd. 10 m m . Hind wings brownish grey, with a conspicuous patch of deep black scales below the costa near the base on the upper side ; some short erect bristling hairs on the costal margin ; cilia slightly paler than the wings. Abdomen pale brownish. Legs pale cinereous. Type, 3 Mus. Gudmann. Hah. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 8 IV. (Gudmann). Unique. This species is separable from Tinea cumulatella, Z., only by the distinct black patch on the upper surface near the base of the hind wings in the male and in its yellower and paler hind wings; in all other respects it almost absolutely resembles it. 11* |
