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Show 164 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan. 19, 267. TINEA FAMILIARIS, Z. Tinea familiaris, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. XIII. 214-6 (1877) \ Hab. West Indies-HAYTI (Port-au-Prince, 23 V., Gudmann) • ST. THOMAS, 13 III. (" in the house "-Gudmann). COLOMBIA- Fusagasuga1. Mr. Gudmann bred this species at St. Thomas. 268. TINEA PALLIDORSELLA, Z. Tinea pallidorsella, Z. Hor. Soc Ent, Ross. XIII. 212-4 (1877) Hab. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 15 III. (Gudmann). COLOMBIA -Ubaque, 23 III.1 269. TINEA FRONTESTRIGATA, sp. n. Antennce (§); pale ochreous, distinctly annulate with dark fuscous. Palpi short, drooping, second joint with a rough brush beneath, apical joint as long as the second ; pale ochreous, externally blotched with fuscous on each joint. Head whitish ochreous at the sides, banded and shaded above with fuscous ; face ochreous. Thorax dark fuscous, obscurely speckled with ochreous. Fore wings bright ochreous, thickly sprinkled with dark purplish fuscous, which has a tendency to coalesce in a small transverse subcostal patch near the base, in a dorsal patch a little beyond the base, in a strong shade occupying the outer half of the cell and reaching to the costa, and on the apical portion of the wing, where it also sprinkles the pale ochreous cilia over two-thirds their length. Exp. al. 7 mm. Hind wings narrower than the fore wings ; purplish grey, cilia the same. Abdomen purplish grey, anal tuft ochreous. Legs dark greyish, with pale ochreous tarsal spots and spurs. Type, 3 Mus. Gudmann. Hah. West Indies-ST. CROIX, 2 V. (Gudmann). Unique. 270. TINEA AUROMACULATA, sp. n. Antennce yellow, faintly annulated with tawny brown. Palpi slender, drooping ; yellowish, externally tawny. Head and thorax golden yellow. Fore wings tawny brown with a purplish gloss, marbled with golden yellow, of which there is a spot at the extreme base, a larger spot at the middle of the fold reaching to the dorsum, another spot at the outer end of the fold, a fourth on the disc above and between the last two, and one at the end of the cell reaching to the costa ; apex and apical cilia golden yellow, dorsal cilia tawny grey. Exp. al. 6-5 mm. Hind wings and cilia bronzy grey. Abdomen bronzy greyish. Legs slightly paler. Type, 3 Mus. Hedemann. Hah. West Indies-ST. T H O M A S , 20 III. (Hedemann). Unique. 271. TINEA DIVISA, sp. n. Antennce of the male pubescent; creamy-white, delicately annu- |