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Show 166 LORD WALSINGHAM ON [Jan. 19, every house in St. Thomas "; Mr. Schulz, who apparently did distinguish the two insects, notes uterella as the domestic species; while Mr. Gudmann found it on the trunks of trees; and Baron von Hedemann, who found the cases very common on the inner walls of houses, only succeeded in breeding one specimen. The larva of maculata is unknown. 101. MYRMECOZELA, Z. 273. MYRMECOZELA OCHRACEELLA, Tgstr. Tinea ochraceella, Tgstr. Not. Siillsk. Faun, et Flor. Fenn. For. II. Ill (1847) \ Myrmecozela ochraceella, Z. Lin. Ent. VI. 176-(1852)2; Stgr. & W k . Cat. Lp. Eur. 271, 425. No. 1435 (1871)3; Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. X V . 339, 354 (1890)4: Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 517, 545 (1892)5. Hab. EUROPE (Finland, Switzerland, Scotland, England)1-s. Larva in Ants' nests, VIII.-X. West Indies-PORTORICO 4-5. If this species is correctly determined by Moschler its occurrence in the West Indies is a remarkable contribution to the study of Geographical Distribution. It has not yet been detected in the United States, and a myrmecophilous species could hardly be imported from Europe to Portorico. Moreover, the localities in which it is found in Europe are not such as could warrant the suggestion of its having been introduced from the West Indies. 102. XYLESTHIA, Clem. [Clem. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XI. 259, 262 (1859); Stn. Tin. N. Am. 53-4, 59, 60, fig. 5 (1872).] 274. XYLESTHIA AUSTEALIS, sp. n. Antennce simple; dusky cinereous. Palpi with the second joint widely and roughly clothed beneath, apical joint almost concealed ; cinereous speckled with fuscous. Head and thorax cinereous. Fore wings arched at the base, apex depressed, rounded. termen oblique; cinereous dusted with fuscous, an indication of an obscure cloud-like fuscous spot at the end of the cell is followed by four cloud-like spots above at the base of the costal cilia; cilia cinereous, with a fuscous shade-line running through them. Exp. al. 16-20 mm. Hind wings broader than the fore wings, rounded at the apex ; brownish fuscous, cilia the same. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs very pale cinereous. Tgpe, 2 Mus. Wlsm.; (Paratgpe 3 Mus. Gudmann). Hab. West Indies-HAYTI (Port-au-Prince, 23-25Y.,Gudmann); ST. T H O M A S , 9 III. (Gudmann). Three specimens. The male specimen from St. Thomas is more distinctly marked, having fuscous spots along the costal margin, a fuscous shade along the disc from the base, and the terminal cilia are mottled. It seems to be, however, only a well-marked variety. |
