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Show 1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 169 small broken patches of umbreous scales, these are somewhat aggregated at the base of the costa, in an elongate patch above the middle of the wing, in a second patch extending from the outer end of the cell to the termen, and near the base of the dorsum; cilia pale fawoi mottled with umbreous along their base. Exp. al. 10 mm. Hind wings shining reddish grey; cilia fawn-grey. Abdomen fawn-grey shaded with umbreous. Hind tiblce much tufted above and beneath ; greyish ochreous, the spurs paler; hind tarsi mottled with greyish fuscous. Type, 3 Mus. Wlsm. Hab. West Indies-GRENADA (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 5-10 IV.-H. H. Smith). Two specimens. X. ANAPHORINJE. 108. ATOPOCERA, g. n. (aro7ros=strange ; icepas=a horn.) Type, o* Atopocera occultum, Wlsm. Antennce 3 , stout, simple, tapering outwards. Labial palpi 3, strongly recurved to front of thorax ; second joint thickened, somewhat closely clothed, apical joint as long as the second, smooth. Maxillary palpi small, slender. Head smooth. Thorax not tufted. Fore wings with the costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen oblique. Neuration : 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked enclosing the apex, the rest separate. Hind wings slightly broader than the fore wings. Neuration: 8 veins all separate. Abdomen somewhat slender. Legs, hind tibia? sparsely hairy above. This genus constitutes a new section of the Anaphorlnce characterized by having in the fore wing veins 7 and 8 stalked instead of 8 and 9. 283. ATOPOCERA OCCULTUM, sp. n. Antennce brownish grey. Palpi brownish grey, the second joint somewhat shaded with fuscous externally. Head and thorax brownish grey. Fore wings fawn-brown, with a few greyish-fuscous scales scattered about the outer third and a scarcely noticeable group of fuscous scales at the upper angle of the cell; cilia fawn-brown, sparsely speckled with greyish fuscous. Exp. al. 12 mm. Hind wings brownish fuscous; cilia paler, divided by a brownish-fuscous shade. Abdomen brownish fuscous ; uncus single, lateral claspers scarcely spatulate. Legs cinereous. Type, 3 Mus. Gudmann. Hah. West Indies-HAYTI (Cap Haiti, 18 V.-Gudmann). Unique. |