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shade rontainiiig tho reniform stiifma; the stiumata soinetiraes slight!)- filled np 

 with dark ochreons ; two slight white patciies iu the marginal space ; fringe grej-, 

 dark fuscons at base, beyond a crennlate white line ])receded by a black one. 



IJindirinc/ : wholly dark fnscons. 



Underside glossy dark fnscons : liindwing rather paler, with traces of .-i dark 

 snbmar.cinal line. 



Hea<l, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscons; lower half of face wiiitish. 



Expanse of wings : 16 mm. 



Nearest to some of the St. Helena species. 



A series from — 



Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, March 20. 



('rater above Regninho, Terccira, April (i ; f//jje. 



Santa ('ruz, Flores, April 19. 



C'aldeira, Graciosa, April 27. 



Above Calheta, S. Jorge, May 2-0. 



Below Pico, May 15. 



Central Fayal, May 25. 



Above Horta, Fayal, May 2(5. 



3ii. Scoparia angustea Stph. 



A small series from — 

 Regninho, Terceira, April 0. 

 Crater above Regninho. 

 ('aldeira, Graciosa, April 20-29. 

 Above Calheta, S. Jorge, May 7 

 Above Horta, Fayal, May 24. 



31. Scoparia coecimaculalis spec. nov. 



Forc/chiff : brownish grey, with fuscons speckling and markings; a black dash 

 accompanied by some dark scales at base ; first Hue waved and slightly obli(ine 

 outwards, followed by the blackish orbicular and claviform stigmata; the reniform 

 .S-shajted, edged with black : outer line crennlate, jjarallel to hindmargin, indented 

 below costa ; it is followed, as the inner line is preceded, by a paler brownish grey 

 space : the dark submarginal cloud constricted or interrupted in midilh' ; a marginal 

 row of black spots ; fringe like wings, with a dark middle line. 



Ilinihriuij : hyaline whitish, tinged with grey at apex, with a grey cell-mark ; 

 a submarginal line marked mainly by three grey spots, one at costa and on inner 

 margin, and a third beyond cell ; sometimes a fourth is visible on the submedian 

 fold, and another on margin beyond cell. 



Underside of forewiug brownish grey ; the outer line blackish, and the stigmata 

 more or less visible ; hindwing white, with the spots blackish. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey, speckled with darker. 



Expanse of wings : 19 mm. 



The description was made from the ?, the S not being in so gooil condition. 



1 c?, 1 ?, above Calheta, S. Jorge, May 7, 8 : ti/pe. 



1 ¥ , Caldeira, Graciosa, April 20, 



