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On a small, odoriferoxTS Mimosa I found, in flowers spnn together 

 with silk, some grey* caterpillars with a black head and pale stigmatal 

 points. These caterpillars on the following day had made a beautiful 

 white and oblong cocoon, and the following week had changed to light 

 brown pupse. After about three weeks the moths appeared, which 

 I distinguished directly as a species of the genus Qeleclua, near 

 G. terreUa, S. V. I believe that this species is not yet described, 

 and therefore I have given it the name Gelechia Benedenii, a homage 

 to my fellow-traveller and friend, Professor E. van Beneden, of Liege. 



Gelechia Benedenii, Weyenb. — Expanse of the wings 1 centim. 

 Antennae and eyes dark brown, fore-wings dark grey, with very 

 little black points ; by flowing together, several of these points form 

 an oblong, black spot about the tip of the wing, the hinder margin 

 of the wing is also a little black. The sharp, lancet-form hind-wing 

 is pale grey. The fringe of the wings is also grey, in the fore-wings 

 darker than in the hind- wings ; legs grey ; abdomen dark, with a grey 

 down. 



Moreover, I saw at St. A^incente a Tinea that will be, I believe, 

 T. spretella, S. V., or T. pellionella, L. ; and a Pterophorus vdth dark 

 brown wings and an expanse of 2 centim., but it was too much 

 damaged for a correct determination. 



These are all the Lepidopterous insects that I found on St. 

 Vinceute. 



Cordova : June, 1873. 



DESCRIPTION OF NINE NEW SPECIES OF LYC^NID^ FROM THE 

 WEST COAST OF AFRICA. 



BT W. C. HEWITSOK, F. L. S. 



The butterflies now described are, as will be seen, chiefly from the 

 collections of Mr. Rogers, who has been so fortunate as to return 

 home after repeated attacks of fever, leaving behind him in the 

 grave a large portion of the European population. He saw P. Anti 

 maclius and another large butterfly, which, from his description, must 

 be a magnificent species. His last collection is from the Gaboon, and 

 contains a dozen species that are new, chiefly Lyccenidce. 



loLAUs Carina, sp. n. 

 Upper-side: ^. C?erulean blue. Anterior wing with the apex 



* Or green : the writing is not quite distinct.— II. T. S. 



