1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 71 



220, No. 387 (1890) ,n . Gelechia rubidella, Eilev, Smith's List 

 Lep. Bor. Am. 102. No. 5471 (1891)". 



Hab. United States 1 " 11 , VIII. 4 Larva Quercus 5,1 °. West 

 Indies — St. Croix, 24-6 IV. (Hedemann) • St. Thomas, 9 III. 



36. JbUCATOPTUS LTCOPERSICELLA, sp. n. *^^ > 



Antennce mouse-grey, faintly annulated. Palpi rather short v . . 

 somewhat stout, smooth ; greyish fuscous externally, with fourJ„ 

 white bands ; uniformly whitish on their inner side. Head and 

 thorax mouse-grey. Fore wings greyish fuscous, evenly sprinkled 

 with mouse-grej r and some ferruginous ; without describable mark- 

 ings, except a series of small groups of blackish scales around the 

 termen at the base of the cilia, which are the same colour as the 

 wing, except at the tornus where they are plain greyish. Exp. al. 

 9 mm. Hind wings : 6 with a long ochreous hair-pencil above 

 from the base of the costal margin ; grey, cilia the same. Abdomen 

 greyish. Legs whitish ochreous, laterally banded with greyish 

 fuscous externally ; hind tibiae with ochreous hairs above. 



Type, 2 Mus. Wlsm. ; tf Mus. Gudinann. 



Hob. West Indies— St. Croix, 3-5 V. (Gicdmann). Two speci- 

 mens. 



" Die Eaupe lebt an Lycopersi mm in einem urngesehlagenen ,' j-wv^aTT 



Blattrande, von welcher Wohnung es, wenn esfrisst, geht minirend v 



in das Blatt hinein." (Gudmann.) 



12. Geniadophora, gen. n. <jtf> r^y- 

 (yeveias=a beard ; ci>opei»' = to bear.) 

 Type, PoecUia extranea, Wlsm. 



Antennce more than g ; basal jomt long and slender. 



Maxillary palpi minute. 



Labial palpi recurved, divergent ; apical joint as long as second ; 

 second joint with a divided comb-like brush beneath, extending 

 also less conspicuously above it at its outer end. 



Haustellum moderate. 



Ocelli present. 



Head and thorax smooth. 



Fore wings narrow, elongate, apex slightly rounded, termen 

 obliquely rounded. Neuration : 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 

 the others separate. 



Hind wings narrower than the fore wings, apex acute, termen 

 obliquely bisinuate, dorsum parallel with costa. Neuration: S veins, 

 3 remote from 4, 6 and 7 separate, 5 approximated to 4. 



Legs : hind tibiae with long fine hairs above. 



37. Geniadophora extranea, Wlsm. 

 Pcecilia extranea, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1S91, 521-2, 546 

 (1892) \ 



Hob. West Indies — St. Vincent, V. 1 ; Grenada {H. II. Smith). 



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