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an ashy zigzag shade runs to the dorsal margin in the form of the 

 letter Z ; two similar spots lie at the end of the cell, the upper 

 one in the same line as the first, the lower one a little beyond and 

 below it ; cilia dust-grey. Exp. al. 14 mm. Hind wings pale 

 brownish grey ; cilia with a slight ochreous tinge. Abdomen 

 brownish grey, the anal tuft ochreous. Legs cinereous. 



Type, $ Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Croix, 7 V. (Gudmann); St. Thomas, 

 15 TII.-12 V. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Five specimens. 



Bred by Baron von Hedemann from larvae feeding in the 

 flowers of a teisonia. All the specimens are females, but I have 

 little doubt that the reception of the male will prove that they are 

 referred rightly to this genus. 



90. Blastobasis grexadensis, sp. n. 



Antenna pale cinereous. Palpi pale cinereous, shaded externally 

 with fuscous. Head and thorax greyish, with a slight ochreous 

 tinge. Fore wings smoky greyish, paler at the base, the darker 

 shading inclining to form longitudinal lines on the outer half of 

 the wing ; with the usual three spots dark fuscous, the first a little 

 above and before the middle, the two outer corresponding to the 

 apical and tornal angles of the cell : cilia at tornus inclining to 

 ochreous, about apex darker. Exp. al. $ 12 ; $ 15 mm. hind 

 wings greyish, with a slight bronzy sheen ; cilia inclining to 

 ochreous. Abdomen greyish fuscous ; anal tuft paler. Legs greyish 

 fuscous, the long hairs on the hind tibiae inclining to ochreous. 



Type, S 2 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hub. West Indies — Dominica (Druce); Grenada (Balthazar, 

 250 ft., windward side, 5 IV.-4 V. ; Mount Gay Estate, 300 ft,, 

 leeward side, 25-30 VIII. ; 1-5 X. — //. H. Smith), live specimens. 



The specimen from Dominica is not in good condition, but it 

 appears to belong to this species. 



91. Blastobasis subolivacea, sp. n. 



Antennas pale cinereous. Palpi cinereous, shaded with fuscous 

 externally. Head and thorax cinereous, the latter slightly shaded 

 with fuscous. Fore wings olive-grey with a slight greenish tinge, 

 especially on the basal half, shading to brownish externally ; a 

 single black dot before and above the middle is followed by the 

 usual two, the one at the apex and the other at the tornus of cell ; 

 costa narrowly inclining to ochreous ; cilia greyish, with a slight 

 ochreous tinge at tornus. Exp. al. 12 mm. Hind wings bronzy 

 brownish, thinly scaled between the upper veins in the S , and 

 causing the veins to appear darker, thus giving the wings a 

 streaked appearance ; cilia pale greyish ochreous. Abdomen 

 brownish grey ; anal tuft paler. Legs cinereous ; hind tarsi faintly 

 grey-spotted. 



Type, d" Mus. Hedemann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 7 III.-9 IV. (Gudmann, 

 Hedemann). Two specimens. 

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