1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 95 



spots, one on each side of the fold before its middle, the upper 

 one further removed from the base than the lower : a larger ill- 

 defined spot on the middle of the dorsum, with a smaller one on 

 the costa a little before it, between these a black dot on the cell, 

 followed by some black speckling and two smaller parallel black 

 dots at the end of the cell ; cilia ashy grey. Exp. al. 11-15 mm. 

 Hind wings pale grey ; cilia with a slight brownish tinge. Abdo- 

 men grey. Legs cinereous, banded at the sides with greyish 

 fuscous. 



Type, 6 2 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indie3 — St. Croix, 8 VI. (Pontoppidan) ; St. 

 Thomas, 11 III.-18 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Twelve speci- 

 mens. 



This species differs from insularis, Wlsm., in the more acute 

 and attenuated apex of the hind wings. 



98. AUXIMOBASIS PERSIMILELLA, Wlsm. 



Auximobasis persimilella, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 534-5, 

 547, PL XLI. 9 a-c (1892) l . 

 Hob. West Indies — St. Vincent '. 



99. AUXIMOBASIS BREVIPALPELLA, sp. 11. 



Antennae cinereous, basal joint hoary. Palpi cinereous, stained 

 with fuscous externally, except at the tips of the second and 

 apical joints. Head and thorax hoary grev. Fore wings hoary 

 grey, sprinkled with fuscous scales ; an ill-defined pale fuscous 

 band, slightly before the middle of the wing, is angulated outwardly 

 on the fold and is diffused outwards, leaving the basal portion 

 somewhat paler than the apical ; the usual pair of fuscous dots 

 are adjacent to the end of the cell (the first dot usual in these 

 genera is not visible in all specimens) ; a slight broken fuscous 

 shade follows the margin of the wing around the apex and base of 

 the hoary speckled cilia. Eccp.al. 12—13 mm. Hind wings shining 

 brownish grey ; cilia scarcely paler. Abdomen brownish grey. 

 Legs : hind tibia? and tarsi cinereous, shaded externally with faint 

 bands of fuscous. 



Type, J 2 Mus. Wlsm. 



11(d). West Indies— Grenada (Mount Gay Estate, 300 ft., 

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



Scarcely distinguishable from persimilella, Wlsm., except by the 

 slightly broader wings and by the distinctly shorter palpi. 



100. AUXIMOBASIS I'LAVLCrUATA, sp. 11. 



Antennae dirty whitish,' the basal joint enlarged with a strong 

 pecten. Palpi smooth, erect, the apical joint nearly as long as the 

 second; hoary whitish, 'Head and thorax smooth ; hoary whitish. 

 Fore wings hoary white, minutely grey-speckled, without markings ; 

 cilia pale yellowish. Exp. al. 12 mm. Hind icings very pale 



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