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31. Aristotelia crassicornis, sp. n. " Q\Jl 



Antennae stout, somewhat flattened ; very pale cinereous. Palpi 

 slender, second joint longer than the apical, slightly roughened 

 beneath especially at the extremity of the second joint; whitish, 

 shaded externally nearly to the end of the second joint, apical joint 

 faintly biannulate. Head and thorax hoary whitish. Fore wings 

 hoary whitish, sprinkled with greyish-fuscous scaling ; with nume- 

 rous short, slender, dark fuscous longitudinal streaklets accom- 

 panied by a few ferruginous scales, these have a tendency to follow 

 the lines of the cell and of the fold, being only indicated on the 

 costa by a minute streak at the base and two spots, one before the 

 other behind the middle ; cilia hoary whitish dusted with fuscous 

 atoms. Exp. al. 8 mm. Hind wings shining, pale grey; cilia 

 yellowish grey. Abdomen shining, iridescent, silvery grey. Legs 

 whitish, tarsi unspotted. 



Type, 8 Mus. "Wlsm. 



Hub. West Indies — St. Jan, 13-16 IV. (Gudmanri). Two 

 specimens, bred from a plant which was not identified. 



"Kaupe cylindrisch, 16-fiissig, blaulich hellgriin mit einem 

 rothen Griirtel, bestehend aus vier dunkelrothen Elecken in der 

 Einschniirung zwischen den Segmenten, und zwei grossere rothe 

 Elecke stehen am Riicken jedes Segments. Kopf hellbraun, Fiisse 

 von der Grundfarbe ; das letzte Leibsegment blaulich griin, mit 

 einem grossen rothen Elecke auf dem Riicken. 



" Die Raupen lebeu zu zwei, drei oder vier gesellig zwischen 

 zusammengesponnenen Blattern, und alle Excremente werden 

 theils zwischen den Blattern, theils ausserhalb des Randes der 

 Blattwohnung festgesponnen, so dass die Raupen ganz versteckt 

 sind." {Gudmanri). 



§ C. Fore wings, 7 and, 8 stalked, 6 separate. Hind wings, 3 and 4 



separate. 



32. Aristotelia picticornis, sp. n. 



Antenna? delicately annulated with white and blackish. Palpi 

 very slender, smooth ; beautifully marked with alternate rings of 

 white and fuscous throughout. Head and thorax brownish fuscous. 

 Fore wings brownish fuscous, evenly speckled and mottled with 

 ashy grey throughout ; a faint indication of a dark spot beyond 

 the middle of the fold and groups of ashy-grey scales around the 

 termen at the base of the ashy-grey cilia, through which run a 

 slender dark dividing line beyond their middle. Exp. al. 10 mm. 

 Hind wings as broad as the fore wings ; pale chestnut-grey ; the 

 cilia about the termen grey, along the dorsum inclining to chestnut. 

 Abdomen brownish ochreous. Legs with alternate rings of white 

 and fuscous. 



Type, <S Mus. Hedemann. 



Hah. West Indies — St. Croix, 2 V. {Hedemann). Unique. 

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