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of the latter is a round black spot on the cell, almost connected 

 with it ; another small black costal patch lies at the commencement 

 of the costal cilia and a round black dot beneath it at the end 

 of the cell ; a few black scales are scattered along the termen 

 at the base of the olive-grey cilia. Exp. al. S mm. Hind wings 

 shining, grey ; cilia pale brownish grey. Abdomen brownish grey. 

 Legs greyish, with dark patches on the spurs ; hind tibiae somewhat 

 hairy above, tarsi faintly spotted. 



Type, d Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — Grenada (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward 

 side, 27 IV.— H. H. Smith). Unique. 



24. Aristotelia ostariella, sp. n. °*^ ' 



Antennae bone-white, very faintly annulated. Palpi slender, 

 smooth, second joint scarcely thicker than the apical ; bone-white, 

 speckled with greyish fuscous. Head and thorax bone-whitish. 

 Fore wings bone-whitish ; a small greyish-fuscous spot at the base 

 of the costa is followed by a small triangular costal spot before 

 the middle, forming, with two others below it, a narrow transverse 

 fascia tending slightly outwards to the dorsum ; halfway between 

 this and the apex is another greyish-fuscous costal patch with a 

 dark fuscous spot below it at the end of the cell; a few greyish- 

 fuscous scales around the termen at the base of the bone-ochreous 

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

 pale greyish ochreous. Abdomen greyish ochreous. Legs pale 

 whitish ochreous. 



Type, 3 Mus. Gudmann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 22-31 III. {Gudmann). Two 

 specimens. 



25. Aristotelia kittelia, sp. n. 



Antenna; (broken) : basal joints black with a white annulatioti. 

 Palpi smooth, very slender, second joint as long as the apical joint 

 and scarcely to be distinguished from it in thickness ; black 

 externally with white annulations, one on the second joint and 

 three on the apical. Head sooty-black. Thorax cream-white, 

 with a black transverse band anteriorly which also crosses the base 

 of the white tegulae. Fore wings cream-white ; a small black costal 

 spot at the base, a broad black transverse fascia before the middle, 

 slightly attenuated at its centre, and a triangular black costal spot 

 halfway between the fascia and the apex, this is preceded by a 

 small black spot on the dorsum and followed by a few black scales 

 on the termen below the apex; cilia cream-white. Exp. al. 7 mm. 

 Hind wings shining, very pale grey ; cilia with a slight yellowish 

 tinge. Abdomen grey ; anal tuft subochreous. Legs shining, 

 cream-whitish. 



Type, d Mus. Gudmann. 



Hab. West Indies — Hatti (Port-au-Prince, 22 V., Gudmann). 

 Unique. 



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