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9. Pterophorus ossipellis, sp. n. 



Antennae bone -grey. Palpi very short, projecting, slender; 

 bone-white. Head and thorax bone-grey. Fore wings of almost 

 even width throughout ; eosta straight, second lobe scarcely 

 widened at its middle ; uniformly bone-grey, the extreme costa 

 slightly paler throughout ; cilia bone-grey. Exp. at. 16 mm. 

 Hind wings bone-grey with a slightly bluer tinge; cilia bone-grey. 

 Abdomen bone-grey. Legs white, .unspotted. 



Type, 8 Mus. Gudinann. 



Hab. West Indies— San Domingo (Puerto Plata, 15 V. ; one 

 specimen, Gudmann). 



10. Pterophorus parvus, Wlsm. 



Lioptilus ? parvus, Wlsm. Pter. Cal. & Or. 55-7, PI. HI. 12 

 (1880) \ 



Hab. United States — California e. VII. 1 West Indies — 

 Grenada (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 15 III.-30 IV. — 

 H. H. Smith). 



11. Pterophorus thom^, Z. 



Leioptilus thoma>, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. XIII. 480-1, PI. VI. 

 170 (1877) \ Alucita thorny Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 495, 

 542 (1892) 2 . Leioptilus thomce, Hdm. Stett. Ent. Ztg. LVII. 9 

 (1896) 3 . 



Hab. West Indies— Hayti (Port-au-Prince, Cap Haiti, 19-24 V.: 

 Gudmann); St. Thomas, XII. 13 



12. Pterophorus pr.eustus, Mschl. 



Pterophorus preeustus, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Cfes. XV. 346, 354 

 (1890) \ Alucita, prasustus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 496, 

 542 (1892) 2 . 



Hab. West Indies — Portorico 1 - 2 . 



Judging from the description this is probably the same as 

 thomce, Z. 



13. Pterophorus basalis, Mschl. 



(Edematophorus basalis, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. XV. 345-6, 

 354 (1890) l . Alucita basalis, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 495, 

 542(1892) 2 . 



Hab. West Indies— Portorico 11 . 



14. Pterophorus paleaceus, Z. 



Leioptilus paleaceus, Z. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXIII. 326-7 

 (1873) l . Pterophorus paleaceus, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. XV. 

 346, 354 (1890) \ Alucita paleaceus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Loud. 

 1891, 495, 542 (1892) 3 . 



Hab. United States — Ohio l • 3 , Texas ' ■ \ West Indies — Porto- 

 rico 2,3 . 

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