1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 59 



t OidjEmatopbomus, Wlgrn. Vet.-Ak. Handl. III. (7) 19 (1859). 



\\(E dvm atop iiorus, Wlgrn. Bib. Svensk. Vet.-Ak. Handl. III. 

 85(1875).] 



= § Leioptilvs, WJgrn.Vet.-Ak. Handl. III. (7) 21 (1859). 



=* Alucita (L.), Meyr. Tr. Eat. Soc. Lond. 1890, 487. 



The type of Alucita, L., was fixed as pentadactyla, L., by Poda, 

 Ins. Mus. Groec. p. 94 (1761), and Lamarck, Syst. An. sans Vert. 

 288 (1801), cited the same species as the type of Pterophorus, 

 Geoff r. ; but this action was inadmissible, pentadactyla having 

 already been constituted the type of Alucita. Latreille, Prec. 

 Gen. Ins. 148 (1796), described the genus Orneodes, omitting to 

 cite the type; subsequently, however, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. III. 

 418 (18l»2) : XIV. 258 (1805), this omission was remedied, hexa- 

 dactyla, L., being cited as the type. By this action and Poda's 

 the genus Pterophorus became monotypical with the type Alucita 

 monodactyla, L. Iu this sense it was used by Wallengren, but 

 Meyriek, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890, 487, wrongly employed 

 Pterophorus for pentadactyla, and Alucita for monodactyla. 



7. Pterophorus inquinatus, Z. 



n. syn. = ambrosia, Mrt. 



(Edematophorus inquinatus, Z. Verb., z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXIII. 

 325 (1873) l . (Edematophorus ambrosice, Mrt. Am. Ent. III. 236 

 (1880) 2 . (Edematophorus inquinatus, Cqllt. Pap. I. 61-2 (1882) 3 ; 

 Hdm. Stett. Ent. Ztg. LVII. 9 (1896) \ 



Larva. Ambrosia artemisiosfolia 2 ' 3 , VII. 3 excl. VIII. 3 



Hob. United States — Texas, 23 VII. 1 , Missouri 2 . West 

 Indies — Hayti (Cap Haiti, 19 VI. — Gudmann) ; St.Thomas, 7 IV. 4 



8. Pterophorus montis-christi, sp. n. 



= Mimceseoptilus gilvidorsis, Hdm. Stett. Ent. Ztg. LVII. 8-9 

 (1896), partim. 



(Antenna', broken.) Palpi projecting scarcely beyond the head ; 

 pale cinereous. Head slightly tufted over the face ; hoary grey. 

 Thorax hoary greyish, whitish posteriorly. Fore wings hoary 

 grey, sparsely scattered with very minute fuscous speckling, which 

 is also noticeable along the base of the hoary-grey cilia, especially 

 on the dorsum. Exp. al. 17 mm. Hind wings shining hoary grey, 

 with a bronzy reflection on their cilia. Abdomen [in the two 

 specimens before me greasy and discoloured, but obviously paler 

 than the wing-colour, as indicated also by the very pale patch on 

 the posterior portion of the thorax at the base]. Hind leys with 

 the spurs very long and slender; pale cinereous. 



Type, 6 Mus. Wlstn. ; $ Mus. Gudmann. 



Hab. West Indies — Sax Domingo (Monte Christi, 1!) V. 

 1894; two specimens, " J & $ taken in copulA," Gudmann) ; 

 St. Croix : 2—5 V '. (Hedemann, two specimens); Grenada ( Bal- 

 thazar, 250 ft., windward side, 15 IV., //. //.Smith; one specimen). 



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