106 lord walsingham on [Jan. 19, 



AVest Indies, and the species recorded by Moschler is probably 

 attenuatella, but as it is not described I am unable to identify it ; 

 there is, however, no reason for including gemmiferella in the 

 West Indian fauna on such a slight and doubtful identification. 



12-4. COSMOPTERYX SIMILIS, sp. n. 



Antennas smoky white, with a broad darkish band before the 

 apex preceded by a narrow black ring, the apex itself being black; 

 these markings are all outlined in clear white. Palpi shining 

 white. Head and thorax greyish brown, with a central, and two 

 lateral, slender whitish streaks. Fore tvings greyish brown to fully 

 half the wing-length, a broad pale orange-yellow band preceding 

 the greyish-brown apex and cilia, in which are a triangular clear 

 white costal spot and a slender white line running through the 

 apex : the pale orange space is oblique on its inner margin, and 

 extends backwards a little on the costa, it is preceded by two 

 golden metallic spots, one below the other beyond its middle, the 

 latter being tipped with black ; on its outer edge it sends, forward 

 a slight projection below the white costal spot into the brown apical 

 portion, this projection being margined above and beneath by 

 golden scales ; on the brown basal half of the wing are four slender 

 white streaks, one along the dorsum, one commencing on the base 

 at the costa and diverted very obliquely downwards a little beyond 

 the base, and two intermediate straight streaks, of which the 

 lower is longer than the upper and reaches nearly to the lower of 

 the two metallic spots. Eap. al. 8-9 mm. Hind tvings pale 

 brownish grey ; cilia the same. Abdomen brownish ochreous. 

 Legs whitish clouded with brown. 



Type, 6 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indies— St. Ceoix, 3 V.-24 VI. (Gudmann, Hede- 

 mann, Pont oppidan) ; St. Thomas, 8 III .-5 IV. (Gudmann). Five 

 specimens. 



This species is very nearly allied to attenuatella, Wkr., but 

 differs in the more oblique inner margin of the yellow transverse 

 fascia, in the nearer approach to it of the lower streak on the 

 basal patch, and in the broken metallic band which separates this 

 from the fascia, which appears to encroach more considerably upon 

 the dark apical portion of the wing. 



125. COSMOPTERYX SANCTI-VINCENTI, Wlsm. 



Cosmopteryx sancti-vincenti, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 536-7, 

 548 (1892) \ 



Hab. West Indies — St. Vincent 1 ; Grenada (Chantilly Estate, 

 350 ft,, windward side, 13 IV.— H. H. Smith). 



126. Cosmopteryx abnormalis, sp. n. 



Antenna*, blackish, speckled with white and biaunulated with 

 white before the apex, a silvery spot on the basal joint. Palpi 

 whitish, shaded above with fuscous. Head dark slaty grey. 



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