1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICKO-LEPIDOPTBRA. 109 



132. HELIODINES MAKG1NATA, Wlsm. 



Heliodines marginata, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 535, 547 

 (1892) 1 . 



Hub. West Indies — St. Vincent K 



133. Heliodines schulzella, F. 



Tinea schulzella, F. Ent. Syst. HI. (2) 321-2. No. 152 (1794) ' : 

 Suppl. Ent. Syst. 498. No. 92" (1798) 2 . Phalama ( Tinea) schulzella, 

 Turton, Syst." Nat. III. 376 (1806) 3 . 



" schulzella. 125. T. alis auratis : lineis duabus oppositis 

 marginalibus punctorum argenteorum, costa atra. 



" Corpus parvuin. Antenna? atra). Caput et thorax atra, nitida, 

 pectoris marginalibus aureis. Abdomen aureum. Ala? aurea?, 

 nitida?, lineis duabus oppositis e punctis argenteis, altera costa? 

 nigra? adjacente, altera margini tenuiori. Postica? nigra?. 



"Habitat in America? meridionalis Ins., Dr. Pflug" 1 . =West 

 Indies 1,3 (probably St. Croix or St. Thomas, Wlsm.). 



There appears to be little doubt that the above description was 

 taken from a species of Heliodines which differs from any known 

 to me. It appears to be intermediate between marginata and 

 quinquegnttata, agreeing with the former in having a black costa, 

 but differing from it in the possession of metallic spots ; quinque- 

 guttata agrees in having the metallic spots, but the costa is not black. 



134. Heliodines quinqtteguttata, sp. n. 



Antennce simple ; shining bronzy grey. Palpi short, slender, 

 drooping; shining pale ameous. Head smooth ; shining bronzy. 

 Thorax bronzy grey, golden orange beneath. Fore wings to beyond 

 the middle golden orange, with the extreme base and 5 spots (3 

 subcostal and 2 intermediate dorsal, the dorsal spots alternating 

 with the costal) all shining bronzy metallic, slenderly outlined with 

 black scales in some lights ; rather more than the apical third of 

 the wing is shining bronzy metallic, extending farther along the 

 dorsum tban along tbe costa, its inner edge being indented on the 

 cell ; cilia bronzy grey. Exp. al. 8-5 mm. Hind wings shining 

 bronzy ; cilia bronzy grey. Abdomen shining bronzy brownish, 

 with a bright metallic whitish patch along the first three segments 

 beneath; anal tuft whitish. Legs bronzy brownish, with paler 

 shining bands and spurs. 



Type, 6 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hub. West Indies — Jamaica (Kingston, 10 XII. — T. D. A. 

 Coclcerell) ; St. Thomas, 11 IIL-12 IV. (Gvdmann, Hedemann). 

 Eive specimens. 



Bred by Mr. Cockerell in Jamaica " from galls on Portulaca sp. ; 

 these galls produced also a Gecidomya, which was probably the 

 gall-maker." Mr. Gudmann also bred this species in St. Thomas. 



" Raupe hellgriin, mit hellbraunem Kopf ; L6-fiissig. Yom Kopf 

 bis zum After allmiihlig an Breite zuuehmend ; auf dem Riicken 

 finden sich zwei und auf jeder Seite eine Laugsreihe sehr feinen 



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