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mouse-grey at the tornus. Underside unspotted, the pale costa 

 showing oil the outer half. Exp. al. 26 mm. Hind tvings leaden 

 grey ; cilia paler. Abdomen dark leaden grey. Legs dark leaden 

 grey, inclining to fuscous. 



Type, $ Mus. Wlsni. 



Hob. West Indies — Jamaica (Coll. Ragonot). 



This is not a true Trichostibas ; it differs from the type in 

 having veins 4 and 5 of the hind wings connate and vein 2 

 recurved out of 3 instead of recurved out of the cell, hut in the 

 absence of the d I am unwilling to describe it as the type of a 

 new genus. 



49. Paratiquadra, g. n. 



(irapa : Tiquadra, nom. gen.) 



Type, Paratiquadra forficulella, Wlstn. 



Antennae (§) : 6 serrate beneath, uuiciliate ; rather stout. 



Labial palpi rather short, projecting; apical joint much shorter 

 than the second. 



Maxillary palpi (broken ?). 



Haustelltun rather short. 



Head smooth, slightly roughened posteriorly. 



Thorax smooth. 



Fore wings : costa arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 

 rounded. Neuration-. 12 veins all separate, 7 to apex, 2 from near 

 angle of cell, with an internal vein from between 6 and 7 to 

 between 10 and 11. 



Hind wings elongate ovate, evenly rounded from apex ; trans- 

 parent, iridescent ; cilia short. Neuration : 8 veins all separate, 

 2 from end of basal third of cell, 3 remote, 3 and 4 widely sepa- 

 rated, 4, 5, 6, and 7 almost parallel, but 5 is slightly curved 

 downwards ; an internal vein from between 5 and 6 to base. 



Abdomen flat, hairy; anal claspers long and curved inwards 

 and upwards, somewhat resembling the analogous organs in the 

 Forjiculidce. 



Legs smooth. 



150. Paratiquadra forficulella, sp. n. 



Antenna; dark brownish fuscous. Palpi whitish grey. Head 

 whitish grey, face paler. Thorax pale fawn brownish. Fore 

 wings pale fawn brownish, a pale whitish-cinereous space along 

 the cell blending with the darker ground-colour towards the tornus, 

 and a similar pale space along the costa nearly to the apex ; cilia 

 very pale fawn-brown. Underside pale fawn-brownish, with a large 

 subovate blackish patch extending along the outer half of the cell 

 at its upper edge nearly to the costa, and including the basal two- 

 thirds of veins 8 and 9 as well as the greater portion of vein 10 

 and the outer part of vein 11. Expl. al. 24 mm. Hind wings 

 transparent, iridescent, bluish grey, margined with a pale shade of 

 fawn-brown ; cilia pale fawn-brown. Abdomen clothed with pale 

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