1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 139 



differs in the much shorter palpi, in vein 7 of the fore wings 

 attaining the costa before- the apex, and in the absence of raised 

 scales. It is possible that specimens in better condition might 

 exhibit a slight thoracic tuft. 



205. Thyraylia bttnte\na, Ebs. 



Conchylis bunteana, Rbs. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. II. 288, PI. VIII. 

 86 (1869) 1 ; Z. Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXV. 245-6 (1875) 2 ; 

 Fern. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 26. No. 144 (1882) 3 ; Wlsm. Pr. Z. 

 Soc. Lond. 1891, 501, 543 (1892 )\ 



Hab. United States 1_4 . West Indies — St. Vincent 4 . 



206. Thyraylia lepidana, Clem. 



Argyrolepia' 7 . lepidana, Clem. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 355 

 (I860) 1 . Conchylis lepidana, Rbs. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. II. 287, 

 PI. VIII. 84 (1869) 2 ; Fern. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 25. No. 142 

 (1882) 3 . 



Hab. United States 1 " 3 . West Indies — Jamaica (Kingston, 

 17 VII. — CocJcerell) ; St. Croix, 6-18 V. (Gudmann, Hedemann, 

 Pontopp idan) . 



207. Thyraylia lacteipalpis, Wlsm. 



Conchylis lacteipalpis, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 500, 543 

 (1892) >. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Vincent l . 



ix. tineim:. 



I. OPOSTEGIXJE. 



81. Opostega, Z. 



208. Opostega abrupta, sp. n. 



(Head missing.) Thorax shining white. Fore wings shining 

 white, with pale bluish reflections ; before the apex a pale fawn- 

 brown costal streaklet, tending obliquely outwards, is dark-margined 

 on both sides, this runs nearly parallel with the upper half of a 

 slender dark line in the apical cilia which is continued around the 

 termen, with a slight inclusion opposite the apex of the wing, below 

 which is a small reduplicated black dot ; the cilia beyond the dark 

 line which runs through them are fawn-brown, their basal half 

 white along the termen and gradually shading to faun-brown on 

 the dorsum. On the underside the brown outer ends of the apical 

 cilia are plainly visible. Kep. al. 5-5 mm. Hind wings and cilia 

 shining pale fawn-brown. Abdomen shining fawn-brown. Hind 

 legs pale fawn-brownish, the bristles strongly developed. 



Type, 3 Mus. Hedemann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 19 III. (Hedemann). Unique. 



Although the head is missing, it is easy to decide that this is an 

 undescribed species of the genus to which I refer it. 



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