1897.] west-indian micro-lepidopteba. 143 



Legs : hind tibiae clothed with somewhat long whitish hairs; tarsi 

 white, basal joint distinctly marked with fuscous. 



Type, d 1 Mus. Gudmann. 



Hah. "West Indies — St. Thomas, 12-16 III. (Gudmann, Hede- 

 maan). Three specimens. 



85. Coptodisca, Wlsm. 



^Aspidisca, Clem. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 11-12, 209 

 (1860); Stn. Tin. N. Am. 104-5 (fig.), 143 (1872). 

 Coptodisca, Wlsm. Ent. Mo. Mag. XXXI. 41 (1895). 



216. Coptodisca rhizophorje, sp. n. 



Antennae and palpi silvery. Bead : face silvery, the head above 

 with a golden sheen. Fore wings golden yellow, with a pair 

 of silvery-whitish costal and dorsal streaks beyond the middle (the 

 dorsal somewhat preceding the costal), both dark-margined before 

 and behind ; a very oblique silvery costal streak, also dark- 

 margined, occurs at one-third from the base, and before the apex 

 is a small silvery costal spot, also dark-margined, its outer marginal 

 streak extending downward through the terminal cilia beyond a 

 rounded velvety-black subterminal dot ; cilia silvery whitish, with 

 a curved line along their base from the tornus to the subterminal 

 dot; the dorsum slightly silvery. Exp.al. 3-5-4 mm. Hind wings 

 and cilia pale greyish. Abdomen greyish. Legs silvery. 



Co-types, (1-2)' Mus. Wlsm. 



Hob. West Indies — St. Thomas, 15 III.-30IV'. (Gudmann, 

 Hedemann), Pour specimens. 



" The young larva mines iu leaves of Rhizophora mangle ; later 

 on it cuts a case out of the leaves" (Hedemann). Bred by Baron 

 von Hedemann and Mr. Gudmann. Mr. Gudmann found a leaf 

 containing twenty-four mines. 



Nearly allied to splendoriferella, Clem. 



86. Cycloplasis, Clem. 



[Clem. Pr. Ent. Soc. Phil. II. 423-4 (1864); Stn. Tin. N. Am. 

 246-8 (1872).] 



217. Cycloplasis basiplagata, sp. n. 



Antenna? shining greyish. Palpi and head silvery. 'Thorax 

 pale fawn ; shining pale creamy-metallic beneath. Fore wings and 

 costal cilia shining pale fawn, a short basal patch darker fawn- 

 grey ; dorsal cilia greyish. Exp. al. 4 mm. Hind wings and cilia 

 tawny greyish. Abdomen tawny grey : underside shining pale 

 creamy metallic. Legs pale fawn ; the spines on the tibia; and 

 tarsi very distinct. 



Type, 6 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies— St. Thomas, 10III.-10IV. (Gudmann, 

 Hedemann). Two specimens. 



Larva in a case similar to that of a Coleophora (Hedemann) ; on 



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