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91. Spanioptila, g. n. 

 (ir;raVos==sIen(ler ; nriXov =w'mg.) 



Type, Spanioptila spinosum, Wlsm. ■/ 



Antennae longer than the fore wings, simple ; basal joint with a 

 pecten. 



Labial palpi long, slender, drooping, curved, divergent, naked : 

 terminal joint shorter than second. 



Maxillary palpi moderate, filiform, drooping. 



Haustellum moderate. 



Head and face smooth. 



Thorax smooth. 



Fore wings narrow, elongate, lanceolate, dorsum ciliate almost 

 to base. Neuration: 8 veins ; 11 absent, 10 absent, 7 to apex, 

 3 absent. 



Hind wings linear, acute, cilia 5. Neuration : 6 veins ; cell 

 open, 3 and 4 coincident, 5 and G coincident. 



Abdomen long aud slender. 



Legs : front tibiae slightly thickened with scales at their end ; 

 middle and hind tibia? and tarsi clothed with spiny hairs, tending 

 to arrange themselves in tufts. 



Allied to Gracilaria, but distinguishable by the narrower wings 

 and consequently more degraded neuration, by the pecten on the 

 basal joint of the antennae, and by the bristly middle and hind legs. 



228. Spanioptila spinosum, sp. n. 



Antennce white, the basal joint with a pecten beneath. Polpi 

 white. Head snow-white. Thorax white, with a yellowish tinge. 

 Fore wings white, with a yellowish tinge and some dark brownish 

 transverse speckling which becomes agglomerated in two elongate 

 dorsal marks, one before and one beyond the middle, also in a 

 faint costal spot above each of them ; a slender ochreous shade 

 runs from the end of the cell to the apex where a smoky line 

 crosses the cilia, giving a falcate appearance not due to the form 

 of the wing which is acute ; the cilia, which extend along the 

 dorsum nearly to the base, are tawny greyish. Exp. al. 10 mm. 

 Hind icings pale grey, with tawny-grey cilia. Abdomen shining 

 whitish. L,egs white ; bristly above on the hind tibiae and tarsi, 

 the latter tlecked with umber-brown at the feet and spurs. 



Type, 6 $ Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indies — St. Thomas, 22 III.-12 IV. (Gudmann, 

 Hedemann). Five specimens. 



92. Eucosmophora, g. n. 

 (ev = beautiful : Kua^ios = an ornament ; fopeh' = to carry.) 



Type, E'tcosmopJiora dives, Wlsm. 

 Antenaee more than lj, simple: basal joint without a pecten. 

 Labial palpn strongly recurved laterally, smooth ; apical joint 

 longer than second. 

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