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base along the first half of the fold, from beyond the middle of the 

 costa to the lower angle of the cell, and in a subapical oblique 

 costal streak; a dark fuscous streaklet immediately before the 

 extreme apex is preceded by a narrow whitish costal patch ; the 

 termeu deeply incised below and opposite to it, causing the apex 

 of the wing to turn up sometimes almost at right angles to its 

 surface : cilia creamy whitish, with a slender reduplicated umber- 

 brown line close to their tips. Exp. al. 9 mm. Hind wings, 6 

 with a hyaline patch at the base ; pale golden yellowish, some- 

 times witb a cupreous tinge ; cilia whitish with a slight golden or 

 cupreous tinge, a slender reduplicated curved line of umber-brown 

 running through them around the extreme apex. Abdomen whitish 

 ochreous. Leqs creamy-white. 



Type, 6 $ Mus. Wlsin. 



Hah. West Indies — Jamaica (Kingston, 26 VII. — Cockerel!) ; 

 St. Croix, 22-28 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann); St. Thomas, 7 III. 

 -22 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann); Grenada (Balthazar, 250 ft., 

 windward side, 30 IV. — H. H. Smith). Nine specimens. 



[Colombia? (Nolcken). Twelve specimens.] 



" In repose the moth holds the end of the fore wings curved 

 upwards'' (Hedemann). 



This species varies in the intensity of its colouring, the post- 

 median oblique streak or shade being sometimes continued back- 

 ward at a right angle to the dorsum, while in other specimens the 

 markings are almost obliterated. I have a series in the Zeller 

 Collection named " Nolclcenia minuscula. Mus. Z." received from 

 Baron von Nolcken, but unfortunately they are only labelled "JV." 

 It is possible they may have been taken in St. Thomas or Jamaica, 

 as the Barou visited these islands in December 1870 ; but he 

 appears to have found Micros scarce in the West Indies, and the 

 specimens were more probably captured in Colombia. 



Very closely allied to Ereunetis iuloptera, Meyr., an Australian 

 species which also possesses the hyaline patch in the hind wings — 

 it appears to be distinct, but my specimens of iuloptera are in poor 

 condition. 



247. Ereunetis maculicornis, sp. n. 



Antennce : basal joint with a brush of hair- like scales above and 

 beneath, somewhat serrate on the outer half in the d ; white with 

 three brownish spots, the first at one-third, the second at two- 

 thirds, the third at the apex. Palpi slender, second joint scarcely 

 clothed beneath ; white. Head and thorax white. Fore wings 

 shining white, with a pale fawn-ochreous shade from the base 

 along the fold, some similar shading on the outer half of the wing 

 tending to fawn, and two slightly oblique fascia? ; cilia pale fawn- 

 ochreous. Exp. al. 6 mm. Hind wings shining yellowish grey ; 

 cilia pale grey. Abdomen and legs very pale ochreous. 



Type, <$ Mus. Hedemann. 



Hob. West Indies — St. Thomas, 7 IJI.-12 IV. (Hedemann). 

 Three specimens. 

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