1S ( J7.] WEST-INDIAN HICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 159 



VIII. TINEINjE. 



99. Tinea, L. 



252. Tinea rrea t istrigata. 



Antennas dirty whitish. Palpi whitish, with a fuscous band 

 around the base of the apical joint ; second joint with sorae long 

 separate whitish hairs beneath. Head and thorax hoary greyish. 

 Fore wings hoary whitish, the costa faintly mottled with greyish 

 ochreous, the dorsal half of the wing shaded and speckled with 

 grey : four short dark brownish-fuscous streaks accompanied by a 

 few pale ochreous scales — the first very short, lying on the fold at 

 one-fourth from the base ; the second also short, on the cell a little 

 before the middle of the wing ; the third larger and more con- 

 spicuous, at the end of the fold, reaching the base of the dorsal 

 cilia ; the fourth more diffused, running from the end of the cell 

 to the middle of the term en ; a slight fuscous shade runs along 

 the base of the hoary-grev cilia. Exp. al. 9-12 mm. Hind wings 

 shining pale greyish; cilia the same. Abdomen cinereous. Legs 

 hoary whitish. 



Type, S Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indies — St. Croix, 5-6 V. {Gudmann, Hedemann); 

 St. Thomas, 2 III.-15 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Six specimens. 



253. Tinea rehuplicata, sp. n. 



Antennae bone- white. Palpi externally black nearly to the end 

 of the second joint ; apical joint short, also banded with black 

 externally. Head hoary. Thorax bone-white. Fore wings slightly 

 shining, bone-white, speckled with small groups of black and 

 purplish-fuscous scales ; a short greyish-fuscous streak along the 

 base of the costa is followed by an irregular series of marginal 

 spots of different sizes to the commencement of the costal cilia ; 

 along the fold, before and beyond its middle, are three minute 

 spots of black scales, similar spots extending in a series of three or 

 four along the outer half of the cell, the outer one being opposite 

 to the termen of the cell, others lying on the extreme margins 

 below and above, but a little beyond it. ; a line of greyish-fuscous 

 scales along the base of the bone-white cilia. Exp. al. 12-14 mm. 

 Hind wings shining greyish, with a slight aeneous tinge ; cilia corre- 

 sponding to this colour along their base, but shining whitish on 

 their outer half. Abdomen pale brassy-brown, with silvery trans- 

 verse lines. Leys bone-white, shaded with brownish grey. 



Type, J Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 17-31 III. (Gudmann). Two 

 specimens. 



254. Tinea diluticornis, sp. n. 



Antennae yellowish white. Palpi porrect, second joint slightly 

 hairy beneath, apical joint somewhat obtuse, not reaching beyond 

 the head ; white, with a fuscous streak on the outer side of the 

 second joint. Head hoary whitish. Thorax whitish, shaded with 



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