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brownish grev. Fore wings hoary whitish, suffused and speckled 

 with brownish grey, some dots of the same around the base of the 

 long whitish cilia. Exp. al. 12 mm. Hind wings pale brassy- 

 yellow ; cilia whitish, with an aeneous tinge along their base. 

 Abdomen yellowish grey. Legs whitish. 



Type, $ Mus. "Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 16 IV. (Hedemann). Unique. 



255. Tinea sctthropiella, sp. n. 



Antennae bone-white. Palpi, second joint recurved, somewhat 

 roughened beneath, apical joint short, projected ; white. Head and 

 thorax white. Fore wings rather shining, white, sparsely sprinkled 

 with greyish brown ; a slender curved greyish-brown line, leaving 

 the costa near the base, reaches obliquely outwards to the fold ; 

 a second, from before the middle of the costa, angulated outwards 

 on the cell, descends obliquely to the middle of the dorsum ; a 

 small ill-defined blotch of the same colour rests at the end of the 

 cell, with a spot below it about the tornus, followed by others less 

 conspicuous towards the apex ; cilia whitish. Exp. al. 14 mm. 

 Hind wings yellowish grey ; cilia becoming whitish on their outer 

 half. Abdomen greyish. Legs whitish. 



Type, 6 Mus. Wlsin. 



Hab. West Indies— St. Thomas, 8-11 III. (Gudmann). Two 

 specimens. 



256. Tinea cretella, sp. n. 



Antennae slender, simple (|) ; greyish ochreous. Palpi small, 

 slender, drooping, slightly recurved, obtuse, naked : dark fuscous. 

 Head rough ; white, face fuscous. Thorax smooth, white ; tegulaa 

 white. Fore wings chalky white, with a series of chestnut- brown 

 costal spots and streaks ; the first commencing at the base and 

 extending lo one-third the length of the wing; after this two 

 smaller length-spots lie on each side of the middle and are followed 

 by a larger, rather triangular, spot of the same colour at the com- 

 mencement of the costal cilia, beneath this is a minute black dot 

 at the end of the cell; cilia white, with a series of black specks 

 near the base following the termen ; tornal cilia greyish. Exp. al. 

 11 mm. Hind wings grey, with a lustrous brassy tinge ; cilia grey, 

 with a slight rosy tinge. Abdomen greyish. Legs pale cinereous ; 

 hind tibiae loosely clothed above. 



Type, S Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — Hatti (Port-au-Prince, 24 V. — Gudmann). 

 Two specimens. 



257. Tinea umbraticostella, sp. n. 



Antennae smoky brownish, the basal joint fringed with white 

 beneath. Palpi short, drooping ; white. Head very rough ; white. 

 Thorax white, with a median brown streak. Fore tvings lanceolate ; 

 white, the costa smoky-brown throughout, broader beyond than 

 before the middle ; a pale chestnut-brown shade along the fold and 

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