1897.] west-Indian micro-lepidopteba. 163 



In paler specimens the whitish-ochreous mottling is increased, 

 forming a series of spots along the costa and dorsum. Very near 

 Tinea plumella, Wlstn., but apparently distinct ; the colour of the 

 fore wings is more suffused. 



264. Tinea pumiltella, sp. n. 



Antennae cinereous. Palpi very small, drooping, cylindrical ; 

 dirty whitish. Head and face rough ; whitish cinereous above, face 

 inclining to ochreous. Thorax whitish cinereous. Fore wings 

 whitish cinereous, blotched with ferruginous, especially on the 

 outer portion and on the inner margin of a slender, almost straight, 

 transverse black fascia slightly before the middle ; a blackish streak 

 along the base of the costa and a blackish costal spot at two-thirds 

 from the base ; on the outer edge of the central fascia is a pale 

 band, almost white, but ill-defined externally ; the pale cilia are 

 minutely speckled with black scales. Exp. al. 6 mm. Hind wings 

 yellowish grey ; cilia pale grey. Abdomen bronzy grey. Legs 

 whitish. 



Type, 3 Mus. AVlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Croix, 8 Y. (Hedemann) ; St. Thomas, 

 12-30 III. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Three specimens. 



265. Tinea cumulatella, Z. 



Tinea cumulatella, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Boss. XIII. 211-2 (1877) l . 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 11 III.-14 IV. (Gudmann, 

 Hedemann). Colombia, Fusagasuga, 16 IV. 1 



There is one male and three females in the collection, which can 

 be distinguished from cumulatella, Z., only by their paler hind 

 wings. The type is unique, and I should not venture to separate 

 them specifically on this ground alone, as I find in the present 

 series some variation in this respect. 



266. Tinea nigrovitxa, sp. n. 



Antenna' pale brownish. Palpi drooping, slender, second joint 

 sparsely clothed ; whitish cinereous. Head pale brownish. Thorax 

 greyish brown. Fore ivings greyish brown, indistinctly speckled 

 and smudged with a darker shade of the same colour ; cilia slightly 

 paler, with a dark shade running through them near the base. 

 Exp. cd. 10 mm. Hind wings brownish grey, with a conspicuous 

 patch of deep black scales below the costa near the base on the 

 upper side ; some short erect bristling hairs on the costal margin ; 

 cilia slightly paler than the wings. Abdomen pale brownish. Legs 

 pale cinereous. 



Type, 6 Mus. Gudmann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 8 IV. (Gudmann). Unique. 



This species is separable from Tinea cumulatella, Z., only by the 

 distinct black patch on the upper surface near the base of the 

 hind wings in the male and in its yellower and paler him! wings ; 

 in all other respects it almost absolutely resembles it. 



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