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267. Tinea eamiliaris, Z. 



Tinea familiaris, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eos8. XIII. 214-6 (1877) l . 



Hab. West Indies — Hayti (Port-au-Prince, 23 V., Guclmann); 

 St. Thomas, 13 III. (" in the house " — Guclmann). Colombia— 

 Fusagasuga l . 



Mr. Grudinann bred this species at St. Thomas. 



268. Tinea pallidorsella, Z. 

 Tinea pallidorsella, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. XIII. 212-4 (1877) \ 

 Hah. West Indies— St. Thomas, 15 III. {Guclmann). Colombia 

 — Ubaque, 23 III. 1 



269. Tinea prontestrigata, sp. n. 



Antennas (§) ; pale ochreous, distinctly annulate with dark fuscous. 

 Palpi short, drooping, second joint with a rough brush beneath, 

 apical joint as long as the second ; pale ochreous, externally blotched 

 with fuscous on each joint. Head whitish ochreous at the sides, 

 banded and shaded above with fuscous ; face ochreous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, obscurely speckled with ochreous. Fore ivings bright 

 ochreous, thickly sprinkled with dark purplish fuscous, which has 

 a tendency to coalesce in a small transverse subcostal patch near 

 the base, in a dorsal patch a little beyond the base, in a strong 

 shade occupying the outer half of the cell and reaching to the 

 costa, and on the apical portion of the wing, where it also sprinkles 

 the pale ochreous cilia over two-thirds their length. Exp. at. 7 mm. 

 Hind ivings narrower than the fore wings ; purplish grey, cilia the 

 same. Abdomen purplish grey, anal tuft ochreous. Legs dark 

 greyish, with pale ochreous tarsal spots and spurs. 



Type, c? Mus. Gudmann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Croix, 2 V. (Guclmann). Unique. 



270. Tinea auromaculata, sp. n. 



Antennce yellow, faintly annulated with tawny brown. Palpi 

 slender, drooping ; yellowish, externally tawny. Head and thorax 

 golden yellow. Fore -wings tawny brown with a purplish gloss, 

 marbled with golden j r ellow, of which there is a spot at the extreme 

 base, a larger spot at the middle of the fold reaching to the 

 dorsum, another spot at the outer end of the fold, a fourth on the 

 disc above and between the last two, and one at the end of the cell 

 reaching to the costa ; apex and apical cilia golden yellow, dorsal 

 cilia tawny grey. Exp. cd. 6*5 mm. Hind ivings and cilia bronzy 

 grey. Abdomen bronzy greyish. Legs slightly paler. 



Type, $ Mus. Hedemann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 20 III. (Hedemann). Unique. 



271. Tinea di visa, sp. n. 



Antennce of the male pubescent ; creamy-white, delicately annu- 



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