1891.] MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA OF THE WEST INDIKS. 495 



Arizona cannot be separated from T. centetes ; but from tbeir slightly 

 paler colouring may perhaps be regarded as forming a connecting 

 link between the Northern and Southern forms. 



Platyptilia, Hb. 

 Platyptilia pusillidactyla, Wkr. 

 Oci/ptilus pusillidactglus, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M. xxx. p. 933 



(I8G4). 



N. syn. = Platuptilia tecnidion, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiii. 

 pp. 468-9, pi. vi.* fig. 162 | 1877). 



Imago. February (Z.). 



West Indies — Jamaica {Wkr.), St. Thomas (Z.). 



Platyptilia, sp., Snell. 



Platyptilia, sp., Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxx. p. (io* (1S87). 



West Indies — Curacao (Snell.). 



Stenoptilia, lib. 



Stenoptilia? pumilio, Z. 



Mimeseoptilus pumilio, Z. Ver. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxiii. p. 324 

 (1873). 



United States.— Texas (Z.). 



West Indies — St. Vincent (windward side, 2 specimens, Smith). 



The slender erect palpi as well as the neuration appear to separate 

 this species from Mimeseoptilus, Wlgrn. ( = Stenoptilia, Hb.), the 

 genus in which it was placed by Zeller. The same form occurs in 

 other species from South America ; but I prefer to study more 

 material before coming to a decision upon its generic value. 



Alucita, L. 

 Alucita thom*, Z. 



Leioptilus thomce, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiii. pp. 480-1, pi. vi 

 fig. 170 (1877). 



Imago. December (Z.). 



West Indies — St. Thomas (Z.). 



Alucita basalis, Mschl. 



Oedematophorus basalis, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. xv. pp. 345-6, 

 354 (1890). 



West Indies — Portorico (Mschl.) . 



Alucita paleaceus, Z. 



Leioptilus paleaceus, Z. Ver. z.-b. Wien, xxiii. pp. 326-7 

 (1873). 



Pterophorus paleaceus, Mschl. Ab. Senck Nat. Ge^ xv. pp. 346, 

 354 (1890). 



United States.— Ohio (Z.\ Texas (Z.). 



West Indies — Portorico (Mschl.). 

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