1891.] MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA OF THE WEST INDIES. ")l)7 



along the veins and margin, especially towards the abdominal 

 margin : cilia cinereous, with a pale line along their base. 



Abdomen brownish cinereous. 

 ' Legs pale cinereous ; hind tarsal joints faintly speckled. 



Exp. al. 13-14 millim. 



Sab. West Indies — St. Vincent (windward side, 3 specimens, 

 Smith) ; Dominica (one specimen given me bv Mr. II. Druce). 



Type, S 2 • 



This species agrees in structure with ejectana, Wkr., an Australian 

 species. I may remark that veins 6 and 7 of the hind wings, 

 although perhaps not actually from a common stem, have so much 

 the appearance of being so that a mistake might easily arise. They 

 are almost anastomosed along their basal half, having the appearance 

 of a double vein grooved along its under surface rather than of two 

 separate veins. 1 find the same structure prevailing in the Austra- 

 lian species. 



Heligmocera, gen. n. 

 (eXty/zo's = a sinuosity ; Kepas=& horn.) 



Type, $ Heligmocera calvifrons, sp. nov. (Plate XLI. fig. 5, a-d.) 



Antennce ( 3 ) stout, strongly pubescent beneath ; basal joint 

 thickened, beyond which is a strong sinuosity on the upper side, 

 extending over several joints. 



Palpi not thickly clothed, with the basal joint unusually long, 

 slightly upturned ; second joint long, projecting forward ; apical 

 joint fully half the length of the second, slightly depressed. 



Haustellum very short. 



Head clothed above ; face flattened, almost excavate between the 

 eyes, and sloping back to the base of the antennae. 



Thorax not tufted. 



Fore wings elongate, costa slightly arched, $ with a strong costal 

 fold containing a thick mat of hairs ; apical margin oblique, slightly 

 concave, apex slightly produced, anal angle rounded. Neuration : 

 12 veins ; 3 and 4 closely approximate throughout, curved upwards 

 nearly to middle of apical margin ; 5 straight, arising very near 4, 

 about the lower angle of cell and ending on the middle of the apical 

 margin in close proximity to 4 ; 6 bent down towards 5 on margin ; 

 7 and 8 from a common stem, 7 bent down towards 6, 8 to costal 

 margin above apex ; 9 arising from upper angle of cell close to 

 origin of 7 + 8. 



Bind wings broader than the fore wings,, with a broadly lanceolate 

 apex, abdominal angle strongly developed and heavily fringed, espe- 

 cially at the base. Neuration : 8 veins ; 3 and 4 from a long common 

 stem; 5 bent over to origin of 3 + 4 ; 6 and 7 from a common 

 stem. 



Legs : hind tibiae densely clothed with projecting scales above the 

 spurs. 



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