522 LORD WA1.SINGHAM ON THK [Nov. 1 7, 



Legs very pale cinereous ; hind tibiae very pale cinereous, shaded 

 with brownish fuscous externally ; posterior tarsal joints fuscous, 

 dotted with white ; spurs pale cinereous ; the middle pair of legs 

 are blackish, with slender white oblique lines on their outer sides. 



Exp. al. 10 millitn. 



Hub. West Indies — St. Vincent (Mav, 1 specimen, Smith). 



Type, 6. 



DlDACTYLOTA, UOIU. U. 



(o/s= twice ; ZaKTyXuTos — fingered.) 

 = § Dactylota, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xix. pp. 23-7 (1876). 



Type, J $ Dactylota kinkerella, Snell. 



The name Dactylota, given by Snellen to this genus, being pre- 

 occupied by Erandt in the Echinodermata (1835), I have thought 

 it desirable to change it to Didactylotu, a name which if read in a 

 certain sense is sufficient to indicate its origin, but which equally 

 applies to the structure of the genus. 



DlDACTYLOTA BICOLOR, Sp. U. 



Antennae pale fawn. 



Palpi very pale fawn. 



Head and thorax rich fawn-brown. 



Fore wings rich fawn-brown to very near the middle, beyond 

 fuscous speckled with pale cinereous ; the margin of the two colours 

 is straight and distinct across the wing, but with no dividing-line; 

 cilia pale cinereous, with a line of fuscous scales along their middle. 



Hind wings pale greyish fuscous ; cilia long, purplish grey. 



Abdomen fuscous, pale cinereous beneath ; the protruding anal 

 claspers white. 



Legs pale cinereous, with long greyish hairs on the hind tibiae 

 above, projecting over the spurs ; hind tarsal joints barred with 

 fuscous. 



Exp. al. 7y millim. 



Hab. AVest Indies — St. Vincent (windward side, 1 specimen, 

 Smith). 



Type, 6. 



This is the third species of the genus now known. The bind 

 wings distinctly divided to one fourth into two separate lobes, seems 

 to justify its position. In a single specimen I am unable to examine 

 critically the neuration, but it appears to be in all respects similar to 

 kinkerella ; the wings, however, owing to their A r ery long and closely 

 packed cilia, have a squarer appearance, which makes them look 

 wider in proportion to their length ; this, however, is rot the case 

 when the shape of the wing itself is examined. In this and the 

 American species {snellenella, Wlsm.) the second lobe of the hind 

 wings is somewhat more decidedly developed than in the European 

 type. 



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