180 Sir rj. F. Ilanip-on ou the 



Perophovidae. 



Perophora ('(/euaria, Wlk. xxxv. 1575 (1800). 



Abaco {P. A. Meers) ; Nassau {Sir G. Curler) ; Andros 

 [Bunhott'). 



Cossidae. 



Diiomitus benestriata, sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax wliitc, tinged ^vith brown, tlic tliorax 

 witli large, blackish, dorsal patch; palpi and sides of frons 

 blackish. Fore wing whitish, rather sparsely marked with 

 coarse brown striae, those on costal area before middle black ; 

 a small, black, discoidal lunule. Hind Aving white, with 

 series of small fuscons spots on the cilia. 



Hab. Abaco {P. A. Meers), 1 ^ type. Exp. 40 mm. 



Psychidae. 



(ECETICIN^. 



Thyridopteryx ephcEineriformis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 72 (1803). 

 Nassau (^Sir G. Carter, Bonhote). 



PSTCHINJE. 



Thanatopsyche apicalis, sp. n. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; patagia with large 

 white patches : wings hyaline, irrorated with black hairs, 

 the veins and margins black ; fore wing with the terminal 

 half of costal area suffused with black; hind wing with the 

 inner area black. 



Hab. Abaco {P. A. Meers), 3 S type. Exp. 24 mm. 



ZygaenidaB. 



Ztgmninm. 



Nesaca albimacula, sp. n. 



J . Black, with a bluish tinge ; palpi and frons white ; 

 shoulders and metathorax with white spots ; base of hind 

 tibiae streaked with white ; abdomen with lateral white 

 streaks at base, followed by a series of white points, and a 

 yellowish spot on terminal segment. Fore wing with fine 

 white streak below the cell and bar-shaped, white, discoidal 

 spot. 



Hab. Nassau {Sir G. Carte?'), 1 J type. Exp. 20 mm. 



