On Heterocera from the Lesser Antilles. 329 
Fig. 6. Stacheia amplexa (Vine). X 9. 
Fig. 7. Ditto. Test broken open, showing the impressions of crystals 
once included in the shell-structure. X 7. 
Fig. 8. Stacheia dispansa, sp. n.. A nearly perfect example, showing 
the sinuous outline of the platy test. x 5. 
Fig. 9. Stacheva cuspidata, sp. n. 4, superior aspect ; b, inferior aspect. 
x 10. 
Fig. 10. Ditto. An example with an elongate aperture on the upper 
surface. xX 7. 
Fig. 11. Bulimina pyrula, VOrbigny. _X 38. 
Fig. 12. Nodosarva radicula (L.), A longitudinal section in the “ Wed- 
more Stone.” xX 20. 
Fig. 13. Marginulina glabra (?), V@Orbigny. A longitudinal section in 
the “ Wedmore Stone.” xX 10. 
Fig. 14. Truncatulina stelhgera, sp. 0. a, superior aspect; 0, inferior 
aspect. X 39. 
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XLV.—On the Geometride, Pyralide, and allied Families 
of Heterocera of the Lesser Antilles. By G. ¥. Hampson, 
B.A., F.E.S. 
THE following paperon the Uraniide, Geometride, Thyridide, 
Pyralide, and Sesiide collected by Mr. H. H. Smith in the 
islands of Grenada, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines for the 
West-India Exploration Committee of the Royal Society 
and British Association is a continuation of the series of papers 
already published on the Coleoptera, parasitic Hymenoptera, 
Formicide, Odonata, and other groups. 
The Geometride are represented by very few species in the 
Lesser Antilles compared with the large numbers that exist in 
other parts of the Neotropical Region both north and south 
of the isthmus; and almost all the species are identical with 
those found on the mainland, 
The Pyralide are represented by a much greater diversity 
of species ; but these, as in other parts of the world, are very 
wide-ranging, most of the species being also found in Brazil 
and Venezuela, some being identical with forms found in the 
United States, whilst others range down to Chili, others 
again being spread throughout nearly the whole tropical 
zone; whilst, even of the species described as new, several 
are represented in the British Museum or other collections by 
specimens from continental localities. 
Uraniide. 
Psamathia obliteraria, Wik. xxii. 845. 
St. Vincent, windward side. 
