1891.] MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA OF THE WEST INDIES, 521 



extreme apex of the apical joint whitish ochreous, a few whitish- 

 ochreous scales interspersed at the sides. 



Head dark umber-browu, mixed with a few hoary scales. 



Thorax dark umber, sprinkled with hoary scales and fringed 

 with hoary scales posteriorly. 



Fore wings dark umber, irrorated with pale ochreous scales and 

 sprinkled with orange-yellow spots, some of which are faintly mar- 

 gined with raised blackish scales ; the arrangement of the spots is 

 somewhat as follows : — one at the base below the costal margin ; 

 two on the fold, each followed by black scales ; one on the middle 

 of the wing and one beyond it towards the end of the cell, brighter 

 and more conspicuous and followed by raised blackish scales ; at 

 one fourth from the apex, a large orange-yellow spot on the costal 

 and an opposite one on the dorsal margin, with one small spot at the 

 extreme apex ; cilia dark umber-grey on the dorsal margin. 



Hind wings brownish grey; cilia greyish. 



Abdomen dark umber ; anal tuft bright ochreous. 



Legs very pale greyish ochreous, barred and banded with 

 brownish fuscous. 



Exp. al. 12 millim. 



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

 Smithy. 



Type, $. 



tPcECiLiA, Hein. 

 CILIA EXTRANEA, Sp. n. 



Anfennee [broken], a black line along each side of the basal joint, 

 which is otherwise white. 



Palpi with long projecting divided scales beneath the second 

 joint, whitish on the inner side, streaked with brown and chestnut 

 on the outer side ; apical joint distinctly barred with black near the 

 base and towards the apex. 



Head and face white. 



Thorax cinereous, mottled with brownish fuscous at the sides 

 and posteriorly. 



Fore wings brownish fuscous at the base for one third their 

 length, cinereous speckled with brownish fuscous beyond, much 

 shaded with brownish fuscous on the apical fourth ; a slender white 

 line commencing at the base and following the costal margin is 

 bent downwards and forms a sinuous outer edge to the basal patch, 

 reaching the dorsal margin obliquely before the middle; another 

 slender white line commencing below the middle of the costa is 

 sinuated outwards and downwards to the anterior edge of the dark 

 apical fourth, where it meets a shorter, slender white Hue, which 

 reverts obliquely to the dorsal margin ; along the extreme apical 

 margin is a narrow whitish line enclosing a short series of black 

 dots ; cilia pale cinerous, with a reduplicated darker line runnino- 

 through them, cilia on the dorsal margin grey. 



Hind wings grey ; cilia grey. 



Abdomen greyish. 



