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29. Aristotelia tbossitlella, sp. n. 



Anten)ice brownish fuscDUS, annulatecl vA"ith white beyond their 

 basal fourth. PaZ^ji long, slender, smooth, apical joint somewhat 

 longer than the second ; subochreous, the second joint transversely 

 banded with three brownish bars, the apical joint with slender 

 brownish longitudinal lines. Head and thorax olive-brown. Fore 

 wim/s bright olive-brown; from the extreme base an oblique 

 leaden-grey line extends downwards to the dorsum at one-fifth ; 

 beyond it an oblique black line leaving the costa at one-fifth 

 reaches nearly to the dorsum, accompanied throughout on its 

 outer edge bj a pinkish-ochreous line followed by steel-grey scales ; 

 a patch of steel-grey scales a little before the middle of the costa 

 scarcely" reaches beyond the upper margin of the cell, and is 

 followed beyond the middle by a small pinkish-ochreous costal dot 

 coiuiected by some steel-gi'<^y scales with an inwardly oblique 

 pinkish-ochreous line reverting towards the middle of the dorsum, 

 l3lack-margined on its inner edge and with steel-grey scales 

 externally; some spots of steel-grey scales lie a little above the 

 tornus, others being scattered around the termen and the inner 

 extremities of a series of pinkish ochreous spots which, to the 

 number of about seven, follow the margin of the win^r at the base 

 of the costal and terminal cilia and are separated by some dark 

 fuscous scales ; cilia subochreous along their base, outwardly with 

 two slender grey lines running through them except at the tornus 

 where they are uniformly greyish. Ex2). al. 10 mm. Hin<(, luings 

 grey ; cilia paler. Abdomen brownisli grey. Lrr/s whitish ochreous, 

 obliquely banded with greyish fuscous externally. 



Type, d Mus. Gudmann. 



Ifah. West Indies —Jailvica (Kingston, 19 VII., Cockerell); 

 San Domingo (Monte Christi, 19 V., Gudmann). Two specimens. 



30. Akistotelia pulioella, sp. n. 



Antennce stoutish, | ; greyish, with some darker bands towards 

 the apex. Palpi : second joint longer than the apical ; whitish, 

 the second joint "wdth two black spots beneath, apical joint with 

 two black rings, one at the base the other before the apex. Head 

 and thorax whitish grey. Fore luinr/s whitish grey, shaded with 

 greyish fuscous, especially along the costal third ; this is interrupted 

 on the costa by a pale median space and some pale speckling before 

 the apex ; some minute blackish dots are scattered along the line 

 of the fold, with one on the disc before the middle and a few black 

 scales beneath the apex at the base of the yellowish-grey cilia. 

 Exp. al. 7 mm. Hind wings brownish grey ; cilia yellowish grey. 

 Abdomen yellowish grey. Legs whitish ochreous, the tibiae broadly 

 banded externally and the tarsi minutely spotted posteriorly with 

 fuscous. 



Type, 6 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hub. West Indies — St. Thomas, 7-8 III. {Gadmann, Hedcmann). 

 Three specimens. 



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