1897.] WEST-INDIAN m;iceo»-lepidopteeA. 103 



than the second ; white. Bead coppery fawn-brown, with a white 

 line on either side running back from the base of the antennae ; 

 face and tongue whitish ochreous. Thorax coppery fawn-brown. 

 Fore luings coppery fawn-brown, with a shining white streak 

 along the costa from the base to the costal cilia, the extreme costa 

 edged with bright ochreous throughout, includiug the costal cilia ; 

 cilia coppery fawn-brown with a slight ochreous tinge. Exp. al. 

 10 mm. Hind wiwjs brownish grey ; cilia coppery fawn. Abdomen 

 dark brownish grey, anal tuft subochreous. Legs pale cinereous, 

 hind tibiae somewhat clothed above. 



Type, 6 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indies— Hatti (Port-au-Prince, 23 V., Gwdmann) ; 

 St. Thomas, 10 IV. (Hedemann) ; Gkexada (Balthazar, 250 ft., 

 windward side, 15 IV.— /i. H. SmitJi). Tour specimens. 



II. BATRACHEDRIJSM. 



37. Pammeces, Z. 



117. Pammeces lithocheoma, sp. u. 



Antennoi (broken), basal joint elongate, enlarged posteriorly, 

 with a distinct long pecten ; stone-white. Palpi long and strongly 

 recurved, laterally ascending, second joint rather strongly tufted 

 above at its end ; apical joint long and thin, slightly shorter than 

 the second joint ; pale stone-grey sprinkled with blackish atoms. 

 Head and thorax smooth; stone-grey. Fore ivings stone-grey, 

 sprinkled with blackish atoms, especially along the costa ; a minute 

 black spot on the middle of the fold, another on the dorsum at its 

 outer end, the latter somewhat elongate ; a third minute elongate 

 black spot lies at the end of the cell, and a few black dots around 

 the termen at the base of the stone-grey cilia. Exp. al. 16 mm. 

 Hind luings pale grey; cilia stone-grey. Abdomen stone-grey. 

 Legs stone-whitish ; hind tibife haii-y above. 



Type, S Mus. Gudmanu. 



Hab. West Indies — Han Domingo (Puerto Plata, 16 V. — Gnd- 

 mann). Unique. 



The antenna were between two and three times the length of 

 the fore wings (Gudmann). 



118. Pammeces? pallida, sp. n. 

 Aniennce longer than the fore wings, with a distinct pecten on 

 the basal joint ; dirty white. Palpi : the second joint with a sloping 

 brush above at its end, apical joint slender, naked, less than half 

 the length of the second ; white, with a smoky shade on the second 

 joint externally. Head and thorax white. Fore wings shining 

 white, with two or three small fuscous spots along the fold, and 

 foui* minute fuscous dots on the costa along the base of the smoky 

 white cilia. Exp. al 13 mm. Hind wings shining, very pale 



