104 LOED WAlSINGHAil ON [Jan. 19, 



grey ; cilia dull smoky white. Abdomen whitish. Legs white ; 

 hind tibiae haiiy above. 



Tyjie, c? Mus. Hedemann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 10 IV. {Hedemann). IJnique. 



This species differs from albivitclla, 7i., and litliochroma, Wlsm., 

 in the much shorter apical joint of the palpi. 



38. SxNTOSiACTis, Meyr. 

 [Meyr. Tr. N. Z. Inst. XXI. 173 (1889).] 



119. StXTOMACTIS? CEEVIJfELLA, sp. n. 



AntenncB longer than the fore wings; pale fawn-ochreous. 

 Palpi somewhat recurved, slender, smooth, the apical joint nearly 

 as long as the second ; pale fawu-oehreous. Hccul and thorax 

 pale fawn-ochreous. Fore xvings very narrow, elongate ; pale 

 fawn-ochreous, speckled with brownish fuscous in a line along the 

 fold with another above it, as well as around and about the apical 

 portion of the wing ; the more conspicuous dots being one at the 

 outer third of the fold, one at the end of the cell, and one in the 

 same line beyond it ; cilia pale fawn-ochreous. Exp. al. 12 mm. 

 Hind luings and cilia pale yellowish grey. Abdomen shining pale 

 fawn-ochreous. Legs scarcely paler, unspotted ; hind tibiae with 

 long pale hairs above. 



Ty2je, S Mus. Hedemann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Choix, 24 IV.(Gudman)i) ; St. Thomas, 

 11 III. (Hedemann). Two specimens. 



This species appears to diifer from Sgntomactis, Meyr., only in 

 its longer antennae. I am not at present disjjosed to create a new 

 genus for its reception. Zarathra differs in its very much longer 

 palpi. 



39. Bateachedea, Stn. 

 120. Batbachedea albisteigella, Mschl. 



Batrachedra alhistriqella., Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. XV. 345, 

 354 (1891)^ ; Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 538, 548 (1892)^ 

 Hah. West Indies — Poetorico^ \ 



121. Batrachedea stigmatophoea, sp. n. 



Antennce with distinct white and fuscous annulations. Palpi 

 slender, slightly recurved ; yellowish white. Head and tJiorax 

 whitish ochreous. Fore wings faw n-ochreous, mottled with whitish 

 ochreous, thus forming an indistinct pale fascia at about one-fourth 

 from the base, broader on the costal than on its dorsal extremity, 

 sprinkled on its inner edge with minute black scales ; a second 

 pale space occurs about the middle of the wing, also irregularly 

 sprinkled with minute black scales ; towards the apex the costa 

 and dorsum are both blotched vnth. whitish ochreous, a streak of 

 black scales running between the blotches to the apex and through 

 the apical cilia • cilia greyish, whitish ochreous immediately beneath 



