1897.] WEST-IIfDIATT MIOBO-LEPrDOPTEBA. 109 



132. Heliodiites maeglnata, Wlsm. 



Heliodines marginata, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 535, 547 

 (1892) \ 

 Hah. West Indies — St. Vincent '. 



133, Heliodines schulzella, F. 



Tinea schulzella, F. Ent. Syst. III. (2) 321-2. No. 152 (1794)' : 

 Suppl. Ent. Syst. 498. No. 92 (1798) -. PhaUna {Tinea) schulzella, 

 Turton, Syst, Nat. III. 376 (1806) ^ 



" schulzella. 125, T. alis auratis : lineis duabus oppositis 

 marginalibus punctoi'um argenteorum, costa atra. 



" Corpus parvum. Antennae atrse. Caput et thorax atra, nitida, 

 pectoris marginalibus aureis. Abdomen aureum. Alse aureae, 

 nitidae, lineis duabus oppositis e punctis argenteis, altera costae 

 nigrae adjacent©, altera margini tenuiori. Posticae nigroe. 



^'Habitat in Americae meridioualis Ins., Dr. Pflug"\ =West 

 Indies ' • ^ (probably St. Croix or St. Thomas, Wlsm.). 



There appears to be little doubt that the above description was 

 taken from a species of Heliodines which differs from any known 

 to me. It appears to be intermediate between marffinata and 

 quinqueguttata, agreeing with the former in having a black costa, 

 but differing from it in the possession of metallic spots ; quinque- 

 guttata agrees in having the metallic spots, but the costa is not black. 



134. Heliodines quinqueguttata, sp, u. 



Antennce simple ; shining bronzy grey. Palj^i short, slender, 

 drooping ; shining pale aeneous. Head smooth ; shining bronzy. 

 Thorax bronzy grey, golden orange beneath. Fore ivings to beyond 

 the middle golden orange, with the extreme base and 5 spots (3 

 subcostal and 2 intermediate dorsal, the dorsal spots alternating 

 with the costal) all shining bronzy metallic, slenderly outlined with 

 black scales in some lights ; rather more than the apical third of 

 the wing is shining bronzy metallic, extending farther along the 

 dorsum than along the costa, its inner edge being indented on the 

 cell ; cilia bronzy grey. Exp. al. 8-5 mm. Hind vrings shining 

 bronzy ; cilia bronzy grey. Ahdonieu shining bronzy brownish, 

 with a bright metallic whitish patch along the first three segments 

 beneath; anal tuft whitish. Legs bronzy brownish, with paler 

 shining bands and spurs. 



Tyjie, d Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — Jamaica (Kingston, 10 XII.— I'. D. A. 

 CocJcerell) ; St. Thomas, 11 III.-12 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). 

 Five specimens. 



Bred by Mr. Cockerell in Jamaica " from galls on Portulaca sp. ; 

 these galls produced also a Gecidomya, which was probably the 

 gall-maker." Mr. Gudmann also bred this species in St. Thomas. 



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