116 LORD WALSINGHAM OX ■ [Jan. 19, 



moiise-grey at the tornus. Underside unspotted, the pale costa 

 showing on the outer half. Exp. al. 26 mm. Hind winr/s leaden 

 grey ; cilia paler. Ahdomen dark leaden grey. Legs dark leaden 

 grey, inclining to fuscous. 



Type, 2 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indies — Jamaica (Coll. Ragonot). 



This is not a true Trichostihns ; it differs from the type in 

 having veins 4 and 5 of the hind wings connate and vein 2 

 recurved out of 3 instead of recurved out of the cell, hut in the 

 absence of the 6 I am unwilling to describe it as the type of a 

 new genus. 



49. Paeatiquauba, g. n. 



{irapu : Tiquadra, nom. gen.) 



Type, Paratiquadra forficulella, Wlsm. 



Antennce (|) : c? serrate beneath, uniciliate ; rather stout. 



Labml palpi rather short, projecting; apical joint much shorter 

 than the second. 



Maxillary palpi (broken ?). 



Haustellum rather short. 



Head smooth, slightly roughened posteriorly. 



Thorax smooth. 



Fore wings : costa arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 

 rounded. Neuration: 12 veins all separate, 7 to apex, 2 from near 

 angle of cell, with an internal vein from between 6 and 7 to 

 between 10 and 11. 



Hind ivings elongate ovate, evenly rounded from apex ; trans- 

 parent, iridescent ; cilia short. Neuration : 8 veins all separate, 

 2 from end of basal third of cell, 3 remote, 3 and 4 widely sepa- 

 rated, 4, 5, 6, and 7 almost parallel, but 5 is slightly curved 

 downwards ; an internal vein from between 5 and 6 to base. 



Ahdomen flat, hairy ; anal claspers long and curved inwards 

 and upwards, somewhat resembling the analogous organs in the 

 ForJicuUdo'. 



Legs smooth. 



150. Paratiquadra FORFicrLELLA, sp. n. 



Antenn(B dark brownish fuscous. Palpi whitish grey. Head 

 whitish grey, face paler. Tliorax pale fa\^-n brownish. Fore 

 ivings pale fawn brownish, a pale whitish-cinereous space alonof 

 the cell blending with the darker ground-colour towards the tornus, 

 and a similar pale space along the costa nearly to the apex ; cilia 

 very pale fawn-brown. Underside pale fawn-brownish, ■nith a large 

 subovate blackish patch extending along the outer half of the cell 

 at its upper edge nearly to the costa, and including the basal two- 

 thirds of veins 8 and 9 as well as the greater portion of vein 10 

 and the outer part of vein 11. ^.rpZ. al. 24: mm. Hind ivings 

 transparent, iridescent, bluish grey, margined with a pale shade of 

 fawn-brown ; cUia pale fawn-brown. Ahdomen clothed with pale 



