1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LBPIDOPTEBA. 139 



differs in the much shorter palpi, in vein 7 of the fore wings 

 attaining the costa before the apex, and in the absence of raised 

 scales. It is possible that specimens in better condition might 

 exhibit a slight thoracic tuft. 



205. Thyratlia btjnteana, Ebs. 



OoHchylis bimteana, Ebs. Tr. Am. Eat. Soc. II. 288, PI. VIII. 

 86 (1869)'; Z. Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXV. 245-6 (1875)=; 

 Fern. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 26. No. 144 (1882) ^ ; Wlsm. Pr. Z. 

 Soc. Lond. 1891, 501, 543 (1892)^ 



Hab. United States ^'*. West Indies — St. Vincent \ 



206. Thyeaylia lepidana, Clem. 



Argyrolepia'^ lepidana, Clem. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 355 

 (I860)'. Gonchylis lepidana, Ebs. Tr. Am. Eat. Soc. II. 287, 

 PI. VIII. 84 (1869) ■ ■ Pern. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 25. No. 142 

 (1882) ^ 



Eab. United States'"'. West Indies — Jamaica (Kingston, 

 17 VII. — Goclcerell) ; St. Ceoix, 6-18 V. {Gudmann, Hedemann, 

 Pontojjjyidan). 



207. Thyeatlia lacteipalpis, Wlsm. 



Gonchylis lacteipalpis, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 500, 543 

 (1892)'. 

 Hab. West Indies — St. Vincent i. 



IX. TINEID^. 



I. 0P08TEGINM. 



81. Opostega, Z. 



208. Opostega abeupta, sp. n. 



{Head missing.) Thorax shining white. Fore luings shining 

 white, with pale bluish reflections ; before the apex a pale fawn- 

 brown costal streaklet, tending obliquely outwards, is dark-margined 

 on both sides, this runs nearly parallel with the upper half of a 

 slender dark line in the apical cilia which is continued around the 

 termen, with a slight inclusion opposite the apex of the wing, below 

 which is a small reduplicated black dot ; the cilia beyond the dark 

 line which runs through them are fawu-brown, their basal half 

 white along the termen and gradually shading to fawn-brown on 

 the dorsum. On the underside the brown outer ends of the apical 

 cilia are plainly Adsible. Exp. al. 5*5 mm. Hind luings and cilia 

 shining pale fawn-broA^ni. Abdomen shining fawn-brown. Hind 

 legs pale fawn-brownish, the bristles strongly developed. 



Type, S Mus. Hedemann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 19 III. {Hedemann). Unique. 



Although the head is missing, it is easy to decide that this is an 

 undescribed species of the genus to which I refer it. 



