1897.] WfiST-UfDIVW MICRO-LEPIDOPTEttA. 143 



Legs : hind tibiae clothed with somewhat long whitish hairs ; tarsi 

 white, basal joint distinctly marked with f us cous. 



Type, S Mus. Gudmann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 12-16 III. (Gudm-inn, Hecle- 

 mann). Three specimens. 



85. CoPTODiscA, "Wlsm. 



^AspiDiscA, Clem. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 11-12, 209 

 (1860) ; Stn. Tin. N. Am. 104-5 (fig.), 143 (1872). 

 CoPTODiscA, Wlsm. Ent. Mo. Mag. XXXI. 41 (1895). 



216. COPTODISCA BHIZOPHOBiE, sp. n. 



Antennce and ixdpi silvery. Head : face silvery, the head above 

 with a golden sheen. Fore wings golden yellow, with a pair 

 of silvery-vihitish costal and dorsal streaks beyond the middle (the 

 dorsal somewhat preceding the costal), both dark-margined before 

 and behind ; a very oblique silvery costal streak, also dark- 

 margined, occurs at one-third from the base, and before the apex 

 is a small silvery costal spot, also dark-margined, its outer marginal 

 streak extending downward through the terminal cilia beyoud a 

 rounded velvety-black subterminal dot ; ciha silvery whitish, with 

 a curved line along their base from the tornus to the subterminal 

 dot ; the dorsum slightly silvery. E,x-p. al. 3-5-4 mm. Hind, wings 

 and cilia pale greyish. Abdomen greyish. Legs silvery. 



Co-types, (1-2) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 15III.-30IV. {Gudmann, 

 Hedemann). Four specimens. 



" The young larva mines in leaves of Rhizopliora mangle ; later 

 on it cuts a case out of the leaves'" {Hedemann). Bred by Baron 

 Ton Hedemann and Mr. Gudmann. Mr. Gudmann found a leaf 

 containing twenty-four mines. 



Nearly allied to splendoriferella, Clem. 



86. Ctcloplasis, Clem. 



[Clem. Pr. Ent. Soc. Phil. II. 423-4 (1864); Stn. Tin. N. Am. 

 246-8 (1872).] 



217. Ctcloplasis basiplagata, sp. n. 



Antennce shining greyish. Faljn and head silvery. Thorax 

 pale fawn ; shining pale creamy-metallic beneath. Fore wings and 

 costal cilia shining pale fawn, a short basal patch darker fawn- 

 grey ; dorsal cilia greyish. Eap. al. 4 mm. Hind wings and cilia 

 tawny greyish. Abdomen tawny grey : vmderside shining pale 

 creamy metalHc. Legs pale fawn ; the spines on the tibiae and 

 tarsi very distinct. 



Type, d Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies— St. Thomas, lOIII.-lOIV. {Gudmann, 

 Hedemann). Two specimens. 



Larva in a case similar to that of a Coleophora {Hedemann) ; on 



