1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTEEA. 161 



at the end o£ the cell, with three or four minute black dots along 

 the outer half of the dorsum, and one near the upper angle of the 

 cell ; cilia pale brownish grey, with a smoky-brown hne running 

 through them and continued around the apex. Exp. al. 8-10 mm. 

 Hind vjimjs pale grey ; cilia with a slight brownish tinge. Abdomen 

 pale yellowish brown. Legs hairy ; yellowish white, the tarsi 

 faintly annulated. 



Type, 6 2 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indies — St. Ceoix, .5 V. (Hedemann) ; St. Thomas, 

 8 111,-13 IV. {Gudmann, Hedemann) ; St. Vikcent (windward 

 side, H. H. Smith). Nine specimens. 



258. Tijstea tischbeiella, sp. n. 



Antennce yellowish, annidated with olive-brown. Paljii drooping; 

 yellowish. Head and thorax pale yellow. Fore luings and cilia 

 shining pale yellow, with a broad olive-brown band (occupying more 

 than the costal half of the wing) extending from the base nearly 

 to the apex, with two very slight projections, one before and one 

 beyond the middle, encroaching upon the pale dorsal space. Exp. 

 al. 6 mm. Hind wings very pale grey ; cilia with a faint jeneous 

 gloss. Abdomen pale shining ochreous. Legs hairy above ; whitish. 

 Exp. al. 6 mm. 



Type, (S Mus. Hedemann. 



Hab. West Indies — Hayti (Port-au-Prince, 22 V. — Gudmann); 

 St. Thomas, 11 IV. {Hedemann). Two specimens. 



259. TlKEA SOLENOBIELLA, Sp. n. 



Antennce bone-whitish. Palpi very short, slender, drooping ; 

 bone- white. Head and face rough ; bone- whitish. Thorax bone- 

 whitish, with a slight brownie^h tinge. Fore wings whitish, sparsely 

 suffused with pale greyish bro\^n, which colour also forms some 

 costal speckling as far as the middle and some ill-defined small 

 costal spots beyond the middle ; a spot lies on the disc a little before 

 the middle and there is more speckling of the same colour towards 

 the apex and on the outer half of the dorsum ; a waved line of 

 brownish-fuscous atoms runs through the bone-white cilia. Exp. 

 al. 9 mm. Hind wings shining whitish grey ; cilia bone-grey. 

 Abdomen greyish. Legs whitish ; hind tibiae with long slender 

 hairs above. 



Type, $ Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Ceoix, 21 IV. {Gudmann); St. Thomas, 

 7-17 III. {Gudmann). Pour specimens. 



A very inconspicuous and faintly-marked species of the group 

 allied to cloacella, Hw. 



260, Tinea feagilella, sp. n. 



Antenna' yellowish white. Palp>i very slender, drooping, naked ; 

 white. Head and thorax white. Fore ivings white, neatly speckled 

 throughout with fuscous, tending to black around the extreme 



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