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apex, where it forms a semicircular shade, and on a spot before the 

 margin, preceding the semicircle ; a pair of costal spots lie before 

 and beyond the middle, the second equidistant between the first 

 and the apex ; cilia above the apex white, at the apex shaded with 

 greyish ochreous, a slender shade-line running through them 

 towards the tornus, where also they become whitish. Exp. al. 

 8 mm. Hind wings very pale grey ; cilia whitish grey. Abdomen 

 white. Legs white, hind tarsal joints delicately spotted with 

 fuscous. 



Type, c? Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. West Indies— Hatti (Port-au-Prince, 24 V. — Qudmann). 

 Three specimens. 



261. Tinea minutella, P. 



Alucita minutella, P. Ent. Svst. III. (2) 344, No. 51 (1794) \ 

 Tinea minutelh, P. Sppl. Ent. Syst. 500. No. 110 (1798) '. Phalmia 

 {Alucita) minuteUa, l\irton, Syst. Nat. III. 383 (1806) ^ 



^^ miniitella, 51. ^. alis albidis : fasciis tribus fuscis. Statura 

 parva prsecedentium. Alie albidje, fasciis tribuy fuscis, prima 

 baseos, tertia apicis. 



''Habitat in Americse Insulis, Dom. v. Eohr.'". =West Indies '■\ 



262. Tinea plumella, Wlsm. 



Tinea plumella, Wlsm, Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 508-9, 544 

 (1892) \ 



Hah. West Indies— St. Croix, 21 IV. -7 V. (Hedemann); 

 St. Thomas, 10-26 IV. (Gndmann) ; St. Vincent', 



Bred by Mr. Gudmann, who found the larvae very common on 

 walls and stone fences. 



263. Tinea tbtraonblla, sp. n. 



Anteiince minutely annulated with brownish fuscous and whitish 

 ochreous ; basal joint whitish ochreous. Palpi very short, drooping ; 

 whitish, a minute fuscous riug round the apical joint. Head 

 brownish fuscous, mixed with M'hitish ochreous ; face whitish 

 ochreous. Thorax brownish fuscous, sprinkled and slightly mottled 

 with whitish ochreous. Fore luings brownish fuscous, sprinkled 

 and slightly mottled with \\'hitish ochreous ; the only noticeable 

 spot of this colour being before the middle of the dorsum, this and 

 other smaller ones beyond it are minutely speckled with fuscous 

 scales ; cilia pale whitish ochi'eous with a dark parting line running 

 through them, Exj). al. 6 mm. Hind luings blue-grey; cilia tawny 

 fuscous. Abdomen brownish fuscous. Legs brownish fuscous, hind 

 tarsal joints banded with white. 



TyjM, cS Mus, Hedemann, 



Hab. West Indies^ST. Croix, 28 IV. (Hedemann); St. Thomas, 

 12-28 IV. (Gudmann, Hedemann). Pour specimens. 



" Larvae on walls and stone fences, not so common as plumella, 

 Wlsm., and very difficult to breed" (Gudmann). 



