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small broken patches o£ umbreous scales, these are somewhat 

 aggregated at the base of the costa, in an elongate patch above 

 the middle of the wing, in a second patch extending from the 

 outer end of the cell to the termen, and near the base of the 

 dorsum ; cilia pale fawn mottled with umbreous along their base. 

 Exp. al. 10 mm. Hind luings shining reddish grey ; cilia fawn- 

 gre}^ Abdomen fawn-grey shaded with umbreous. Hind tibice 

 much tufted above and beneath ; greyish ochreous, the spurs paler ; 

 hind tarsi mottled with greyish fuscous. 



Ty2ye, 6 Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — GtRenada (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward 

 side, 5-10 IV. — H. H. Smith). Two specimens. 



X. ANAPHORINM. 



108. Atopoceea, g. n. 



(aroTTos = strange ; K'€pas=a horn.) 



Type, S Atojjocera occidtum, Wlsm. 



Antennce J , stout, simple, tapering outwards. 



Labial pcdjn 6 , strongly recurved to front of thorax ; second 

 joint thickened, somewhat closely clothed, apical joint as long 

 as the second, smooth. 



Maxillary palpi small, slender. 



Head smooth. 



Thorax not tufted. 



Fore wings with the costa slightly ai'ched, apex obtuse, termen 

 oblique. Newation : 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked enclosing the apex, 

 the rest separate. 



Hind wings slightly broader than the fore wings. Neuration : 8 

 veins all separate. 



Abdomen somewhat slender. 



Legs, hind tibiae sparsely hairy above. 



This genus constitutes a new section of the Anaphorince charac- 

 terized by having in the fore wing veins 7 and 8 stalked instead 

 of 8 and 9. 



283. Atopoceea occtjltum, sp. n. 



Anteniuv brownish grey. Palpi brownish grey, the second joint 

 somewhat shaded with fuscous externally. Head and thorax 

 brownish grey. Fore wings i&wn-hvown, with a few greyish-fuscous 

 scales scattered about the outer third and a scarcely noticeable 

 group of fuscous scales at the upper angle of the cell ; cilia fawn- 

 brown, sparsely speckled with greyish fuscous. Exp. al. 12 mm. 

 Hind icings brownish fuscous ; cilia paler, divided by a brownish- 

 fuscous shade. Abdomen brownish fuscous ; uncus single, lateral 

 claspers scarcely spatulate. Legs cinereous. 



Type, c? Mus. Grudmann. 



Hab. West Indies — Hatti (Cap Haiti, 18 V. — Gudmann). 

 Unique. 



