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anal angle and in two costal patches, the first scarcely before, the 

 the other beyond the middle ; there is also a fuscous streak from 

 the costa near the base, and a fuscous spot at the extreme apex 

 followed by a fuscous line around the apical margin but not reaching 

 to the anal angle ; cilia reddish grey, inclining to pale ochreous 

 grey on their basal half, especially towards the costal margin. In 

 some specimens the pale ground-colour is equally distributed over 

 the dorsal half of the wing. 



Hind ivings dark greyish ; cilia grey. 



Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft paler ; underside shining pale 

 cinereous. 



Legs : hind legs fuscous, tibiae clothed above with longish hairs, 

 tarsal joints speckled with very pale ochreous ; middle pair of legs 

 conspicuously banded on their outer sides with fuscous and very 

 pale ochreous. 



Ecvpl. at. 10 millim. 



Hub. West Indies — St. Vincent (windward side, 5 specimens, 

 Mav, Smith). 



Type, <$• 



Diastoma, Mschl. 



DlASTOMA SQUAMOSA, Sp. n. 



Antennce, c?, strongly ciliated; very pale brownish. 



Palpi whitish, with an umber-brown streak at the base on the 

 underside. 



Head dirty whitish. 



Thorax whitish, with a slight umber-brown tint anteriorly. 



Fore ivings white^ faintly speckled with pale umber-brown ; with 

 three dark brown costal marks containing some blackish scales : — the 

 first at one fourth from the base, giving rise to a very inconspicuous 

 sinuate and outwardly oblique line of brownish scales, some of which 

 are raised ; the second at about the middle of the wing, also gives 

 rise to an outwardly oblique line of brown scales containing raised 

 blackish tufts, this is developed into a conspicuous spot at the end of 

 the cell, and beneath it nearer to the base is a much smaller spot of 

 similar raised scales, this line is not continued to the dorsal margin ; 

 from the third costal spot, which is at three fourths of the wing- 

 length, a more continuous but slender line of mixed brown and black 

 scales, some slightly raised, curves outwards above the middle of the 

 wing and is bent back to the anal angle ; beyond it, but below the 

 middle of the apical margin, is a spot of similar colour, above which 

 are a few scattered brownish scales along the margin ; cilia whitish, 

 their base indicated by a very faint marginal line. 



Hind ivings yellowish white, with cilia of the same colour. 



Abdomen very pale ochreous, with two yellowish-white tufts 

 arising right and left at its junction with the thorax. 



Legs yellowish white. 



Exp. al. 19 millim. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Vincent (1 specimen, Smith). 



Type, S . 

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