JAMAICA—MOTHS 
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Montego Bay. This is a small Emerald with pink margins to the 
wings .-—Tachyphyle (Dichorda) iris , BntL Two at Montego Bay; 
a small bright green Emerald .—Anisodes ordinata, W alk. One 
at Mandeville [like Ephyrapendularia } but larger] ; A, conspicillaria, 
Snell. One at Mandeville, a little thing; A. coxaria , Guen. One 
at Mackfield .—Bapta tribntaria , Walk., f. argmtm , Warr. (type from 
Jamaica). One 'worn specimen of this glistening white moth came 
to light at Walderston .—Hammaptem tenera, Warr. Six at Montego 
Bay.-— Craspedia compensata , Walk. One at Constant Spring.— Tri- 
phosa stellata , Guen. Two: Constant Spring, Montego Bay. [Like a 
small Seotosia.']—Pterocypha defensata, Walk. Four: Montego Bay, 
Spanish Town; an extremely variable Larentiid .-—Drepanodes sp. 
A moth came to light, at Montego Bay, which may be a dark form 
of D. falcularia , Sepp., otherwise it is not represented in the British 
Museum. Mr. L. B. Prout thinks it is probably a new species. 
Pyralidae .—Pymusta insignitalis, Guen. A single specimen was 
taken in the wood behind “The Betreat,” Constant Spring, flying 
very low down among the herbage; it looks golden-yellow on the 
wing; P. meninalis, Hiibn. One at Constant Spring; P. cardi - 
nalalis , Guen. A tiny scarlet and black moth ; one was taken 
flying in the sun at Castleton; another came to light at Constant 
Spring; it is curious that these sun-loving Pyrales are often taken 
at light; P. agathalis , Walk. One at Mackfield. This is another 
little Purple and Gold, that one would have expected to take in 
sunshine rather than at the electric light; P, signatalis , Walk. One 
at Montego Bay .—Zinckenia perspectalis, Hiibn. One at Walderston. 
This would appear to be a common species, it is black. —Nacoleia 
indicata , Fabr. Three : Constant Spring, Castleton, Mackfield; N. 
annulalis , Hiibn. One at Montego Bay .—Argyractis jaiapalis , 
Schaus. Two at Constant Spring; a China-mark .—Croddophora 
Tmronalis, Guen. Two: Constant Spring, Walderston; a golden- 
brown moth with neat laced pattern .—Desmia tages, Cram. One at 
Mandeville .—Salobrena rnhiginea , Hmpsn. Seven : Mandeville, 
Walderston, Constant Spring; a very distinct looking thing, brick-red 
with truncate fore-wings .-—Syngamia florella , Cram. Four specimens 
of this purple, gold-spotted moth came to light at Mandeville, but it 
was also met with by day at Christiana and the Bog Walk, Spanish 
Town; S. tytiusalis , Walk. One at Mackfield; a tiny light grey 
creature .-—Samia ecclesialis, Guen. Four: Mandeville, Walderston. 
A moth with lace-like pattern .—Pachyzancla phoeopteralis , Guen. 
One at Montego Bay, at light; one at Port Antonio, by day. This is 
a dingy, widely distributed species .—Glyphodes incidalis , Hiibn. Two: 
