ZELOSYNE.—PHTHORIMAEA. 51 
Antennae simple; basal joint without pecten. Labial Palpi recurved; median joint with well-developed 
brush beneath ; terminal joint slightly thickened by coarse scaling, longer than median. Mazillary 
Palpi short. Haustellum scaled. Ocelle absent. Head and Thoraw smooth, Forewings with costa 
straight, dorsum parallel, apex considerably depressed, rounded: neuration 11 veins; 7-8 coincident, to 
costa; rest separate, 5-6 remote; 4 from angle, 3 remote from 4, nearer to 2. Hindwings trapezoidal, 
termen oblique, cilia 1+: neuration 8 veins; 6-7 separate, nearly parallel; 3-4 separate; 5 cubital; 
11 connecting radius to 12. Abdomen smooth. Legs: hind tibiae slightly hairy. 
A distinct genus, differing from <Arogalea in the origin of FW: 2-3, and the 
coincidence of 7-8. 
1. Zelosyne poecilosoma, sp.n. (Tab. Il. fig. 11.) 
Antennae white, much stained with brownish on the basal half; basal joint white. Palpi white, median 
joint yellowish brown on the outer side to two-thirds; terminal joint white, a narrow band of pale 
brown at its middle. Head white. Thorax and tegulae yellowish brown, a large white spot posteriorly. 
Forewings shining, white, with yellowish brown markings ; a short basal patch, wider on the costa than 
on the dorsum, where it does not reach the flexus, is narrowly edged outwardly with blackish scales ; 
a central fascia, also slightly wider on the costa than on the dorsum, is narrowly edged before and behind 
with blackish scales; a patch of the same yellowish brown colour covers the apical portion of the wing 
including the tornus, this is slightly produced backward on the costa, nearly reaching the outer edge of 
the central fascia; it is narrowly edged with black on its inner side, and along the costa, above the 
greatly depressed apex, is an elongate patch of black scales, more or less diffused inward across the 
fascia, and clearly defined by a black line on its outer side, where it is followed by a rather broad line of 
yellowish brown before the cilia which are brown, with a slender white line along their base, and contain 
a few blackish scales, especially below the apex. Hap. al.10 mm. Hindwings and cilia brownish grey. 
Abdomen brownish grey above, obliquely striped on the sides by three or four alternating streaks of 
yellowish, black, and white. Legs pale cinereous, shaded transversely with brownish grey, leaving one 
or two pale spots on the tarsi. 
Type & (5847 Wlsm. Det. 1908) US. Nat. Mus. [P7’. (83609) Mus. Wlsm. BM.] 
Hab. PANAMA: CANAL ZONE: Tabernilla, VI. 1907 (A. Busck). 
Two specimens, taken at light. [33609 had been badly broken, and was mounted for 
the neuration ; the head was too much injured for figuring. Drnt.| 
PHTHORIMAEA Meyr. 
Type: Gelechia (? Bryotropha) operculella Z. (Meyr. 1902). 
PutTHoriMaEA Meyr. Ent. Mo. Mag. 88 103-4 (1902); Busck Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52 502 
sp. 5616-9 (1902): Pr. US. Nat. Mus. 25 773, 821-8 Pf. 30-19 (1903): 30726 (1906); 
Krft. Smith’s Check List Lp. Bor-Am. 110 sp. 6160-3 (1903) ; Meyr. Pr. Linn. Soc. NSW. 
29 259, 315-6 no. 20 sp. 94 (1904); Wlsm. Fn. Haw. 1 483-5, 744 no. 7 sp. 21 Pf. 13+ 27 
(1907) ; Meyr. Ann. S-Afr. Mus. 5 352 (1909). 
1. Phthorimaea impudica, sp. n. 
Antennae whitish, with slight fuscous annulations. Palpi white; the rather projecting brush on the under- 
side of the median joint streaked with dark fuscous; a blackish ring around the base of the terminal 
joint. Head and Thorax whitish, mottled with dark fuscous. Forewings dull white, much sprinkled 
and suffused with pale greyish fuscous, among which are some slightly raised black scales; the extreme 
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