
DURRANTIA, — 115 
2. Durrantia resurgens, sp. n. 
Antennae pale straw-ochreous. Palpi with the terminal joint slightly shorter than the median ; pale straw- 
ochreous. Head pale straw-ochreous. Thorax straw-ochreous, with a brownish tinge. Forewings with 
the costa moderately straight, apex depressed, rounded, termen very obliquely convex; pale straw-ochreous, 
sparsely peppered with dark brown scales beneath the costa and beyond the cell; asmall dark brown spot 
on the middle of the cell and another at its outer end, with a marginal series of elongate spots around 
the apex and termen; cilia pale straw-ochreous. Exp. al, 22mm. Hindwings pale straw-grey ; cilia 
scarcely paler. Abdomen whitish ochreous, with a pale brownish ochreous patch near the base, another 
on the anal segments. Legs pale straw-ochreous. 
Type Q (65571) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.). [PT. (65572) US. Nat. Mus. } 
Hab. Guatemata: Volcan de Atitlan, 2500-3500 ft. (G. C. Champion). Two 
specimens. 
3. Durrantia amabilis, sp. n. 
Antennae whitish ochreous, tinged from a little beyond the base with rust-brown. Palpi whitish ochreous, 
the slightly thickened median joint faintly smeared with rust-brown on its outer side ; the long, slender, 
pointed terminal joint stained with the same at the apex. Head and Thorax whitish ochreous, the 
latter tinged with pale chestnut-brown. Forewings with the costa evenly arched, the apex much 
depressed, rounded ; pale straw-ochreous, a shade of light chestnut-brown diffused along the dorsum, 
attenuate to the tornus and narrowly traceable along the termen and around the apex, above which it is 
slightly intensified, but becomes evanescent along the costa, recurring towards its base; a small spot of 
the same brownish colour at the end of the cell, and a few dark fuscous scales very sparsely scattered 
over the wing-surface; cilia shaded with light chestnut-brown. Zap. al. 24 mm. Hindwings shining, 
pale ivory-grey ; cilia with a slight brownish tinge about the apex. -Abdomen shining, ivory-grey, with 
a slight brownish tinge; 2 with ovipositor strongly extruded. Legs whitish ochreous, 
Type 2 (65573, V. de Atitlan) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [PI. (5789 Wlsm. Det. 1908) US. 
Nat. Mus. ] 
Hab. AMERICA, C-S. Central America—Mexico: MORELOS: Cuernavaca, VI. 
(W. Schaus)—Guatemata: Volcan de Atitlan, 2500-3500 ft. (@. C. Champion). 
South America—VENEZUELA: Aroa (W. Schaus, 1895). Three specimens. 
Allied to piperatella Z., but of larger size, and of a yellower colour ; it is also 
more sparsely dotted. 
4. Durrantia acompsa, sp.n. (Tab. IV. fig. 2.) 
Antennae pale ochreous. Palpi whitish ochreous, with a slight brownish stain on the basal half of the 
median joint externally. Head whitish ochreous. Thoraa ochreous, with a faint brownish tinge. 
Forewings shining, pale ochreous, the costa very narrowly tinged with brownish ochreous, of which there 
is a minute dot at the end of the cell and a small group of long scales at the flexus ; cilia pale ochreous, 
with an almost imperceptible brownish tinge along their base. Hep. al. 14 mm. Hindwings and cilia 
slightly paler than the forewings. Abdomen and Legs broken, but certainly pale ochreous. 
Type 3 (5955 Wlsm. Det. 1908) US. Nat. Mus. 
Hab. PANAMA: CANAL ZoNE: Tabernilla, VI. 1907 (A. Busck). Unique. 
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