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CTENOPSEUSTIS. 
CTENOPSEUSTIS Meyr. 
== *Puxpisca (nec Tr., Ldr.) Meyr. 
Type 1: Teras obliquana Wkr. (Meyr. 1885). 
*Paxpisca (nec Ldr.) Meyr. Tr. NZ. Inst. 15: 1882 58, 59-61 no. 14 sp. 80 (1883). Crunopszustis 
Meyr. NZ. Jr. Sc. 2 348 (1. 1885): Tr. NZ. Inst. 17: 1884 146 (V. 1885); Frnid. Gn. Tortr. 
45, 61 (1908) ; Meyr. Tr. NZ. Inst. 48 :1910 85 no. 11 sp. 57 (1911): Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 
1911 681-2 (1912) : Lp. Cat. Junk 10 Tortr. 41 (1912). 
1. Ctenopseustis ocelliferana Wkr. 
Carpocapsa ocelliferana Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. 28 408 sp. 33 (1863) '. 
Type § (1858: 6) BM. 
Hab. AMERICA, C-S. Central America—GUATEMALA: ALTA VERA PAz: Cubilguitz, 
1050 ft., III. 1880 (G. C. Champion). South America’—Cotomsia (Petersen, Zell. 
Coll.)—Braziu?: amazons': Ega (W. H. Bates)’: para: Santarem, X.1884 (J. #. 
Leech): c#ara: Ceara, VILI. 1884 (J. H. Leech): Espirito santo: Rio de Espirito 
Santo, 1872 (Schmid¢). 
2. Ctenopseustis flavicirrata, sp.n. (Tab. VII. fig. 27.) 
Antennae fawn-brown. Palpi projecting nearly three times the length of the head beyond it, elongate, 
triangular; fawn-brown. Head and Thorax fawn-brown. orewings tawn-brown, with very faint 
darker specklings along the cell and towards the apex ; there is a small dark spot at the end of the cell 
and the termen is slightly darkened ; cilia bright canary-yellow, except at the tornus. xp. al, 22 mm. 
Hindwings pale chestnut-brown, the colour fading out somewhat on the cesta and limbus; cilia bright 
canary-yellow along the termen, tending to greyish along the dorsum. Abdomen greyish; anal tuft 
brown. Legs whitish cinereous, 
Type 2 (66498) Mus, Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. Mexico: vera cruz: Jalapa (M. Trujillo). Unique. 
3. Ctenopseustis unipunctata, sp.n. (Tab. VI. fig. 28.) 
Antennae ¢ biciliate 2; brownish at the base, paler beyond. Palpi trapezoidal, flattened ; brown, thickly 
speckled with tawny fuscous externally. Head and Thorax tawny brown. forewings yellowish brown, 
shaded and speckled transversely with tawny fuscous, giving a shining appearance to the shaded portions ; 
an irregular, spade-shaped, yellowish white spot hefore the middle of the wing, rests its lower 
_ extremity on the fold, its upper extremity, which is narrower, reaching to the upper edge of the cell; 
cilia bright canary-yellow, tending to brown at the apex and greyish at the tornus. Exp. al. 22 mm. 
Hindwings shining, pale fawn, shaded with tawny fuscous on their outer third ; cilia paler, with a dark 
dividing line near their base. Abdomen pale fawn, shaded with tawny fuscous posteriorly. Legs 
whitish fawn. 
Type 3 (66504) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. GuaveMaLa: SOLOLA: Panajachel, 5000 ft., 30. X1I. 1880 (G. C. Champion). 
Unique. | | 
