294 HETEROCERA. 
Fam. 13. PHALONIADAE. 
PHALONIA Hb. 
Type: Tortrix tesserana S-D. (Stph. 1834). 
Puatonta Tib. Verz. Schm. 393 sp. 8818-9 (1826) ; Frnid. Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52 486-8 
sp. 5431-66 (1902); Dyar Pr. Ent. Soc. Wash. 5 231-2 (1903); Krft. Smith’s Check-List 
Lp. Bor-Am. 106-7 sp. 5850-86 (1903): Pr. US. Nat. Mus. 28 363-4 (1905) : Can. Ent. 37 
10-11, 119, 256 (1905) : 839 83-4, 159-60 (1907): Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 33 73-9, 80, 81-7 
(1907); Busck Jr. NY. Ent. Soc. 15 20, 21-9 (1907); Frnld. Gn. Tortr. 17, 54 (1908). 
Arrues (Blbg.) Frnld. Gn. Tortr. 50, 51-2, 54 (1908). 
1. Phalonia angulatana Rbnsn. | | 
Conchylis angulatana Rbusn. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 2 286 Pf. 8°81 (1869)*; Froid. Tr. Am. Ent. 
Soc. 10 25 sp. 137 (1882)7; Wlsm. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884 182 (1884) *. Phalonia 
angulatana Frnld. Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52 487 sp. 5445 (1902) *. 
Hab. AMERICA, N-C. United States *~*— MassacHUSETTS >—PENNSYLVANIA ©” “— 
West Virerta ??— Norru Carotina®—Conorapdo: LARIMER: Loveland, 5000 ft., 
VII.1891 (W. @. Smith). Central America—Mexico: GuERRERO: Amula, 6000 ft., 
VIII-IX. (. H. Smith). | 
2. Phalonia argentifusa, sp. n. 
Antennae biciliate 1; bone-whitish. Palpi cream-whitish, with a slight brownish shade at the base 
externally. Head and Thorax cream-whitish. Jorewings cream-whitish, with light olivaceous brown 
shade-spots and markings, each outlined by a narrow wash of shining silvery scales ; an olivaceous brown 
basal patch, a little broader on the costa than on the dorsum, its outer cdge somewhat sinuate, containing 
at the extreme base and on the costa pale silvery spots; an outwardly oblique broad streak, from the 
middle of the costa, is touched with black scaling at its origin and at its apex, which is separated by 
silvery from a dorsal spota little beyond the middle, also containing some black scaling—the two forming 
an outwardly angulate fascia interrupted below the middle; a small-spot of black scales follows this on 
the costa and is succeeded by a broader olivaceous costal spot, also containing black scales along its upper 
edge; this and some fainter small olivaceous patches along the termen, are margined like the other 
markings with a narrow silvery wash; cilia creamy olivaceous. Evp.al.10-12 mm. Hindwings and 
cilia brownish grey; the latter with a pale line along their base, their tips silvery at the apex. Abdomen 
brownish grey. Legs creamy whitish. 
Type 3 (66296); 2 (66297) Tierra Colorada, Mus. Wl1sm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. [PTT. (66292-3) US. 
Nat. Mus. | 
Hab. Muxico: euERRERO: Tierra Colorada, 2000 ft., X. (H. H. Smith): VERA CRUZ: 
Atoyac, IV. (Hl. H. Smith). Five specimens. 
Allied to 5441 P. promptana Rbnsn., but the markings are less oblique. 
3. Phalonia sonorae Wlsm. 
Conchylis sonorae Wism. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884 180-1 (1884) *. 
Type 2 (386578) Mus, Wlsm. BM. 
