
HYSTEROSIA.—CARPOSINA. 299 
1. Hysterosia primula, sp.n. (Tab. IX. fig. 8.) 
Antennae very minutely ciliate; whitish cinereous. Palpi very long, porrect, hairy beneath; whitish 
cinereous, dusted with pale brownish fuscous on their outer sides. Head and Thorax pale primrose- 
yellow. Forewings shining, primrose-yellow, very sparsely dusted on their outer half and along 
the dorsum with black atoms, of which there is a small broken group, accompanying a minute shining 
whitish spot, at the end of the cell; cilia pale primrose-yellow; underside greyish fuscous, with 
pale reticulated spaces along the costa, dorsum and termen. Exp. al. 24 mm. Hindwings greyish 
fuscous, with numerous. whitish cinereous reticulations; cilia whitish cinereous, with a dark line 
near their base. -Abdoinen greyish fuscous. Legs whitish cinereous. 
Tyne 2 (5969 Wlsm. Det. 1908) US. Nat. Mus. 
Hab. Mexico: mexico: Popocatepetl, 800-1000 ft., VII. 1906 ( W. Schaus). Unique. 
A beautiful and distinct species. 
Fam, 14, CARPOSINIDAE. 
CARPOSINA HS. 
Type: Tinea berberidella HS. (Frnld. 1908). 
Carrostna HS. SB. Schm. Eur. 5 10, 38 (1853), 142 no. 51 sp. 326-7 (1854), Pf. 81°614-5 
(1858): 6 Pf. XII- 1-2 (1853) ; Meyr. Ent. Mo. Mag. 19 69-70 (1882); Busck Jr. NY. Ent. 
Soc. 15 19, 34-6 (1907) ; Frnld. Gn. Tortr. 34, 59 (1908). 
Meyrick removed Carposina HS. to Tortricina (Conchylidae) in 1882, (cf. Frnld. Gn. 
Tortr. 34). 
1. Carposina phycitana, sp.n. (Tab. IX. fig. 9.) 
Antennae strongly biciliate 4; shining, whitish. Palpi fawn-whitish. Head straw-whitish. Thorax 
shining, pale fawn. orewings shining, pale fawn-ochreous, mottled with fawn-brown, of which 
the most conspicuous markings are an elongate patch on the end of the cell, and a shade along 
the termen, three or four fuscous spots on the outer half of the costa, and three before the terminal 
shade above mentioned ; some shining, silvery white scales are scattered about the wing-surface, before 
and beyond the middle, and several patches of strongly-raised scales conform to the ground-colour 
on which they arise—two of these are near the base, above the fold, two below the basal half of the 
fold, one immediately above the middle of the fold, and one at the end of the cell; cilia fawn-whitish. 
Exp.al.17 mm. Hindwings rosy grey ; cilia paler. Abdomen shining, pale grey. Legs fawn-whitish, 
with greyish tarsal bands. 
Type 3 (66307) Mus. Wlsm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. Panama: cuirigur: Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000-3000 ft., 1881-2 (G. C. Cham- 
pion). Unique. 
This is a true Carposina, with typical neuration : [ Forewings 12 veins, all separate ; 
9. from near angle of cell, 7 to termen. Hindwings, cubitus pectinate ; 6 veins, (3+ 4) 
and (6-+7) coincident; (3+ 4) and 9 short-stalked ]. 
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