30 PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



TWO SPECIES OF PHYCITINJE NEW TO OUR FAUNA. 



[Lepidoptera; Pyralidee.] 

 BY HARRISON G. DYAR. 



Myelois oporedestella, new species. 



Bluish gray, a little irregularly shaded with fuscous, especially at 

 base and beyond inner line; inner line straight, oblique, whitish, with 

 a slight point or projection outwardly at its middle; discal marks slightly 

 indicated by several cloudy points; outer line crenulate, excurved mesi- 

 ally, whitish, slender, situated near the margin. Hind wing whitish, 

 smoky along the veins and in a double marginal line. Expanse 16 to 

 22mm. 



One male, 10 females, bred from dried loquat fruits, Miami, 

 Florida, by Mr. August Busck, who received the infested fruits 

 from the Subtropical Garden of the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 Department of Agriculture, through Mr. E. R. Sasscer. 



Type: No. 13450, U. S. National Museum. 



Ozamia lucidalis Walker. 



Irachonitis lucidalis Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., XXVII, 



39, 1863. 

 Ozamia lucidalis Hampson, in Ragonot, Romanoff Mem. Lep., 



Vlll, 34, 1901. 



This species was described from Santo Domingo, and occurs 

 also in Jamaica and Mexico, according to labeled specimens 

 before me. I have received two specimens from Texas, taken 

 respectively by F. G. Schaupp and F. C. Pratt. The genus 

 and species must therefore be added to our list. The Texas 

 specimens, as would be expected, agree with the Mexican form 

 rather than with the Antillean one. The species probably feeds 

 on cactus in the larval state. 



A SYNONYMIC NOTE. 



The noctuid described by J. B. Smith as Isogona reni- 

 formis, from Texas, proves to have an earlier name and should 

 be known as 



Isogona agilaria Druce. 



Metalectra agilaria Druce, Biol. Cent. -Am., Lep. Het., I, 405, 



1890. 

 Isogona reniformis Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., xxix, 214, 1903. 



HARRISON G. DYAR. 



