﻿112 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  FUNDELLA 
  IGNOBILIS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Plate 
  5, 
  Figures 
  9-9(/ 
  ; 
  Plate 
  6, 
  Figure 
  14 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Antennal 
  sliaft 
  without 
  any 
  trace 
  of 
  black 
  basal 
  scale 
  tuft. 
  

   Otherwise 
  partaking 
  of 
  the 
  pattern 
  markings 
  of 
  bath 
  fcUucens 
  and 
  

   argentina; 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  dark 
  basal 
  patch 
  of 
  forewing 
  round 
  

   and 
  reaching 
  neither 
  costa 
  nor 
  inner 
  margin 
  (as 
  in 
  typical 
  pellucens) 
  ^ 
  

   in 
  majority 
  of 
  specimens, 
  however, 
  basal 
  patch 
  occupying 
  whole 
  basal 
  

   area 
  (as 
  in 
  typical 
  argentina) 
  ; 
  median 
  and 
  outer 
  areas 
  of 
  wing 
  averag- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  trifle 
  paler 
  than 
  in 
  argentina 
  and 
  without 
  the 
  reddish-brown 
  

   scaling 
  of 
  pelJucens. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse 
  13-20 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  figs. 
  9-9<:Z) 
  with 
  gnathos 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  short, 
  

   stout 
  hook. 
  Harpe 
  with 
  apex 
  truncate; 
  clasper 
  moderately 
  long, 
  

   curved, 
  and 
  weakly 
  haired 
  at 
  apex. 
  Aedeagus 
  with 
  a 
  single, 
  long, 
  

   strong, 
  curved 
  spine 
  from 
  below 
  apex; 
  cornutus 
  a 
  short, 
  stout, 
  curved 
  

   thorn. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Superficially 
  similar 
  to 
  argentina 
  except 
  a 
  trifle 
  paler 
  on 
  

   the 
  average. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse 
  15-22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  14) 
  without 
  spines 
  adjacent 
  to 
  genital 
  opening. 
  

   Bursa 
  copulatrix 
  with 
  signa, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  partially 
  fused 
  

   bands, 
  each 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  short, 
  stout, 
  thornlike 
  spines; 
  ductus 
  

   bursae 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  with 
  median 
  area 
  unsclerotized 
  ; 
  eighth 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  collar 
  completely 
  sclerotized 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  small, 
  round, 
  trans- 
  

   parent 
  spot 
  on 
  midventer, 
  sclerotization 
  extending 
  to 
  and 
  over 
  area 
  

   behind 
  genital 
  opening. 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  paratypes. 
  — 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  57185. 
  Paratypes 
  also 
  in 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  and 
  in 
  Cornell 
  University 
  and 
  Janse 
  collections. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Oaxaca, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  Food 
  2^1 
  ant. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  the 
  male 
  type 
  and 
  2 
  male 
  and 
  4 
  female 
  paratypes 
  

   from 
  the 
  type 
  locality; 
  4 
  male 
  and 
  8 
  female 
  paratypes 
  from 
  Tehua- 
  

   can, 
  Mexico 
  (May, 
  June, 
  July) 
  ; 
  3 
  male 
  and 
  7 
  female 
  paratypes 
  from 
  

   Orizaba, 
  Mexico; 
  1 
  male 
  and 
  6 
  female 
  paratypes 
  from 
  Cordoba, 
  

   Mexico 
  (May); 
  1 
  female 
  paratype 
  from 
  Guadalajara, 
  Mexico; 
  1 
  

   female 
  paratype 
  from 
  Jalapa, 
  Mexico 
  ; 
  1 
  male 
  paratype 
  from 
  Cayuga, 
  

   Guatemala; 
  1 
  female 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica; 
  1 
  male 
  and 
  1 
  female 
  paratype 
  

   from 
  Santiago, 
  Cuba 
  (June) 
  ; 
  1 
  male 
  and 
  1 
  female 
  paratype 
  from 
  

   Sierra 
  Miestra, 
  Cuba 
  (May) 
  ; 
  1 
  male 
  paratype 
  from 
  Cuba 
  without 
  

   other 
  locality 
  label; 
  1 
  male 
  paratype 
  from 
  Aguirre 
  Central, 
  Puerto 
  

   Rico; 
  and 
  1 
  female 
  paratype 
  from 
  Petionville, 
  Haiti. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   foregoing 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  under 
  either 
  pellucens 
  or 
  

   argentina. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  quite 
  distinct 
  and 
  easily 
  recognized 
  in 
  

   either 
  sex 
  by 
  its 
  genitalia. 
  

  

  