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stalked. Abdomen somewhat flattened, dark yellowi.sh brown. Loos 

 light yellowish brown on the outside with purple scales intermixed. 



Alar expanse, 16 to IT mm. 



Described from 5 specimens, reared by Dr. Dyar at Palm Beach, 

 Florida, from Ann/risfloridmia. 



r?/7>.— No. 4041. U.S.N.M. 



According to Dr. Dyar '' the larva lives in a folded young leaf with 

 a round hole at petiole, lined with silk." Head black, liody yellowish, 

 cervical shield pale orange color. It pupates within the fold. 



Family BLASTOBASID^. 



BLASTOBASIS Zeller. 



(Type, (EcopJiora {Scythrii^) j'hycidella Zeller. ) 



BLASTOBASIS GUILANDIN^E, new species. 



(Plate I, fig. 9.) 



Antennae dark fuscous, basal joints yellowish; in the male strongly 

 notched beyond first joint, with pecten on this joint; shortly ciliated 

 in its entire length; in female simple, basal joint with pecten. Labial 

 palpi smooth, curved, slender, dark fuscous; tips somewhat lighter. 

 Tongue stout, scaled at base, coiled at the end. Head and thorax yel- 

 lowish fuscous; forewing dark fuscous with a somewhat lighter shade 

 before apex and along costa. A small deep black spot on middle of 

 cell; two similar black spots at end of cell, one above the other; below 

 these an indistinct blackish spot and similar indistinct 1)lackish spots 

 along the apical edge. Cilia yellowish fuscous. Hindwing shining 

 yellowish fuscous. 



Abdomen shining dark fuscous; anal tuft yellow; underside whitish, 

 speckled with dark fuscous. Legs yellowish with fuscous shadings on 

 the outside; hairs above posterior tibije ashy yellow. 



Venation. — Forewing: 12 veins; 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwing: 7 

 veins; 4 absent, 3 and 5 stalked, 6 and 7 parallel. 



Alar expanse, 14 mm. 



Described from 1 male and 1 female bred March 30, 1900, from stems 

 of Guilandina honducella ., collected by Dr. Dyar at Palm Beach, 

 Florida, March 5, 11»00. 



Typc.—^o. 4942, U.S.N.M. 



Larva is robust, white, with ])rown head and thoracic plate. It 

 bores in the stem and pupates outside in a slight web. 



There are two other species of true Bhu^tohas/.s in the collected 

 material from Palm Beach, but not in sufficiently good condition to 

 describe. 



