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the uncus, are in front of the anal opening. These lateral processes 

 cannot, therefore, be in any way homologized with the uncus. 

 Three American species are referable to this genus. They are : 



pergandeella Busck, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 8, p. 237, pi. 9, fig. 2, 1900. 

 determinatella (Zeller), Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 23, p. 289, 1873. 

 antidectis (Meyrick), Exotic Microlopidoptera, vol. 1, p. 218, 1914. (New com- 

 bination.) 



ANTEQUERA, new genus 

 Plate 4, Figures 27, 28 ; Plate 9, Figures 63, 63a, 63b ; Plate 18. Figure 111 



Genotype. — Semioscopis acertella Busck, Journ. Ent. Zool., Clare- 

 mont, vol. 5, p. 100, 1913. 



Head roughened with slender scales; antenna strongly ciliate in 

 male, simple in female ; basal segment without pecten. Labial palpus 

 moderately long, slightlj^ upturned; second segment roughened with 

 coarse scales, longer than third. Thorax smooth. 



Fore wing elongate ; costa nearly straight ; 12 veins ; lb furcate ; 2-5 

 closely approximate at base, from or near angle of cell ; 6 approximate 

 to the stalk of 7 and 8 ; 7 to costa ; termen convex, oblique. 



Hind wing as broad as fore wing; 8 veins; 3 and 4 connate; 5 nearer 

 to 4 than to 6 ; 6 and 7 parallel. 



Male genitalia. — Slightl}^ asymmetrical ; anellus strongly developed ; 

 uncus and transtilla absent ; socii vestigial ; harpe Aveak. 



Fem.ale genitalia. — Genital plate membranous ; signum present. 



ANTEQUERA ACERTELLA (Busck). new combination 



Semioscopis acertella Busok, Journ. Ent. Zool., Claremont, vol. 5, p. 100, 1913. — 

 Meyrick, in Wytsman, Genera iusectorum, fase. 180, p. 186, 1922. — Mo 

 Dunnough, Cbeck list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of 

 America (Part 2, Microlepidoptera ) , No. 8462. 1939. 



Male genitalia. — Harpe slender, weak, hairy, without clasper ; cucul- 

 lus rounded ; sacculus poorly defined. Anellus strongly developed into 

 two lateral processes each forming a half of a cylinder in which the 

 aedeagus rests. Aedeagus long, slender ; vesica armed with numerous 

 strong cornuti. Vinculum produced, rounded, broad. Socii indicated 

 only by a few hairs. Gnathos di%"ided into two long, pointed processes. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate membranous. Ostium with a broad 

 ventroanterior plate. Ductus bursae strongly sclerotized in posterior 

 half; inception of ductus seminalis about middle of ductus bursae. 

 Bursa copulatrix moderately large; signa two small sclerotized, sco- 

 binate plates. 



Alar expanse, 17-19 mm. 



Type. — In the United States National Museum. 



Type locality. — San Diego, Calif. 



