ART. 13 SOME AMERICAN MOTHS HEINPJCH 13 



opuUfolia. These specimens prove that the so-called " type " at 

 Philadelphia is spurious. They agree with Clemens's original de- 

 scription and except in size with hm^gessiana Zeller. The latter may 

 possibly be retained as a race of spiraeifoliana on its food plant dif- 

 ference and slightly larger size. I doubt, however, that it is any- 

 thing more than a synonym. This identification leaves the species 

 previously identified as spiraeifolimia and which I figured under that 

 name in my Revision of the Eucosminae ' without a name. Until 

 we are better informed it may go as iiietamelana Walker. It is quite 

 possible that the name discigerana Walker has been incorrectly ap- 

 plied to western specimens. In that case it probably would apply 

 to the sfiraeif oliana of authors. We shall never clear the muddle 

 of Walker names until his types are reexamined and their genitalia 

 studied. 



The Fernald " honiotype " of " sjnraeifoliana " now in the National 

 Museum is a specimen of anguUfasciana Zeller. 



Subfamily OLETHREUTIXAE 



SATP.ONIA TANTILLA Heinrich 



Plate 4. Figcre 15 



I have examined a large series of this species reared from longleaf 

 pine {Pinus palustris) from Starke, Fla. (May 28 to June 1, 1929, 

 O. L. Harper). The males have all veins in fore wing present and 

 7 and 8 separate. The genus Satronia was described from an abnor- 

 mal specimen with T and 8 united. Since this character does not 

 hold, Satronia can only be retained separate from Goditha on the 

 subparallel rather than separate and parallel condition of veins 6 and 

 7 of hind wing. The only other American genus without pecten on 

 the lower median vein of hind wing {Sereda) has veins 6 and 7 ap- 

 proximate (tortriciform) toward base. I hesitate to lump Satronia 

 with either Goditha or Sereda on account of its quite diifercntly 

 formed male genitalia, which, except for the absence of socii, most 

 closely resemble those of Ricida, a genus easilj" separated on male and 

 female characters. 



The female genitalia of Satronia have two thornlike signa in bursa 

 and the ductus bursae strongly chitinized and bent (as in Sereda). 

 The female of Goditha is unknown. 



Female genitalia of aS'. tantila figured from reared specimens from 

 Starke, Fla. 



PHAECASIOPHORA INSPERSA, new species 



Description. — ^^A pale tawny ocherous species with a very faint 

 ferruginous tint in fresh specimens and no definable basal patch or 

 outer band on fore wing. 



' U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 12.3. p. 2CG, 1923. 



