NO. 2132. REVTf^TON OP THE SUBFAMILY HYPENINAE—SCHAlTy^. 267 



smooth; fore tibiae with long process. Fore wings: A down turned 

 ridge of hairs medially on costa; apex acute; outer margm slightly- 

 rounded and obhque; cell short; vein 2 almost as close to 3 as 3 to 4; 

 4 and 5 slightly apart from lower angle; G slightly above 5; 7 below 

 upper angle; 8 from upper angle; 9 and 10 stalked from cell; 11 free; 

 th-ese veins nearly all equally apart. Hmd wings: Veins 3 and 4 on 

 short stalk; 5 above angle; 6 and 7 from upper angle. 

 Type of genus. — 'Ilypoechana fuliginosa Drucc. 



Genus TORTRICODES Guenee. 

 Tortricodes Guenee, Delt. et Pyral., 185-1, p. 71. 



Male. — Palpi upcurved, sinuous, reaching well above head, com- 

 pressed, smootldy scaled; third joint fringed in front with hair. 

 Antennae pubescent cihatc. Legs smooth; fore tibiae with hairy 

 process. Fore wings : Costal margin with raised tuft of hairs medially ; 

 outer margin with cleft; veins 3, 4, 5 from lower angle of cell; 6 below 

 upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked from angle; 10 from angle; 11 free from 

 cell. In the female veins 7-10 are stalked. Hind wings: Veins 3 

 and 4 shortly stalked from lower angle; 5 near lower angle; 6 and 7 

 shortly stalked. 



Type of genus. — Tortricodes pteroplierdlis Guenee. 



The following species are also placed in this genus: 



Tortricodes alucitalis Guenee Delt. et Pyral., 1854, p. 73. 



Tortricodes orneodalis Guenee Delt. et Pyral., 1854, p. 7S=IIer- 

 minia tagusalis Walker Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 16, 1858, p. 116. 



Tortricodes nigrirena Herrich-SchafTer Corr-Blatt, Regensburg, 

 1870, p. 108. Unknown to me. 



Tortncodes aon Druce Biol. Centr. Amcr., Het., vol, 1, 1891, 

 p. 461, pi. 38, figs. 3, 3a male; 4, female. 



TORTRICODES MAJORALIS, new species. 



Male. — Fore wings grayish l)rown; lines grayish ocherous; ante- 

 medial straight, inwardly oblique from costa, outwardly broadly 

 shaded with dark brown; postmedial line sinuous; subterminal line 

 obliquely outcurved; costal tufts extending from antemedial to sub- 

 terminal line. Hind wings dull fuscous brown. Hind wings below 

 brownish, irrorated with gray; a well-marked black discal point; 

 postmedial line dark brown ; outer margin broadly with fewer irro- 

 rations; a subterminal pale lunular dentate line. 



Expanse. — 34 mm. 



Habitat. — Tuis, Costa Rica. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19693, U.S.N.M. 



Distinguished by its large size and more extended costal tufts. 



