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Genus ARGANIA Druce. 



Argania Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Ilet., vol. 1, 1891, p. 480, pi. 40, figs. 6, 6a, 7. 

 Male. — Palpi upcurved, reaching middle of thorax; second joint 

 smooth ; third joint with long hairs on inner side from base. Antennae 

 with tuft at middle, the terminal portion ciliate. Legs smooth; fore 

 tibiae with process; hind tibiae with short fringe above. Fore wings: 

 The costa abruptly arched at base, concave medially; raised hairy 

 scales antemedially in cell, followed by long downturned scales on 

 subcostal; cell short; vein 3 near lower angle; 4 and 5 slightly apart; 

 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked from near end of cell; 11 free. 

 Hind wmgs: Veins 3 and 4 and 6 and 7 shortly stalked; 5 well above 

 lower angle. 



Type of genus. — Argania pilosa Druce. 



The following species may also be referred to this genus: 



Argania albimacula Dognin, Het. Amer. Sud, fasc. 8, 1914, p. 71. 



Genus PHLTCTAINA Moschler. 

 Phlyctaina Moschler, Lep. Porto Rico, 1890, p. 228. 



Male. — Palpi upcurved to above vertex; second joint shortly 

 fringed in front and behind; third joint smoother, half the length of 

 second. Antennae pubescent ciliate with tuft at one-thii-d from base. 

 Legs smooth; fore tibiae with long process. Fore wings broad ; costa 

 concave at base, then arched; apex acute; a large downturned tuft 

 of hairs on costa medially, cell short; veins, 3, 4, 5 near together from 

 lower angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked from upper angle; 

 11 free, curved. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 and 6 and 7 shortly 

 stalked; 5 above angle. 



Tyjye of genus. — Phlyctaina irrigualis Moschler, = Nodaria griseirena 

 Hampson.^ 



Genus SITOPHORA Guenee. 



Sitophora Guenee, Delt. et Pyral., 1854, p. 74. 



3/aZe.-^Palpi upturned; second joint reaching above vertex, almost 

 vertical, moderately scaled; third joint long, turned back, with long 

 hairs on inner side. Antennae pubescent ciliate. Legs smoothly 

 scaled. Fore wmgs: A downturned ridge of hairs on costa medially; 

 vem 3 near lower angle; 4 and 5 from lower angle; 6 close to upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 and 

 6 and 7 stalked; 5 above lower angle; a vesicle at base of costal 

 margin. 



Type of genus. — Sitophora vesiculalis Guenee, = Bocana lycaste 

 Druce^ = Ilydrillodes totafusca Kaye.'' 



1 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1898, p. 225, pi. 17, fig. 13. 



- Biol. Ccntr. Amer., Ilet., vol. 1, 1891, p. 478, pi. 39, figs. 28, 28a, 29. 



3 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1901, p. 133, pi. 5, fig. 4. 



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