312 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 50. 



Hind wings: A postmedial dark line and a subterminal faint line 

 parallel with it, both curved below vein 2. Wmgs below dull dark 

 brown; a postmedial line; hind wings shaded with whitish gray basaUy 

 and on inner margin, with a dark discocellular spot. The fore wings 

 have the outer margin weU rounded. 



Expanse. — 38 mm. 



Habitat. — Jamaica. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19753, U.S.N.M. 



Genus PH ALAENOPHANA Grote. 

 Phalaenophana Grote, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, 1873, p. 304. 



Male. — ^Palpi upturned, the second joint reaching well above 

 vertex, moderately scaled; third joint hah the length of second, 

 acute, smooth, with some longer hairs behind. Antennae pubescent 

 fasciculate. Fore tibiae with process. Outer margin of fore wings 

 rounded, of hind wings faintly incurved opposite cell, slightly angled 

 at vein 2. Fore wings: Veins 3, 4, 5 close together; 6 close to upper 

 angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked from upper angle; 11 free. Hind wings: 

 Veins 3 and 4 shortly stalked; 5 close to angle; 6 and 7 shortly stalked. 



Type of genus. — Phalaenopliana rurigena Grote, -= Ilerminia pyra- 

 musalis Walker,^ = Herminia gyasalis Walker.- 



The following species are also included in this gemis : 



Phalaenopliana eudorealis (Heterogramnia) Guenee, Delt. et Pyral., 

 1854, p. 93. 



PliaUenophana oppialis {BleptiTUi) Walker (Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 19, 

 1859, p. SQ4:)= Pyralisf subcordatalis Wsilker (Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 34, 

 1865, p. 1248). 



Genus POROSANA Schaus. 



Porosana Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 11, 1913, p. 32. 



Male. — Palpi upcurved, barely reaching vertex, smootlily scaled, 

 with very short fringe on second joint in front; third joint acUte, one- 

 third as long as second. Antennae pubescent ciliate. Legs smoothly 

 scaled ; spurs on hind tibiae long. Abdomen short. Fore wings nar- 

 row; veins 3, 4, 5 from lower angle; 6 close to upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 

 on long stalk; 11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 on long stalk; 5 

 near middle of discocellular; 6 and 7 from upper angle. 



Type of genus. — Porosana uinica Schaus. 



POROSANA JUANALIS, new species. 



Male. — Head, collar, and thorax lilacine gray. Abdomen above 

 dark gray. Fore wings brownish gray, more darkly irrorated, the 

 lines and spots bro\vn; costa finely fuscous gray with white points 



I Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 16, 1859, p. 106. * Idem, vol. 19, 1859, p. 856. 



