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KEY TO THE SPECIES OF OZAMIA 



1. Fore wing dark gray with white transverse antemedial n.nd siiU- 



terminal lines, but with very little white marking or dustiiiu' 



otherwise 4. thalassophiia Dyar 



Fore wing sordid white or gray, heavily dusted with white in 



some areas 2 



2. Predominant color of moth sordid white; ductus bursae of fe- 



male finely scobinate (West Indies, North and Central 



America) 3 



Predominant color of moth gray ; ductus bursae of female coarsely 



scobinate (South America) 5 



3. Area bordering inner margin of fore wing shaded with ferru- 



ginous; female without signum (West Indies) 1. lucidalis (Walker) 



Area bordering inner margin of fore wing not ferruginous ; fe- 

 male with signum (United States and Mexico) 4 



4. Fore wing with a greenish tint on area bordering inner margin 



(discernible only in fresh specimens) ; sigiuim of female a short 

 line of minute spines (southern California). 



3. odiosella fuscomaculella (Wright) 

 No such greenish tint on fore wing; signum of female a narrow, 

 minutely spined plate (Texas and eastern Mexico) 2. odiosella (Hulst) 



5. General color of fore wing dark gray ; midcostal half of wing 



white finely peppered with black 5. stigmaferella (Dyar) 



General color of fore wing paler gray ; midcostal half of wing 

 ashy white (an even peppering of whitish and fuscous scales) 6 



6. Fore wing with large pale rust-colored blotches at base and on 



inner half 7. punicans, new species 



Fore wing with area between lower vein of cell, vein 2, and inner 

 margin clear yellow and unmarked 6. hemilutella Dyar 



1. OZAMIA LUCIDALIS (Walker) 



Plates 32, 41 ; Figures 30-30e, 66-66a 



Trachonitis lucidalis Walker, List of specimens of lepidopterous Insects in 

 the collection of the British Museum, vol. 27, p. 39, 1863. 



Ozamia luchUdiH (Walker) Kagonot. M^moires sur les L4pidopt^res, vol. 8, 

 p. 34, 1901. 



Male. — Palpi, head, thorax, and fore \vin«^ sordid white. Fore 

 wing with ferruginous-fuscous spottings on the area bordering inner 

 margin; transverse markings black, shading to ferruginous-fuscous 

 toward inner margin; antemedial line angulate, white, bordered on 

 inner and outer sides by black or ferruginous, the outer black marking 

 at costa a broad spot; subterminal line dentate, slanting from costa 

 near apex to outer fourth of inner margin, bordered inwardly and 

 outwardly by dark lines, shading from black to ferruginous; discal 

 spot at end of cell irregular, frequently extended beyond cell into 

 two short dashes, black; a row of black dots along termen at the 

 vein ends. Hind wing white, semihyaline, with a fine fuscous line 

 along termen ; cilia white with a faint, dark, subbasal line. Abdom- 

 inal tufts small. 



