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Genus AMBOTINGIS Drake and Ruhoff 



Ambotingis Drake and Runoff 1960c, p. 29. 

 Type Species: Monanthia senta Drake and Hambleton. 

 *Ambotingis senta (Drake and Hambleton) Plate 10 



Monanthia senta Drake and Hambleton 1942a, p. 329 [Peru]; 1945, 



p. 356 [Ecuador]. 

 Ambotingis senta: Drake and Ruhoff 1960c, p. 31, fig. 1; 1960e, p. 80. 

 Type: Holotype cf , macropterous; Sullena, Peru; Drake Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Peru; Ecuador. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Genus AMBYCYSTA Drake and Hurd 



Ambycysta Drake and Hurd 1945b, p. 129.— Hurd 1946, p. 475.— Drake 

 and Ruhoff 1960a, p. 36. 

 Type Species: Megalocysta championi Drake. 



* Ambycysta championi (Drake) 



Megalocysta championi Drake 1922b, p. 38 [Brazil]. — Monte 1941e, 



p. 123; 1942c, p. 302. 

 Ambycysta championi: Drake and Hurd 1945b, p. 130. 

 Type: Holotype cf, macropterous; Brazil; Drake Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Brazil. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Note: This species is known only from the holotype, which was errone- 

 ously recorded as a female in the original description. 

 Ambycysta cornuta (Monte) 



Megalocysta cornuta Monte 1942c, p. 302, figs. 1-3 [Peru]. 

 Ambycysta cornuta: Drake and Hurd 1945b, p. 130. 

 Type: Holotype o"; Hacienda San Juan, Col. Perene, Peru; Monte 

 Coll. (Mus. Nacional). 

 Distribution: Peru. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



* Ambycysta enodis Drake 



Ambycysta enodis Drake 1948j, p. 430. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Pachitea, Peru; Drake Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Peru. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



* Ambycysta gibbifera (Picado) 



Leptostyla gibbifera Picado 1913, pp. 303, 306, pi. 13, fig. 5; figs. 29, 

 30 [Costa Rica; Aechmea]. 



Megalocysta gibbifera: Drake 1928d, p. 23.— Monte 1942c, p. 302. 



Ambycysta gibbifera: Drake and Hurd 1945b, p. 130. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Orosi, Costa Rica; Paris Mus. 

 Distribution: Costa Rica. 

 Host Plant: Aechmea sp. 



