350 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 24 3 



*Sinuessa subinermis (Horvath) 



Phyllontochila {Sinuessa) subinermis Horvath 1910, p. 64 [Tanganyika]. 

 Phyllontocheila (Sinuessa) subinermis: Horvath 1911a, pp. 329, 332. 

 Phyllontocheila subinermis: Schouteden 1916a, p. 272 [Eritrea]. — Mancini 

 1939b, p. 162; 1954a, p. 143; 1956b, p. 78.— Drake 1954g, p. 663 

 [Ethiopia]; 1957a, p. 416 [Aden]. 

 Sinuessa subinermis: Drake 1957c, p. 32. 



Ammianus (Sinuessa) subinermis: Drake 1958a, p. 106 [Angola; Uganda; 

 Kenya; So. Rhodesia]. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Kibongoto, Kilimandjaro; Stockholm Mus. 

 Distribution: Tanganyika; Kenya; Southern Rhodesia; Uganda; Angola; 

 Aden Protectorate; Eritrea; Ethiopia. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Sinuessa waelbroecki (Schouteden) 



Phyllontocheila waelbroecki Schouteden (in Bergroth and Schouteden 

 1905, p. 381, fig. 1) [Congo]; 1916b, p. 292; 1923, p. 102.— Drake 

 1956f, p. 424 [Transvaal]. 

 Phyllontochila (Sinuessa) waelbroecki: Horvath 1910, p. 63. 

 Phyllontocheila (Sinuessa) waelbroecki: Horvath 1911b, pp. 329, 332. 

 Sinuessa waelbroecki: Drake 1957c, p. 32; 1958b, p. 28 [Kenya]. 

 Ammianus (Sinuessa) waelbroecki: Drake 1958a, p. 106 [Angola]. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Kinchassa, Belgian Congo; Cent. Afr. Mus. 

 Distribution: Congo; Kenya; Angola; South Africa (Transvaal). 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Genus SPHAERISTA Kiritshenko 



Sphaerista Kiritshenko 1951, pp. 240, 245.— Drake and Ruhoff 1960a, 

 p. 81. 

 Type Species: Orthostira paradoxa Jakovlev. 

 *Sphaerista paradoxa (Jakovlev) 



Orthostira paradoxa Jakovlev 1880a, p. 128 [Russia]; 1893, p. 293. — 



Lethierry and Severin 1896, p. 7. 

 Acalypta paradoxa: Horvath 1906a, p. 34 [Siberia]. — Oshanin 1908, 



p. 412; 1912, p. 42. 

 Sphaerista paradoxa: Kiritshenko 1951, p. 245, fig. 324. 

 Type: Holotype d% brachypterous; Russia; Leningrad Inst. 

 Distribution: U.S.S.R. (Siberia). 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Genus SPHAEROCYSTA Stal 



Sphaerocysta Stal 1873, pp. 120, 128.— Lethierry and Severin 1896, 

 p. 15.— Drake 1928a, p. 42.— Monte 1939b, p. 78; 1941e, p. 129. — 

 Drake and Ruhoff 1960a, p. 82. 

 Type Species: Tingis globifera Stal. 



