NO. 3540 MICROLEPIDOPTERA, X — DUCKWORTH 3 



carmine; palpi whitish; abdomen dark brown; wings below of a clearer 

 carmine-red than above; base of secondaries and pectus bronze- 

 brown; legs and venter whity-brown. Expanse of wings, 16 mm. 



In addition to the characters given in the original description, the 

 details of the wing venation, head, and male and female genitalia are 

 illustrated in figures la-e. 



Type: In the British Museum (Natural History). 



Type locality: Corral, Chile. 



Distribution: Chile: Corral; Llanquihue, Peulla (March); Centro- 

 Austral (Jan.-Mar.). 



Remarks: This species was described originally in the family 

 Gelechiidae, and this association was followed by Calvert (1886) in 

 his catalog of Chilean Lepidoptera. Busck (1934) listed the species 

 as Stenoma phoenissa in his catalog of the family Stenomidae, and 

 this combination has persisted until now. Examination of the type 

 specimen, howev^er, clearly indicates that the genus should be placed 

 in the Oecophoridae. The remote position of veins 6 and 7 in the 

 hindwing and the presence of pecten on the basal segment of the 

 antenna are both good oecophorid characters which are not found in 

 the Stenomidae. 



Family Tortricidae 



Subfamily Sparganothiinae 



Rhynchophyllis Meyrick 



Figure 2; Plate 1 (fig. b) 

 Rhynchophyllis Meyrick, 1932, Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol. 4, pp. 288-289. 



Type species: Rhynchophyllis categorica Meyrick, by monotypy. 



This monobasic genus was established for a new species, R. cate- 

 gorica, described from a single female specimen from Jaragua, "Santa 

 Catharina" (Santa Catarina), Brazil. Meyrick included the genus 

 in the Xyloryctidae (= Stenomidae) with the following comment: 

 "A highly peculiar insect; the hindwings are normal for the Xyloryc- 

 tidae, to wliich therefore it must be referred, but the rest of the 

 structure is very abnormal; possibly there is some relationship to 

 Falculina, which is suggested by the superficial appearance, but 

 this may be delusive." Examination of the type specimen in the 

 Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria, which remains the only 

 known example of tliis species, clearly indicates its proper placement 

 in the Tortricidae rather than in the Stenomidae. The correct 

 systematic position within the Tortricidae must await a revision of 

 the Neotropical members of the family. On the basis of the ribbon- 

 Uke signum, the genus is tentatively assigned to the subfamily Spar- 

 ganothiinae. 



