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Idolatteria maon (Druce) 



Plate 5 



Atteria maon Druce, 1901, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 7, p. 440. 

 Pseudatteria maon. — Meyrick, 1912, in Wagner, Lepidopterorum catalogus, 



pt. 10, p. 16; 1913, in Wytsman, Genera insectorum, fasc. 149, p. 22. 

 Idolatteria maon. — Durrant, 1914, in Godman and Salvin, Biologia Centrali- 



Americana, Lepidoptera Heterocera, vol. 4, p. 270. 



Female genitalia. — Sinus vaginalis tureen shaped; lamella ante- 

 vaginalis narrow, straight cephalically. Antrum membranous, 

 broader than adjacent, cyUndrical portion of ductus bursas bearing 

 two lateral colliculi touching each other medially. Signum strong, 

 dagger shaped, insignificantly curved; caudal extension of its base 

 a little longer than cephaUc extension; capitulum broadly rounded, 

 but moderately prominent. 



Type. — Holotype, female (genitalia on slide 5762), Chiguinda, 

 Ecuador (C. Buckley; 6610) ; BM. 



Remark. — The holotype is the only specimen known. 



Idolatteria orgias (Meyrick) 



Plate 6 



Pseudatteria orgias Meyrick, 1930, Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol. 3, p. 607. — 

 Clarke, 1955, Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the 

 British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick, vol. 1, 

 p. 227; 1958, ibid., vol. 3, p. 199, pi. 99, figs. 3-3c. 



Idolatteria orgias. — Obraztsov, 1966, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 118, no. 3535, 

 pp. 619. 



Female genitalia. — Sinus vaginalis tureen shaped; lamella 

 antevaginaHs narrow, straight cephalically. Antrum membranous, 

 infundibular, much broader than adjacent portion of ductus bursa 

 bearing two lateral coUiculi. Signum dagger shaped, broad, curved; 

 caudal extension of its basis narrow and long; cephaUc extension 

 much broader and shghtly shorter, and with scalloped margins; 

 capitulum with tip slightly narrowed. 



Type. — Holotype, female (genitalia on slide 4440, JFGC), Pacho, 

 East Cordilleras, Colombia, 7250 ft, (Paravicini Collection) ; BM. 



Other specimens examined. — One female (one wing and abdomen 

 missing), Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia (Felder Collection; 

 400159); BM. One female (genitalia on slide 4441, JFGC), same 

 locality; USNM. 



Remarks. — The male is unknown. All three female specimens are 

 very similar, varying slightly in the shape and size of separate wing 

 spots. 



