NO. 2043. NEW MICROLEPIDOPTERA FROM PANAMA— BV8CK. 3 



Family GELECHIID^ 

 FORTINEA, new genus. 



Type. — Fortinea auriciliella, new species. 



Labial palpi long, thin, recurved; second joint slightly thickened 

 with appressed scales, compressed, slightly ruffled in front; terminal 

 joint slender, acute, as long as second. Antennse finely ciliate. 

 Forewings very elongate, broadest just within tornus; costa straight 

 until apical fourth, thence somewhat deflected to the well defined 

 apex; termen but little oblique; dorsum straight; 11 veins; veins 

 10 and 11 so closely approximate and parallel as to unite thi'oughout 

 their length into one heavy vein, only separable into its constituents 

 under magnification; 7 and 8 stalked; 7 to costa; 2 from near middle 

 of cell; 3 from before the end of the cell; 4 from end of cell; 1 h furcate 

 at base. Hindwings broader than forewings; costa straight; apex 

 pointed; termen straight, oblique; dorsum straight; 8 veins; 6 and 7 

 stalked; cell produced at their stalk; 5 cubital, separate; 3 and 4 

 separate, but approximate. Posterior tibisB hairy above. 



A genus of uncertain affinity though probably related to Catalexis 

 Walsingham and Logisis Walsingham; from both of these genera it 

 differs in having vein 9 of the forewing free and in the unusual semi- 

 coincidence of veins 10 and 11. 



FORTINEA AURICILIELLA, new species. 



Labial palpi hght oclireous brown. Face and head hght straw- 

 colored. Antennse light straw-colored, faintly annulated with dark 

 brown toward their tips. Thorax hght brown. Forewings hght 

 ochreous brown; extreme costal edge blackish brown; below tliis runs 

 a thin, Hght ochreous, submarginal hne from base to apex, whence it 

 turns obhquely inward straight to the middle of the fold; this thin 

 ochi'eous Hne is edged above with dark brown and is faintly continued 

 along the fold to the base of the wing; it gives the wing a superficial 

 appearance of a much narrower, elachistid wing with a long cilia 

 represented by the tornal part; along the terminal edge is a dark 

 brown submarginal line, beyond which the wing and the cilia are 

 strongly metalHc golden; dorsal ciHa not metallic, dark greenish 

 browTi. Hindwings dark brownish fuscous with golden yellow tips; 

 apical ciHa golden yellow with a deeper yellow basal line; dorsal ciHa 

 brown. Abdomen dark brown above; underside oclireous. Legs 

 ochreous, shaded externally with dark brown. 



Alar expanse. — 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Porto Belle, Panama, May. 



Type-specimen.— Qs^t. No. 15815, U.S.N.M. 



