NO. 2050. LEPIDOPTERA OF THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE—DYAR. 333 



r^p^'.— Female, No. 16381, U.S.N.M.; La Chorrera, May, 1912 

 (Busck). Also two males and four females with additional localities, 

 Porto Bello, September and October, 1912 (G. F. Cleveland); Taboga 

 Island, February, 1912 (Busck); Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck) 



Varies in size, the males 10 mm., the females 11-16 mm. A male 

 from French Guiana is labeled by Sir G. F. Hampson " Piesmojyoda 

 fiavicans Zeller. The Guatemala sp. on which Discojyalpia is founded 

 is quite distinct. " DiscojMlpia Ragonot ^ was supposed to have been 

 founded on Myelois fiavicans Zeller, but according to the above note, 

 Ragonot's specimen was misidentified. Fiavicans falls in Piesmopoda, 

 and Discopalina, with this tj^pe, therefore becomes a synonym of 

 Piesmopoda, its diagnosis being in error, taken from a different, 

 unnamed species. 



PIESMOPODA XANTHOUDEMIA, new species. 



The whole of fore wing violaceous-olive, no separate yellow area, 

 the colors entirely blended ; costal half thickly white-powdered ; costal 

 edge dark red; inner line a trace, dark; outer Une far out, whitish, 

 nearly straight. Hmd wing wliitish with fuscous veins and margin. 

 Expanse, 16 mm. 



Type.— ^i&le, No. 16382, U.S.N.M.; Truiidad River, March, 1912 

 (Busck). Also one male and one female with additional locality, 

 Paraiso, Canal Zone, January, 1911 (Busck). 



PHYCITA ALMONELLA, new species. 



Fore wing dark gray, rosy tinged, broadly powdered with white 

 along costa to outer line; inner line obscure, outer one far out, 

 straight, whitish; discal dots minute but distinct, dark, separate. 

 Hind wing translucent, fuscous tmged. Expanse, 15 mm. 



Male with a pale hair tuft on the claspers; hind wing with rusty 

 brown scales along base of costa and bases of veins beneath; antennae 

 with a broad flattened area at base, probably bearing a tuft in fresh 

 concUtion; fore wing with vem 10 running close to 8-9, 4 and 5 approx- 

 imated closely for a short distance at base. 



Type.—M&lQ, No. 16383, U.S.N.M.; Porto BeUo, May, 1912 (Busck). 

 Also two females, presumably the same species. La Chorrera, May, 

 1912 (Busck). 



ELASMOPALPUS LIGNOSELLUS Zeller. 



58. Trmidad River, March, 1912 (Busck); Porto Bello, April, 

 May (Busck) and October, 1912 (G. F. Cleveland); Alhajuelo, April, 



1911 (Busck); Tabernilla, Canal Zone, May, 1907 (Busck); Paraiso, 

 Canal Zone, May, 1911 (Busck); La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck); 

 Corozal, Canal Zone, May, 1912 (Busck), and July, 1912 (C. P. Crafts.) 



ELASMOPALPUS RUBEDINELLUS Zeller. 



67. Taboga Island, February, 1912 (Busck) ; Trinidad River, March, 



1912 (Busck); Porto Bello, April, May (Busck) and October, 1912 



1 Romanoff, M^m. sur les Lep., vol. 7, 1893, p. 1G7. 



