NO. 2043. \EW MICROLEPIDOPTERA FROM PANAMA— BU8CK. 17 



Habitat. — Porto Bello and Trinidad Kiver, Panama, April, May. 



Type-specimen.— Cd^t. No. 15832. U.S.N.M. 



Very close to the foregoing species, curvateUa Busck, but smaller, 

 more shiny, with less white ornamentations and without the brown 

 streak on the fold. The reddish brown palpal brush at once separates 

 this species. 



Genus AROGALEA Walsingharn. 



Type. — Arogalea cnstifascieUa Chambers. 



AROGALEA SORONELLA, new species. 



Second jomt of labial palpi white above and at apex mth black 

 underside; terminal joint black, with extreme tip white. Face and 

 head whitish yellow. Antennse black. Thorax black with two, small, 

 yellow, posterior tufts of raised scales. Forewings deep black with 

 light yellow markings; an oblique yellow spot on basal fourth of 

 costa; a yellow spot on apical fourth of costa; a small yellow tuft of 

 raised scales on the middle of the fold; black scale tufts at basal 

 fourth and at the end of the cell, the latter with a few yellow scales; 

 a mmute yellow dot at tornus; cUia black. Hindwings blackish 

 fuscous. Abdomen black with yellow anal tuft. Legs black; 

 tarsal joints annulated with yellow. 



Alar expanse. — 12-13 mm. 



Habitat. — La Chorrera and Cabima, Panama, May. 



Type-specimen.— Q^t. No. 15833, U.S.N.M. 



Reminds in coloration and pattern very much of the somewhat 

 larger Parastega cMonostigma Walsingham, from which it is, however, 

 at once distinguished by the yellow dots on the thorax and the differ- 

 ently colored labial palpi. 



Genus DICHOMERIS Hubner. 



Type. — Dichomeris ligulella Hubner. 



DICHOMERIS TRISTICTA. new species. 



Second jomt of labial palpi with well-developed brush {Malaco- 

 triche type), hght brown on the inner side; blackish brown exteriorly, 

 with tip of the brush white; terminal joint light brown. Antenna) 

 light ochreous brown with narrow black annulations. Face, head 

 and thorax light ochreous bro\vn; extreme posterior tip of thorax 

 black. Forewings light ochreous brown wdth a round black dot on 

 the middle of the cell, another at the end of the cell and a similar one 

 on the fold, all slightly edged with reddish brown; base of costal edge 

 black; around the apical edge is a series of small black dots. Hind- 

 wings dark brownish fuscous. Abdomen oclireous brown. Legs 

 ochreous on the inner sides, blackish exteriorly. 

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