NO. 2043. NEW MICROLEPIDOPTERA FROM PANAMA— BUSCK. 15 



spot reaches from the middle of costa to apical fifth and is followed 

 by a small, mimottled, ochreous space; on the middle of the fold is a 

 black streak; extreme tip of the wing blackish; cilia ochreous with 

 a basal and a terminal black line. Hindwmgs light fuscous with 

 edges and cilia a shade darker. Abdomen du'ty ochreous. Legs 

 ochreous, barred with dark brown: tarsi annulated with black. 



Alar expanse. — 12 mm. 



Habitat. — Alhajuela, Panama, AprU. 



Type-specimen.--Csit. No. 15828, U.S.N.M. 



An inconspicuous species reminding of PTithorimaea striateUa 

 Murtfeldt. 



Genus TELPHUSA Chambers. 



Type. — Telphusa longifasciella Clemens. 



TELPHUSA OBLIGATA, new species. 



Second joint of the labial palpi black with white apex; terminal 

 joint white. Face silvery ochreous. Antennae light ochreous with 

 narrow black annulations. Head and thorax light reddish ochreous. 

 Forewings light ochi'eous with a strong rosy tint, especially on costal 

 and apical part; and sparsely sprinkled with minute black atoms; at 

 basal thii-d of costa is a large, deep black, outwardly oblique spot, 

 reachmg beyond the fold; at apical third is a deep black costal spot; 

 a series of small terminal dots black; base of dorsum and a small dot 

 on the middle of the wing near base black; cilia reddish ochreous. 

 Hindwuigs light fuscous. Abdomen fuscous with the posterior edge 

 of each jomt and with anal tuft ochreous. Legs ochreous; tarsal 

 joints barred with black. 



Alar expanse. — 11 mm. 



Habitat. — La Chorrera, Panama, May. 



Type-specimen. — Cat. No. 15829, U.S.N.M. 



A pretty species with a bold, easily recognized wing ornamentation. 



TELPHUSA MEDULELLA, new species. 



Labial palpi ochreous, mottled with black; terminal joints mostly 

 black, but with base and extreme apex ochreous. Antennae black 

 with first joint and apical joints tipped with yellow. Face and head 

 ochreous, slightly tipped mth black. Thorax blackish brown on 

 anterior half, ochreous posteriorly; patagina brown. Forewings 

 ochreous and dark brown in about equal proportion; taking the 

 brown as groimd-color, there is an ill-defined ochreous band from 

 near the base of costa to the middle of dorsum and thence upward 

 again across the outer part of the cell to apical third of costa; this 

 uneven band is loosely connected with an ochreous spot on apical 

 fourth of costa by a downwardly curved narrow band and also with 

 a yellow spot at base of dorsum, the whole forming a very iiTegular 



