NO. 2050. LEPIDOPTERA OF THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE—DYAR. 347 



MICROMESCINIA, new genus. 



Fore wing with veins 2-3 stalked, 4-5 stalked, 6 below apex of cell, 

 8-9 coincident, 10, 11 on cell. Hind wing with 2 close to angle of 

 cell, 4 absent, 3-5 stalked, 6 from apex of cell, 7-8 coincident. Labial 

 palpi slender, oblique; maxillary palpi filiform, small. Male with 

 fold and tuft on costa at base of fore wing beneath. 



Type of the genus. — Micromescina pygmxa, new species. 



MICROMESCINIA PYGM-EA, new species. 



Fore wing yellowish ocher, deep purple-red on costa and in a broad 

 terminal band. Hmd wmg fuscous, lighter at base; a pale Ime in 

 base of fringe. Expanse, 9.5 mm. 



jH/^f.— Male, No. 16425, U.S.N.M.; Porto Bello, March, 1911 

 (Busck). Also one male and one female, Taboga Island, February, 

 1912 (Busck); Tabernilla, Canal Zone, May, 1907 (Busck). 



NAVASOTA MYRIOLECTA, new species. 



Pmkish, strewn with dark atoms, the veins marked with light 

 lines, most distinct along costa; the dark scales border the cell veins 

 and those runnmg to apex. Hind wing soiled whitish, the costa 

 gray. Expanse, 19 mm. 



Type.—YQmole, No. 16434, U.S.N.M.; Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



PECTINIGERA VIOLODIS, new species. 



Fore wing uniform light purple. Hind wing soiled whitish, the 

 costa gray. Expanse, 20 mm. 



Type.— Female, No. 16430, U.S.N.M.; Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



PECTimOERA MUS^ELLA Schaus. 



7. Corozal, Canal Zone, April, 1911, and June, 1912 (Busck), July, 

 1912 (J. Zetek), November, 1912 (C. P. Crafts); Trinidad River, 

 June, 1912 (Busck). 



POUJADIA CYTTARELLA, new species. 



Fore wing pink with scattered brown scales, cell whitish, the color 

 not reaching costa. Hind wing very pale fuscous; abdomen ocher. 

 Expanse, 16 mm. 



Ty^^e.— Male, No. 16429, U.S.N.M.; Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 

 Also two others from the same place.. 



TINITINOA, new genus. 



Fore wing with veins 2, 3, and 5 separate near end of cell, 4 absent, 

 6 below apex of cell, 8-10 stalked, 11 on the cell. Hind uang with 

 2 before the angle of the cell, 3-5 long-stalked, 4 absent, 6 from apex 

 of cell, 7 anastomosing with 9. Labial palpi porrect; maxillary 

 palpi filiform. Antennae of male with long pectinations at base, 

 decreasing to serrations at the middle; a slight flat tuft at base. 



Type of the genus. — Tinitinoa phyi-d-es, new species. 



