NO. 2050. LEPIDOPTERA OF THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE— BY AR. 343 



May, 1912 (Biisck); Corozal, Canal Zone, April, 1912 (Busck), March, 

 1911 (Busck). 



Two of the specimens have veins 4 and 5 comcident on one whig. 



Since preparmg these descriptions I find that CaUmopMeps squali- 

 ddla is undoubtedly the same as Azxra muciella Schaus;^ but as 

 Azsera is too near Azara D'Orbigny (Mollusca) to be retamed I let the 

 descriptions stand as written, leaving squalideUa to designate the 

 specimens actually under observation, to avoid possible future con- 

 fusion. 



CALAMOPHLEPS NODOSES, new species. 



Pale gray, whitish on costa; lines dark, the inner broad, nearly 

 straight, not attammg either margm; discal dot clouded, double; 

 outer Ime straight, parallel to and near the outer margm, with narrow 

 following pale shade. Hmd wing translucent fuscous. Expanse, 

 10 mm. 



Type. — Female, No. 16415, U.S.N .M.; Corozal, Canal Zone, April, 

 1911 (Busck). 



CALAMOPHLEPS LOPHOPHORA, new species. 



Front with projectmg divided tuft. Dark gray, finely powdered 

 with black; inner Ime whitish, obhque, irregular, followed by a black 

 shade; discal dots dark, separated; outer Hue narrow, pale, a little 

 flexuous, all the markings obscure and apparently inconstant. Hmd 

 wmg silky translucent pale fuscous. Expanse, 11 mm. 



Type,—YQm2i\e, No. 16416, U.S.N.M.; Porto BeUo, May, 1912 

 (Busck). Also one female. La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck). 



COMOTIA, ne^A/^ genus. 



Fore wing with vein 2 before the angle of the cell, 3 and 5 shortly 

 stalked, 4 absent, 6 below apex of ceU, straight, long; 8 and 9 coinci- 

 dent, close to 10 at base, 10 and 11 on the cell. Hmd whig with the 

 ceU very short, veui 2 long before the angle, 4 absent, 3 and 5 sepa- 

 rate, 6 close to 7 at base, 7 and 8 coincident. Labial palpi slender, 

 upturned to vertex. Maxillary palpi mmute. AntennsB of male 

 with the basal jomt triangular, the flagellum on one corner, a small 

 spine on the other; flagellum with its second jomt large, flat, exca- 

 vated behmd into a pocket, followed by a ridge of crests on the suc- 

 ceedmg joints. Abdomen long and slender, the anal segment tufted. 



Type of the genus. — Comotia torsicornis, new species. 



COMOTIA TORSICORNIS, new species. 



Fore wing long, very narrow, pale gi-ay, a little streaked w4th 

 black on the vems; discal dots black, separated; lines pale, obscure; 

 termmal dots black. Hind wing translucent pale fuscous with dark 

 veins and termen. Expanse, 13 mm. 



1 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vol. 11, 1913, p. 250. 



