NO. 2043. NEW MWROLEPIDOPTERA FROM PANAMA— BUSCK. 65 



Genus SCARDIA Treitche. 

 Type. — Scardia holeti Fabricius. 



SCARDIA ISTHMIELLA, new species. 



Labial palpi light ochreous brown on the inner side, blackish brown 

 exteriorly. Face and head light ochreous brown; vertex touched 

 with blackish brown. Antennae ochreous. Thorax blackish brown; 

 tips of patagina ochreous. Forewing dark bluish brown overlaid with 

 black and with strong golden and iridescent reflections; costal edge 

 with small, indistinct, geminate, ochreous spots, hardly discernible 

 on basal half, more distinct on apical third; a broad, light, ochreous 

 area along terminal edge sprinkled with black and brown scales ; the 

 ochreous space reaches from just before apex on the costal edge to 

 apical third of dorsum; the edge toward the basal dark part is undulat- 

 ing; a black projection at the end of the cell encroaches upon the light 

 part and just below the light part projects into the dark area; a series 

 of small, dark brown dots along the apical and terminal edges. Hind- 

 wings dark purplish brown, with yellowish cilia. Abdomen dark 

 brown above, light ochreous on the under side. Legs ochreous, 

 strongly barred with blackish brown exteriorly. 



Alar expanse. — 30 mm. 



Habitat. — Porto Bello, Panama, March. 



Type-specimen.— Qiii. No. 16769, U.S.N.M. 



A large, typical, narrow-winged species, close to S. coloradella 

 Dietz, but without any dorsal ochreous markings. 



SCARDIA MINIM ELLA, new species. 



So nearly identical in coloration and markings to the foregoing 

 species as to suggest their identity, but only about half the size ot 

 S. isiJimiella. The only difference seems to be the more clearly 

 defined costal geminate spots, the lighter underside of the wing, and 

 the lighter colored abdomen of S. minimella, all of which might be 

 variation only. Such extreme variation in size, however, is not normal 

 within this genus, and it is clearly obligatory, as well as undoubtedly 

 correct, to consider them distinct. 



Alar expanse. — 14-17 mm. 



Habitat. — Porto Bello, Panama, March. 



Type-specimen.— Qsii. No. 16770, U.S.N.M. 



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