NO. 2050. LEPIDOPTERA OF THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE—DYAR. 221 



prominence; thorax and abdomen without crests; proboscis moder- 

 ately well developed. Palpi upturned, the second joint long with 

 frmge of scales on front side, third joint long, pointed, naked. Scales 

 of head long and abundant, curving smoothly over to join those 

 of thorax. 



Type of the genus. — TineocepJiala judis, new species. 



TINEOCEPHALA JUDIS, new species. 



Fore wing long, narrow, the margins subparallel; sordid ocherous, 

 dusted with gray, the margin and fringe shaded with this color; a 

 minute distinct black discal spot; costa black at base, with alternatmg 

 dark and pale specks outwardly; outer line obsolescent, dark, pow- 

 dery, forming a right angle in its upper third. Hmd wmg sordid 

 whitish, darker on the margm. Expanse, 12 mm. 



Cotypes.— Four specimens. No. 15901, U.S.N.M.; La Chorrera, 

 May, 1912 (Busck). 



Family LASIOCAMPID.E. 



PRORIFRONS CASTULLUX, new species. 



Blackish brown; lines indistinct, straight, pale, four, slender, 

 whitish, all converging slightly on inner margin and a little bent on 

 costa; discal dot a minute white speck; subterminal line wavy, 

 macular, pale, obsolescent; two small black specks above tornus. 

 Hmd wing with pale straight mesial shade and outer curved one. 

 Expanse, 80 mm. 



Cotypes.— Two males, No. 15946, U.S.N.M.; Cabima, May, 1911, 

 (Busck); La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck). 



Similar to P. quadrilineta Barnes and McDunnough, but darker, 

 larger, the lines less convergent, the markings less distinct. Appar- 

 ently a derivative of P. peruviana Druce, but the markings much less 

 distinct. 



PRORIFRONS ANTONIA Schaus. 



2. Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck) ; La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck). 



TOLYPE NANA Druce. 



6. Trinidad River* March and Juno, 1912 (Busck) ; Alhajuelo, April, 

 1911 (Busck); La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck). 



TOLYPE MEXICANA Herricli-Schafier. 



1. La Chorrera, May, 1912 (Busck). 



A female, the median lines strongly approximated. 



TOLYPE TARUDA Schaus. 



1. Porto Bello, February, 1911 (Busck). 



TOLYPE SYNCECURA Dyar. 



2. Empire, Canal Zone (D. D. Gaillard). 



Bred from a pod-shaped communal nest pendant from a branch. 



ARTACE PUNCTISTRIGA Walker, 



2. Porto Bello, March ,1911 (Busck); Cabima, May, 1911 (Busck). 



