104 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 261 



KEY TO SPECIES OF PSEUDOMETOPIA 

 Not included: separata (Signoret) dead amblardii var. scutellaris Schmidt. 



1 . Forewings at rest with two broad yellow transverse bands ... 2 

 Forewings without yellow transverse bands 3 



2. Aedeagus in caudoventral aspect with ventral lobe truncate 



apically P. latifascia (Walker) (fig. 92) 



Aedeagus in caudoventral aspect with ventral lobe tapered 

 gradually to aedeagal shaft (fig. 95). 



P. transversa, new species 



3. Forewings marked with large pale spots.* 



P. amblardii (Signoret) (fig. 94) 

 Forewings not so 4 



4. Forewing with a basal spot bordered by castaneous. 



P. phalaesia (Distant) (fig. 91) 



Forewing without such a spot, female abdominal sternum VII 



with an elongate lobe on each side 5 



5. Males (male of P. xcm//)/z7u (Osborn) unknown) 6 



Females 8 



6. Aedeagus in lateral aspect with shaft anteapical, anterior to a 



ventral apical lobe (fig. 97) . . P. irenae, new species (p. 105) 

 Aedeagus in lateral aspect with shaft apical (fig. 93) 7 



7. Aedeagus in lateral aspect with apex of shaft not concealed. 



P. dufouri (Signoret) (fig. 98) 

 Aedeagus in lateral aspect with shaft concealed. 



P. appendiculata Schmidt (fig. 93) 



8. Abdominal sternum VII with median lobe produced and convex. 



P. sculptilis (Osborn) (fig. 96) 

 Abdominal sternum VII with median lobe truncate 9 



9. Pronotum with tAvo transverse dark linear markings, connected 



by a median dark line P. dufouri (Signoret) (fig. 98) 



Pronotum not so marked .... P. irenae, new species (p. 105) 



P. appendiculata Schmidt (fig. 93) 



Pseudometopia transversa, new species 



Figure 95 



Length of male 12.5 mm. Clypeus slightly concave medially. Thorax 

 with pronotal width less than transocular width of head, lateral 

 margins slightly convergent anteriorly, posterior two-thirds of disc 

 transversely rugose and punctate, posterior inargin shallowly concave. 



*Spots lacking in teneral specimens. See genitalia illiostrations. 



