BAGWORM MOTHS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 49 



genitalia alone it resembles Dendropsi/che burrowsi, but the presence of 

 the conspicuous stigma in the forewing, which can be observed even in 

 a fully scaled wing, establishes Naevipenna aphaidropa as bemg truly 

 unique among om' New World psychids. 



7. Naevipenna aphaidropa (Dyar), new combination 



Figures 7, 155, 173, 194, 249, 249a, 324, 367; Map 7 



Platoeceticus aphaidropa Dyar, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, p. 253, 1914. — Dalla 

 Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., pars 34, p. 193, 1929. — -Gaede in Seitz, Macro- 

 lep. World, vol. 6, p. 1183, 1936. — Jones, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 71, 

 p. 122, 1945. 



Male. — (Fig. 7.) Body slender, moderately hah*y, brownisli fuscous. 

 Antennae (fig. 367) usually 21-20 segments. Fu'st and second pair 

 of legs (fig. 178) nearly equal in size, first shghtly longer. Hindlegs 

 distmctly smaller. Epiphysis approximately % length of foretibia. 

 First tarsal segment of all legs 2-2. 5x length of second. 



Wings (fig. 155) somewhat thinly scaled, brownish fuscous. Fore- 

 wings with discal scales (fig. 324) of two distinct kinds: thinly scattered, 

 hau'like type and more dense, broadly oblanceolate type with bluntly 

 rounded apices; both kinds evenly intermixed throughout both wings. 

 Wing expanse 17-20 mm. 



Male genitalia. — (Fig. 249.) As described for genus. 



Case. — Unknown. 



Type. — In the United States National Museum. 



Type locality. — Trinidad River, Panama. 



Recorded hosts. — ^None. 



Distribution. — (Map 7.) Known from the Panamanian Arc, 

 south to the Guiana Coastal Plain of French Guiana and the Brazilian 

 Highland of southeastern Brazil. 



Material examined. — 6 cf cf : 



BRAZIL: Salto Avanhandava, SE Brazil, c?, Sept. 15, CM. 

 FRENCH GUIANA: St. Jean, Maroni River, 3 cf c^, BM. 

 PANAMA: Barro Colorado Island, cf , March 29-31, CU. Trinidad River, <f , 

 type, March, USNM. 



8. Cryptothelea Duncan 



Chalia, Oiketicoides, and Psyche, in part, of authors. 



Cryptothelea Duncan in Jardine, Nat. Libr., vol. 7, p. 115, 1841. — Kirby, Cat. 

 Lep. Ilet., vol. 1, p. 925, 1892. — Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., pars 

 34, p. 187, 1929.— Jones, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 71, pp. 99-104, 

 1945.— Betrem, Tijdschr. Ent., vol. 95, pp. 333, 336, 1952. 



Platoeceticus Packard, Guide Study Insects, p. 291, 1869; Ent. Amer., vol. 3, 

 p. 51, 1887.— Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hater., vol. 1, p. 516, 1892.— Dyar, U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, p. 353, 1902 [1903].— Schaus, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 29, p. 344, 1905.— Dalla Torre, Ent. Jahrb., vol. 36, p. 131, 1927.— 

 Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., pars 34, p. 192, 1929.— Gaede in Seitz, 

 Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1183, 1936.— McDunnough, Check List Lep. 



