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Legs with latero ventral scales mostly fuscous, dorsal scales whitish to 

 stramineous; apices of tarsal segments ringed with white; tibia of 

 meso- and metathoracic legs with broad band of white, remainder of 

 segment fuscous. Forewings stramineous, irregularly mottled with 

 various shades of brown; darker areas concentrated in four or five 

 brownish fuscous spots along costa, at apex of cell and along termen; 

 border of termen slightly darker with two or three dark fuscous, 

 submarginal spots; outer fringe mostly unicolorous, stramineous. 

 Hindwings uniformly pale gray. 



Abdomen: Uniformly pale stramineous above and below. 



Female genitalia (figs. 79, 96). — Ovipositor relatively short; 

 posterior apophysis approximately 1.5 X length of anterior pair. 

 Posterior margin of lamella antevaginalis sinuate, with a shallow 

 median depression. Antrum greatly swollen, globose, somewhat con- 

 stricted near ostium; walls thickened and densely papillose throughout. 

 Walls of ductus bursae somewhat thickened, reticulate, gradually 

 becoming more membraneous toward corpus ; ductus gradually enlarg- 

 ing to form relatively elongate, slender bursa; signa absent. Inception 

 of ductus seminalis at caudal end of ductus bursae near termination 

 of antrum. 



Type. — Lectotype, 9 (present designation); Santa Catharina [sic], 

 Neu-Bremen, Fr. Hoffmann, 23.11.31; Carposina engalactis, n.sp., det. 

 Meyrick, Type. In the Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum. 



Type-locality. — Neu Bremen, Santa Catarina, Brazil. 



Host. — Unknown. 



Distribution (map 4). — Known only from the type-locality, which 

 is situated in the Parana Plateau of southeastern Brazil. 



Discussion. — Certain morphological features of this species, such 

 as the absence of a signum, suggest a generic or subgeneric placement 

 different than the one currently recognized. All other females of the 

 subgenus Carposina studied, including the type of the genus, are 

 characterized by a pair of strongly forked signa. Unfortunately, no 

 males are yet known of C. engalactis; thus, it is possible that the 

 discovery of a male will necessitate a new combination for this species. 

 The venation of the forewing, however, agrees with typical Carposina 

 in that all veins arise separately from the cell. 



Through the courtesy of Dr. Fritz Kasy of the Vienna Museum, I 

 was able to examine two of the three syntypes described by Meyrick 

 and have designated one as lectotype. The present location of the 

 third specimen is not known. 



Material examined. — Two females. 



SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Neu Bremen, 1 9, lectotype, 

 1 9, paralectotype, Feb. 23, 1931, coll. Fr. Hoffman (VNM). 



