REVISION OF MOTHS OF CARPOSINIDAE 39 



venation of Carposina bullata appears very stable; 15 specimens were 

 examined for venational variation, and no appreciable differences 

 were noted from the pattern as shown in figure 33. 

 Material examined. — 21 females. 



PERU: Iquitos, 1 9, Mar. 21 (BM). 



WEST INDIES: Dominica: Antrim, 1,000 feet, 1 9 , Mar. 11 (USNM) ; Central 

 Forest Reserve, 19, May 8 (USNM); Clarke Hall Estate, 1 mi. E., 5 9, Apr. 

 4-May 22 (USNM) ; Pont Cass6, 2,000 feet, 1 9 , May 19 (USNM) ; 2 mi. N. W. 

 Pont Casse, 1,400 feet, 2 9, Apr. 16-May 5 (USNM); Rosalie, 1 9 . June 15 

 (USNM); South Chiltern Estate, 1 9, Mar. 3 (USNM). Dominican Republic: 

 San Francisco Mts., 6 9, Sept. (USNM). Puerto Rico: Bayamon, 1 9, Sept. 

 10 (USNM). Trinidad: Specific locality unknown, 1 9 (USNM). 



Atoposea, new genus 



Type-species. — Carposina maxima Meyrick, 1912a. 



Adult.— Moderately robust, medium size moths; wing expanse 

 approximately 35 mm. 



Head: Antennae of male with short, relatively broad scales 

 restricted to dorsal and lateral surfaces; ventral surface with two 

 rows of dense, minute ciHa; ciha moderately long, length approximately 

 1-1.5 X diameter of shaft. 



Thorax: Wings (fig. 34) relatively broad, termen not strongly 

 oblique. Forewings with all veins arising separate from discal cell; 

 vein 10 originating considerably closer to 11 than to 9; apex of cell 

 slightly excavate. Hindwings with 6 present; discal cell extending 

 approximately one half the length of wing; vein 2 arising from middle 



of cell. . , 



Male genitalia.— Uncus present but reduced. Tegumen relatively 

 broad. Gnathos elongate, widely separated into two symmetrical 

 halves. Subscaphium present. Transtilla weak, with a pair of digitate 

 processes arising from lateral ends. Valvae elongate, wath ampulla 

 present. Vinculum reduced to a narrow ventral ring; saccus small, not 

 extended . Aedeagus with apical half slightly enlarged ; cornuti numerous , 

 minute, restricted primarily to two lateral rows; inception of ejacula- 

 tory duct approximately midway along aedeagus. 



Discussion.— Superficially, the venation of this genus resembles 

 that of certain members of Carposina, particularly the typical sub- 

 o-enus, but a combination of what may appear to be relatively minor 

 differences do exist. Notably among these are the origm of vem 10 

 in the forewing, the distinct presence of 6 and the origin of vein 2 

 in the hindwing. In regard to the last character, the second cubital 

 vein originates more distad near the lower angle of the cell than in 

 all members of Carposina. Atoposea, which literally means ' odd or 

 "unusual moth," may be further separated from the other New World 



