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forming two bands, female with cilia about half segment width; ocelli 

 well developed. 



Forewings with 11 veins; R2 free from cell or short stalked with 

 R3+4; 1^3+4 stalked; Mi from about one-third distance from top of cell; 

 M2-1.3 short stalked, from lower outer angle of cell; Cui from before 

 the angle. Hindwing mth 8 veins; Sc and Rs approximate for short 

 distance beyond cell, then diverging; Mi from upper outer angle; M2 

 stalked with M3 for about two-thirds length; Cui stalked with M2+3 

 for about one-third length, from lower outer angle; Cu2 from just 

 before angle. 



Male genitalia with uncus triangular, apex rounded, dorsal surface 

 uniformly and rather densely covered with short cilia. Gnathos with 

 medial process simple, tip hooked dorsally. Transtilla incomplete. 

 Juxta bell-shaped. Vinculum rounded. Valvae rounded, densely pu- 

 bescent on inner side; costa tubular; sacculus with clasper bearing 

 scattered setae. Aedeagus with vesica bearing a single large sharp- 

 pointed cornutus and a patch of numerous short, sharp spines. 



Female genitalia mth dorsal margin of ovipositor rather densely 

 covered with long hairs. Apophyses rather straight, anterior slightly 

 longer and stouter than posterior. Bursa small, very weakly sclerotized, 

 unarmed. 



Ragonotia dotalis (Hulst) 



Figures 38, 62, 103, 142, 177 



Anerastia dotalis Hulst, 1886, p. 164. — Rindge, 1955, p. 161. 



Ciris discigerella Ragonot, 1887, p. 17. 



Anoristia olivella Hulst, 1888, p. 117. — Rindge, 1955, p. 168. 



Ragonotia saganella Hulst, 1890, p. 205. — Smith, 1891, p. 84. — Hulst, 1902, 



p. 437. — Rindge, 1955, p. 170. [New synonymy.] 

 Ragonotia dotalis (Hulst). — Ragonot, 1889, p. 117. — Hulst, 1890, p. 205. — 



Smith, 1891, p. 84.— Ragonot, 1901, p. 329.— Hulst, 1902, p. 437.— Barnes 



and McDunnough, 1917, p. 149. — Hampson, 1918, p. 124. — McDunnough, 



1939, p. 35. 

 Megasis indianella Dyar, 1923, pp. 28-29 [described in Phycitinae]. 

 Psammia flavipicta Hampson, 1930, pp. 71-72. — McDunnough, 1939, p. 31. — 



Heinrich, 1956, p. 315.— Kimball, 1965, p. 251. [New synonymy.] 



Diagnosis. — This is the only known species in the genus. 



Description. — Labial palpi white, outer sides of second and third 

 segments variously sprinkled with subapically brown banded white 

 scales; antennae white, brown band on center of each segment; frons 

 white with scattered brown scales, vertex and dorsum of occiput 

 white, often with scattered brown scales, occiput laterally of alternat- 

 ing black and white bands; legs white, sprinkled with brown on outer 

 sides, proximal end of each tarsal segment black banded. 



Forewings with ground white, finely sown with dark brown scales, 

 variable in number, producing a light brown to gray color; basal spot 



