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40 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MKNSTRUUS 



SOME TROPICAL AMERICAN PHYCITINAE 



(Lepidoptera, Pyralidcc) 



By HARRISON G. DYAR 



Mr. Wm. Schaus requested me to determine the Phycitinge 

 recently collected by himself and Mr. J. Barnes in Guatemala. 

 Among the new species found, I mention here also other 

 species that have been in the collection awaiting names. 



Myelois palpalis, new species. 



Fore wing whitish gray, indistinctly sufifused with dull red- 

 dish on the lower half and at base ; lines indistinct, the inner 

 forming a black dentate spot on cell ; discal spots small, dif- 

 fused ; outer line pale, defined by streaks on the veins before 

 and after. Hind wing whitish, translucent, gray on the costa, 

 veins and terminal line. Expanse, 17 mm. 



Type. male. No. 21929, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Cayuga, Guate- 

 mala, April (Schaus & Barnes). 



Similar to M. venipars Dyar, but the palpi have the third 

 joint about as long as the second instead of much shorter. 



Fundella cistipennis Dyar. 



Ballovia cistipennis Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xHv, 323, 1913. 

 Ballovia does not constitute a distinct genus from Fundella. 



Fundella eucasis, new species. 



Fore wing light gray, the basal space filled in with blackish ; 

 lines very indistinct, whitish, the inner oblique ; discal marks 

 only a trace. Hind wing white, translucent, the inner area yel- 

 lowish brown. Expanse, 14 mm. 



Type, male. No. 21980, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Caracas. Vene- 

 zuela (Raymono). 



Fundella argentina, new species. 



Fore wing light gray, thickly irrorated with blackish, espe- 

 cially on outer margin ; inner line blackish, oblique, broad, nar- 

 rowing below median vein, whitish edged without ; disca! dots 

 blackish, somewhat diffused ; outer line whitish, slightly ex- 



