INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 83 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW CENTRAL AMERICAN 

 MICROLEPIDOPTERA 



By august BUSCK 



Parharmonia daturae, new species. 



Tuft on second joint of labial palpi rust red. Terminal joint 

 canary yellow. Antennas reddish brown. Face yellow. Head 

 red mixed with black. Thorax reddish brown tipped with 

 canary yellow. Forewings translucent, very thinly covered 

 with yellowish brown scales and with a greenish sheen except 

 on the edges and the veins which stand out in clear dark 

 brown ; underside iridescent golden yellow with reddish brown 

 veins ; cilia light brown. Hindwings transparent bluish iri- 

 descent with dark brown veins and edges and yellowish brown 

 cilia. First two joints of abdomen bluish black, first with two 

 canary yellow dorsal tufts ; second with a few scattered yellow 

 scales ; third joint is bluish black with an anterior dorsal yellow 

 transversal band ; fourth joint canary yellow with black pos- 

 terior margin ; rest of the abdomen reddish brown with pos- 

 terior edge of fifth and sixth joint yellow. Legs smooth, rust 

 red with the tuft at the end of the posterior tibiae black with a 

 few yellow hairs. Male and female alike in coloration ; male 

 anal tuft straight, dirty yellow. 



Alar expanse : male 20-22 mm. ; female 28-30 mm. 



Habitat: Mexico City, Mexico (Roberto Miiller). 



Food plant : Datura. 



U. S. N. M., Type No. 22303. 



Bred by Mr. Miiller in large series from an ornamental 

 Datura with large pendulous white flowers growing in his 

 garden in Mexico City. The larvae bore in the stem. 



Ethmia similatella, new species. 



Labial palpi white ; second joint with outer and anterior part 

 of base blackish brown and with an incomplete narrow black 

 anrrulation before the tip ; terminal joint with two broad black 

 annulations, one at base and the other just before the apex. 

 Face and head dirty yellowish white with a small black spot 



