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abdomen dark brown above ; entire body silvery ochreous on the 

 under side ; legs ochreous with broad dark brown bars. 



Alar expanse: 7 millimeters. 



Habitat : Porto Bello, Panama. 



Type No. 14530, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Food plant: Conostegia sp. probably xalapensis Don. 



The larvae make irregular red blotch-mines on the upper side of 

 the leaves and at maturity cut out the upper and lower epidermis, 

 forming a nearly circular cocoon about 6-j millimeters in diameter, 

 which falls to the ground. Imagos issued late in March. Several 

 mines may be found in a single leaf. 



Family COLEOPHORIDiE 

 TOCASTA, new genus 



Labial palpi long, recurved, smooth ; second joint slightly thickened 

 towards apex; third joint less than half the length of second, acute. 

 Antennae longer than the forewings, with well developed pecten on 

 the basal joint. Forewings narrow, elongate, pointed; cell very long; 

 11 veins ; vein 2 obsolete (a trace of it barely discernible) ; all veins 

 separate ; 7 to costa ; lb shortly furcate at base. Hindwings half the 

 width of the forewings; 8 veins; 5 and 6 connate; rest separate. 

 Posterior tibiae hairy. 



Most nearly allied to, but lower in the phylogeny than, Batrachedra 

 or Coleophora. 



Genotype : Tocasta priscella, new species. 



TOCASTA PRISCELLA, new species 



Labial palpi blackish fuscous with lighter tip. Antennae light 

 ochreous with brown annulations. Face and head dark ochreous 

 fuscous. Thorax dark ochreous fuscous. Forewings shining ochre- 

 ous fuscous, indistinctly dusted with slightly darker scales. Hind- 

 wings ochreous fuscous with lighter cilia. Abdomen dark fuscous 

 with lighter anal tuft and with the basal joints velvety ochreous 

 above. Legs ochreous, dusted with fuscous. 



Alar expanse : 18 millimeters. 



Habitat : Cabima, Panama ; May. 



Type No. 14562, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



