Proceedings of 
the United States 
National Museum 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION «© WASHINGTON, D.C. 
Volume 125 1968 Number 3660 
Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XVII" 
Notes and New Species of Phaloniidae 
By J. F. Gates Clarke 
Senior Entomologist, Department of Entomology 
For several years I have been engaged, somewhat sporadically, on a 
revision of the American Phaloniidae. Because this revision will not 
be completed for several more years—indeed, there is yet much to be 
done—I wish to make known the new taxa described below and to 
clarify the status of several previously described forms. 
None of the previously published species have been illustrated 
before (except Phalonia embrithopa Meyrick; Clarke, 1963, pl. 13: 
figs. 1-1a), but all the species included in this paper are being figured. 
In recent years several investigators (Busck, 1939; Razowski, 1964) 
have attempted classifications of this family, but for the most part 
the treatments have been based on characters of the male genitalia. 
Not only have the females been neglected but also, when they have 
been used, the accessory bursa has generally been omitted from the 
figures and it has not been employed in classification. Actually, the 
value of this feature and its origin in relation to associated structures 
are not presently known. The reason for this state of affairs is that 
1 See list at end of paper. 
