NEOTROPICAL MICROLEPIDOPTERA, I AND II—CLARKE 387 
from outer fourth of cell; 12 very much thickened. Hind wing with 
6 veins; 3 and 4 separate; 4 and 5 coincident; 4+5 remote from 6, 
parallel; 7 absent (faintly indicated by a crease); 8 thickened. Pos- 
terior tibia with clusters of strong, long setae at spurs; basal segment 
of posterior tarsus also armed with long setae. Anal tuft of both male 
and female moderate, apparently not spreading. 
Male genitalia: Harpe simple. Uncus well developed, upright. 
Socii indicated by a few hairlike setae. Aedeagus simple. 
Female genitalia: Signum present but weak. 
Ficivora exhibits to a great extent the appearance of the North 
American Zenodozus but structurally is quite distinct. Each antennal 
segment of the male of Ficivora is strongly multiciliate compared to 
the biciliate antenna of Zenodorus. The antenna of the female of the 
latter genus lacks the long rough scaling of the female of Fedora. 
The forewing of Zenodozus has 11 veins and the hind wing 7, but each 
wing of Ficivora has one less vein than its equivalent in Zenodozus. 
There is little in the genitalia to distinguish the two genera, the males 
of each having simple harpes and similar uncus and tegumen. The 
females are also similar, those of each genus having a weak signum 
and longitudinal rods in the ductus bursae. 
Ficivora leucoteles Clarke, new species 
Fiaures 6-9 
Alar expanse: 16-36 mm. 
Labial palpus sooty black; second and third segments with occa- 
sional grayish scales mixed. Antenna shining black above, cilia 
more sooty black. Head, thorax, and abdomen shining black with 
some bluish-metallic reflections; head with posterior fringe of sordid- 
white hairlike scales. 
Wings: Male forewing sooty black basally, in costal half and along 
dorsum, remainder hyaline, the membrane with a dusky tinge, but 
veins outlined in black; cilia fuscous. Hind wing hyaline, the mem- 
brane dusky tinged, veins black; cilia fuscous. Female forewing 
sooty black fading to olivaceous brown toward apex and then to 
ocherous white; cilia ocherous white with a few brownish scales in 
tornal area. Hind wing membrane dusky brown, overlaid with 
sooty black in anal area, becoming lighter toward costa; apical half 
with relatively few dark scales, the veins in this area black. Cilia 
fuscous fading to ocherous white toward, and at apex. Legs shining 
black except posterior edges of mid and hind femora white; tarsi 
ventrally brownish ocherous. Hind tibia of male with white scales 
on inner side. 
