NO. 3561 LOXOSTEGE—CAPPS 19 
Foop pLant.—Unknown. 
DistriputTion.—Guatemala and Panama. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED.—3. 
IN FLIGHT.—May. 
Remarxs.—Differences in genitalia and length of the upper spurs 
distinguish the males of cynoalis and cayugalis, but examination of 
the genitalia is necessary for reliable identification of the females of 
these two species. 
Druce did not indicate the number of specimens in the type series 
of cynoalis but stated that he had specimens from Mexico (Cuer- 
navaca, Morelos), Guatemala (San Geronimo), Costa Rica (Cachi), 
and Panama (Chiriqui, Volcan de Chiriqui). Of the five syntypes 
in the British Museum, the specimen from Volcan de Chiriqui (2000— 
3000 ft, Champion), a male, was labelled type by Druce and is the 
one selected herein as lectotype of cynoalis. The male and female 
from Cuernavaca and the female from Cachi are not conspecific with 
the type and represent a new species treated herein. The abdomen 
is missing from the female from Geronimo; the placement of that 
specimen is uncertain. 
Loxostege ecuadoralis, new species 
FicureEs 37, 138 
Mats (fig. 138).—Alar expanse 24-26 mm. Frons weakly conical. 
Antenna ciliate, cilia about one-half as long as width of shaft. Mid- 
tibia somewhat incrassate; hair-pencil weak. Outer spur one-fifth as 
long as inner spur. Similar to cayugalis in color and maculation. 
Genitalia (fig. 37) resemble those of cayugalis but with dorsal 
element of extenuation of oblique ridgelike modification of harpe 
somewhat truncate and with a few slender setae; hook at base of 
cluster of digitate setae stronger and more pointed than in cayugalis. 
Frmaute.—Alar expanse 26 mm. Similar to male in color and 
maculation. Genitalia resemble those of both cayugalis and the next 
species; distinguished from cayugalis by the much wider nonpigmented, 
membranous median area dorsad of ostium and the somewhat nar- 
rower and less constricted ductus bursae between ostium and origin 
of ductus seminalis. Distinguished from the next species by the 
smooth, concave, ventral margin of ostium and the narrower and much 
shorter ductus bursae between ostium and origin of ductus seminalis. 
Typr.—Male, U.S. National Museum, USNM 67607, genitalia slide 
HWC 7848. 
TyPpr-LocaLity.—“Environs de Loja Equateur.” 
PARATYPES.—ECUADOR: type-locality, 1 o&. PERU: Huanuco, 1 o. 
BOLIVIA: Bajo Palmar, Chapare Cochamba, 1 9. Paratypes in U.S. 
National Museum and the Canadian National Collection. 
