NO. 3561 LOXOSTEGE—CAPPS 47 
ReEemMARKS.—The species is known only from the type and is dis- 
tinguished from fuscivenalis by its fuscous head, collar, and palpi. 
Because the genitalia of peruensis and fuscivenalis are so similar, the 
former may eventually prove to be a Mendelian color variant of the 
latter; but until its status can be definitely determined, it is desirable 
that a name be available for it. 
Loxostege rantalis (Guenée) 
Fieures 51, 94, 153, 154 
Nymphula rantalis Guenée, 1854, in Boisduval and Guenée, Histoire naturelle 
des insectes: Species général des lépidoptéres, vol. 8, p. 405 Hampson, 1899, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 210 [cited as synonym of Phlyctaenodes similalis 
(Guenée) in error]. 
Eurycreon rantalis (Méschler).—von Hedemann, 1894, Stettiner Ent. Zeit., vol. 
55, p. 286. [Incorrect citation.] 
Loxostege similalis var. rantalis (Guenée).—Fernald, 1903, in Dyar, U.S. Nat. 
Mus. Bull. 52, p. 383. 
Loxostege similalis form rantalis (Guenée).—Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, 
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of boreal America, p. 132.—McDunnough, 
1939, Mem. Southern California Acad. Sci., vol. 2, no. 1, p. 12. 
Lozxostege similalis of authors.—Fernald, 1903, in Dyar, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, 
p. 383.—Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of 
boreal America, p. 132.—Forbes, 1920, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 
68, p. 556.—McDunnough, 1939, Southern California Acad. Sci. Mem., 
vol. 2, no. 1, p. 12.—Schaus, 1940, Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands, vol. 12, pt. 3, p. 367.—Smith and Franklin, 1954, Kansas 
Ent. Soc. Journ., vol. 27, no. 1, p. 27.—Okumura [in part], 1961, California 
Dept. Agric. Spec. Publ., no. 282, p. 48. [Misidentification.] 
Phlyctaenodes similalis of authors.—Hampson [in part], 1899, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, p. 210. [Misidentification.] 
Phlyctaenodes similalis of authors.—Wolcott, 1923, Journ. Dept. Agric. Puerto 
Rico, vol. 7, p. 192; 1936, Journ. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico, vol. 20, p. 466. 
[Misidentification.] 
Botis siriusalis Walker, 1859, List of the lepidopterous insects in the British 
Museum (Nat. Hist.), pt. 18, p. 563. 
Botts licealis Walker, 1859, ibid., p. 563. 
Ebulea murcialis Walker, 1859, ibid., p. 746. 
Scopula nestusalis Walker, 1859, ibid., p. 784. 
Scopula diotimealis Walker, 1859, ibid., p. 785. 
Scopula crinisalis Walker, 1859, ibid., p. 798. 
Nephopteryx intractella Walker, 1863, ibid., pt. 27, p. 55. 
Eurycreon crinitalis (Walker).—Lederer, 1863, Weiner Ent. Monat., vol. 7, p. 
376 [invalid emendation].—von Hedemann, 1894, Stettiner Ent. Zeit., vol. 
55, p. 286. 
Botys posticata Grote and Robinson, 1867, Trans. American Ent. Soc., vol. 1, 
p. 22. 
Botys subfulvalis Herrich-Schaffer, 1871, Corr.-Blatt. Zool. Min. Ges. Regens- 
burg, vol. 25, p. 20. 
Eurycreon communis Grote, 1876, Canadian Ent., vol. 8, p. 99. 
