﻿MOTHS OF THE GENUS CINCIA — FIELD 315 



Catherine Parish, Constant Spring (July, Aug.) ; St. Ann Parish, 

 Claromont (Mar., Apr.), Moneague (May, June, July); Manchester 

 Parish, Mandeville (Nov., Dec, Jan., Mar., Apr.); Trelawny Parish, 

 Baron Hill (Mar.) ; St. Elizabeth Parish, Balaclava (Apr,), Santa Cruz, 

 (Apr.); St. James Parish, Montcgo Bay (Dec). Other localities in 

 Jamaica for which the parish is unknown: Castle Daly (Apr.), May 

 Hill (July), HiU Gardens (Oct.). 



Sixty-two specimens examined. 



Remarks. — The genitalia of the type of pallida were compared with 

 the figure of the female of this species (pi. 7, fig. 7) by D. S. Fletcher, 

 of the Department of Entomology, British Museum of Natural 

 History. He found the type of pallida to be the species there il- 

 lustrated. 



AMPLICINCIA FLETCHERI.s new species 



Male. — Palpus, antenna, and head entirely like Amplicincia pallida 

 or slightly darker. Fore and hind wings very similar to pallida, 

 black spots of forewing slightly smaller. 



Length of forewing, 8.5-9.5 mm. 



Male genitalia (pi. 6, fig. 5) with characters as given in the key. 



Female. — Habitus like that of male, without patch of specialized 

 scales along costal area of hind wing above. Similar to female 

 Amplicincia pallida. Forewing with black spots indistinct, tending 

 toward obsolescence and with yellowish suffusion more extensive than 

 in pallida. 



Length of forewing, 14 mm. 



Female genitalia (pi. 7, fig. 8) with characters as given in the key. 



Type locality. — Bath, St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica. 



Additional type data. — Described from the holotype, male (locality 

 as listed above; April 3, 1937; cf genitalia preparation W.D.F. No. 

 3031, 1949) ; allotype, female (Jamaica; 9 genitalia preparation W.D.F. 

 No. 2424, 1947); paratype no. 1, male (near Troy, Trelawny Parish, 

 Jamaica; June 14-15, 1909; cf genitalia preparation W.D.F. No. 

 2432, 1947); paratype No. 2, male (Maud, Jamaica; April 13, 1937; 

 cf genitaha preparation W.D.F. No. 3032, 1949); paratype No. 3, 

 female (Jamaica; 9 genitalia preparation W.D.F. No. 3022, 1949). 



Location of types. — Holotype in Carnegie Museum. Allotype and 

 paratype No. 2 in United States National Museum. Paratype No. 1 

 in American Museum of Natural History. Paratype No. 3 in British 

 Museum of Natm-al History. 



Distribution. — Jamaica: St. Thomas Parish, Bath (Apr.); Trelavmy 

 Parish, Maud (Apr.), near Troy (June). 



Five specimens examined. 



Comparative remarks. — This species is more clearly related to pallida 

 than to any of the other species in the genus. It is easily distinguished 



' Named for D. S. Fletcher, of the Department of Entomology, British Museum of Natural History. 



