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Harpe without such clasper and with apex of sacculus extended into a short 



cuiller sordida ( M oschler) 



3. Ostium bursae plate with posterior lobes rounded and narrow, about as long 

 as broad, or slightly longer; with transverse ridge below ostium bursae 

 strongly sclerotized and elevated sordida (M oschler) 



Ostium bursae plate with free posterior lobes much broader than long, straight 

 laterally and extended and produced toward middle; transverse ridge 

 inconspicuous, only slightly sclerotized and elevated conspersa Walker 



CINCIA CONSPERSA Walker 



Cincia conspersa Walker, List of specimens of lepidopterous insects in the 

 British Museum, vol. 2, pp. 538, 539, 1854. — Morris, Synopsis of the described 

 Lepidoptera of North America, p. 310, 1862. — Moschler, Abh. Senckenb. 

 naturf. Ges., vol. 16, p. 118, 1890. — Gundlach, Anal. Soc. Espafiola Hist. 

 Nat., vol. 20, p. 161, 1891. — Kirby, A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera 

 Heterocera, vol. 1, p. 366, 1892. — Hampson, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera 

 Phalaenae in the British Museum, vol. 2, p. 389, 1900. — Draudt, in Seitz, 

 Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde, vol. 6, p. 252, 1918. — Strand, in Wagner, 

 Lepidopterorum catalogus, pars 26, p. 733, 1922. — Wolcott, Journ. Dept. 

 Agr. Puerto Rico, vol. 7, p. 158, 1923. — Forbes, Scientific survey of Porto 

 Rico and the Virgin Islands, vol. 12, pt. 1, p. 33, 1930. 



Male. — Palpus light ochraceous-white below and at apex, slightly 

 darker above. Antenna, frons, vertex of head, and thorax ochi^aceous- 

 white. A small black spot in middle of vertex of head, another near 

 base of tegula on inner side, and a pair of black spots on posterior 

 margin of mesoscuteilum. Fore, middle, and hind legs marked with 

 dark-brown or black spots as in Amplicincia pallida. Abdomen light 

 ochraceous-gray below, slightly darker above. Forewing grayish 

 white iiTorated with black scales, without the yellow suffusion usually 

 found in A. pallida and A. mixta. Arrangement of numerous black 

 spots as in A. pallida with some of those in middle of wing reduced 

 or missing. Hind wing above and below as in A. pallida, with a patch 

 of specialized scales above cell on upper side dark brown, contrasting 

 strongly with remainder of wing. 



Length of forewing, 9 mm. 



Male genitalia (pi. 8, fig. 10) with characters as given in the key. 



Female. — Not different from the male except for the lack of the 

 patch of specialized scales on upper side of hind wing. 



Length of forewing, 10 mm. 



Female genitalia (pi, 8, fig. 11) with characters as given in the key. 



Type locality. — Jamaica. 



Additional type data. — Described by Walker from two females: 

 "a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection" ; "b. Jamaica. Presented 

 by E. Doubleday." I hereby designate as the lectotype the Gosse 

 specimen, the one labeled type in the British Museum. The genitalia 

 of this specimen are under Brit. Mus. preparation No. 1947-263. 



Location of type. — In British Museum of Natural History. 



Distribution. — Jamaica: St. Ann Parish, Claremont (Mar.); Man- 

 chester Parish, Newport (Feb.) ; Trelawny Parish, Baron Hill. 



