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14. Ductus bursae short, as wide as long and cuplike (fig. 15) cora 



Ductus bursae long, much narrower than its length, and tubelike (fig. 12). 



mandana 



15. Signum ribbonUke (fig. 14) pusa 



Signum pouchlike (fig. 13) laudamia 



Rhabdatomis zaba Dyar 



Figures 1, 16 



Rhabdatomis zaba Dyar, Journ. N.Y. Ent. See, vol. 15, p. 227, December 1907. — 

 Hampson, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 

 suppl., vol. 1, p. 796, fig. 260 (cf), 1914.— Draudt, in Seitz, Die Gross- 

 SchmetterUnge der Erde, vol. 6, p. 244, pi. 34, fig. ml (cf), 1919.— Strand, 

 in Wagner, Lepidopterorum catalogus, pars 26, p. 837, 1922. 



Male. — Figure 16. Head yellow above with palpi, frons and an- 

 tennae fuscous. Thorax yellow tinged with pink. Abdomen entirely 

 straw yellow. Forewing above straw yellow in color with two large 

 parallel fuscous bands or fasciae extending length of wing from base to 

 apex. Forewing below similar with fuscous fasciae larger, covering 

 almost entire wing. Hindwing on both surfaces whitish, tinged with 

 yellow along inner margin and with fuscous on costal and outer margin. 



Length of forewing 9.5 mm. 



Male genitalia as characterized in key and as illustrated by figure 1, 

 with unusually large saccus, largest in genus and without mesially 

 placed finger or spinelike process on juxta. 



Female. — Unknown. 



Type locality. — ^"Orizaba, Mexico." 



Additional type data. — Originally described from single male 

 specimen, holotype (USNM Type 11020, collection, William Schaus, 

 cf genitaha shde WDF 1304). 



Location of type. — United States National Museum. 



Distribution and material studied. — This species is still known 

 solely from the holotype specimen. 



Rhabdatomis dogninif new species 



FlGTJEES 2, 17 



Male. — Figure 17. Head and thorax as in Rhabdatomis zaba. 

 Abdomen fuscous except for straw yellow on basal four segments 

 above. Forewing above and below similar to R. zaba, having on 

 upper surface two parallel fuscous fasciae narrower, with yellow 

 ground color more extensive. Yellow also has lustrous quality not 

 present in zaba. Hindwing on both surfaces entirely dark fuscous 

 except for yeUow band along inner margin. 



Length of forewing 9-10 mm. (average 9.5 mm.). 



Male genitalia as characterized in key and as illustrated by figure 2, 

 somewhat similar to mandana but dorsal plates of anellus smooth, not 



