MOTHS OF THE GENUS RHABDATOMIS — FIELD 53 



Rhabdatomis pueblae (Draudt), new combination 



Diarhabdosia pueblae Draudt, in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, vol. 

 6, p. 243, pi. 33, fig. h3 (cf), h4 (9), 1919.— Strand, in Wagner, Lepidop- 

 terorum catalogus, pars 26, p. 837, 1922. 



Discussion. — This species is unknown to me and, since the types 

 have been destroyed (see below), its true status and taxonomic posi- 

 tion will have to remain in question for the present. The original 

 description from the English edition of Seitz is as follows: "D. pueblae 

 spec. nov. (33 h) is very similar [compared with laudamia Druce, a 

 discussion of which preceded this description], with longer, more 

 slender wings, and a more pointed apex; the costal-marginal and discal 

 stripes are finer, more distinct, not faded, the inner-marginal stripe 

 somewhat narrower, more uniform. Hindwing at the proximal angle 

 in the cf less extended, lighter yellow, the whole costal area grey as 

 far as down to the lower median vein; anal tuft rosy. 9 much 

 darker, hindwings quite unicolorously blacldsh-grey. Expanse of 

 wings: 28 to 30 mm. Described according to several couples from 

 Tehuacan (Mexico [Puebla])." The illustration of the male shows 

 this sex as having the forewings very much as in R. laudamia but with 

 hindwings very dark and more like those of R. dognini. The illustra- 

 tion of the female shows no characters that would differentiate it 

 from females of laudamia. 



Type locality and distribution. — Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. 



Additional type data and location of type. — Originally de- 

 scribed from several pairs, holotype not selected. Unfortunately, these 

 specimens were destroyed along with the Draudt Collection, which 

 was located in Darmstadt, Germany, 



Rhabdatomis laudamia (Druce), new combination 



Figures 13, 21, 22 



Lithosia laudamia Druce, in Godman and Salvin, Biologia Centrali-Americana, 

 vol. 39 (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, vol. 1), p. 131; vol. 41 (vol. 3), pi. 13, fig. 4 

 (cf ). 1885. 



Crambidia laudamia (Druce), Kirby, A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera 

 Heterocera, p. 338, 1892. 



Diarhabdosia laudamia (Druce), Hampson, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Pha- 

 laenae in the British Museum, vol. 2, pp. 517, 518, fig. 370 (cf), 1900. — 

 Draudt, in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, vol. 6, p. 243, pi. 33, 

 fig. hi (cf), h2 (9), 1919. — Strand, in Wagner, Lepidopterorum catalogus, 

 pars 26, p. 837, 1922. 



Lithosia pusa Dognin, Hampson not Dognin, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera 

 Heterocera in the British Museum, vol. 2, p. 518, 1900. — Draudt not Dognin, 

 in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, vol. 6, p. 243, 1919. — Strand 

 not Dognin, in Wagner, Lepidopterorum catalogus, pars 26, p. 837, 1922. 



