PYRALID.E, SUBFAMILY HYPSOTROPIN^. 67 



S. Nigeria, Yorubalan<^, Ogbomoso (Sir G. Carter), 1 5 ; 

 IST. Nigeria, Zungern (Simpson, Macfie), 2 § , Minna (Macfe), 

 1 J, 1 $ type. Exp. 16-22 mm. 



(6) flSTAVASOTA SYRIGGIA, Sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax rufous tinged with purplish pink, the 

 metathorax ochi-eous wliite ; abdomen fulvous yellow ; pectus 

 ■ and legs white, the latter tinged with purplish rufous. Fore 

 wing pale purplish pink, the veins slightly streaked with white. 

 Hind wing- white with a faint ochreous tinge. 



Argentusta, Tucuman, Los Vasquez (Dinelly), 1 § type. Exjy. 

 24 mm, 



(7) Navasota discipunotella, sp. n. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with brown, the 

 last faintly tinged with fulvous yellow towards base of dorsum. 

 Fore wing white irrorated with fuscous brown and some pale 

 purplish-pink scales; a black discoid al point; a slight blackisli 

 j)Ostmedial shade from vein 2 to inner margin. 



IST. Nigeria, Minna (Macfie), 1 2 type. Exp. 20 mm. 



A'uctorum. 



Navasota mi/riolecta Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. p. 347 

 (1913) Panama. 



Genus Hypsotbopa. 



■J'ype- 

 Hypsotropa Zell. Isis, 1 848, p. 59 1 limhetla. 



Heospliora Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vii. 



p. 158 (1882) psamathella. 



Seleucia Jiag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. 259. semirosella. 



Peoria Pi,ag. N. Am. Phyc. p. 19 (1887) approximella. 



Amhala Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 45 (1888) fascostrigella. 



Lymira Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 46 (1888) semirosella. 



Tiarra Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 46 (1888) pusiUella. 



Socora Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 46 (1888) tenuicostella. 



Talamha Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 47 (1888) tenuinervella. 



Wekiva Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xvii. 



p. 215 (1890) lateicostella. 



Tinitinoa Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 



p. 347 (1913) phyrdes. 



Proboscis aborted and minute ; palpi typically obliquely up- 

 turned to far above vertex of head, the 2nd joint fringed with 

 scales in front ; maxillary palpi slightly dilated with scales ; 

 frons smooth, with tuft of scales ; antennte of male typically 

 somewhat laminate and ciliated, the shaft slightly curved ;it 

 base. Fore wing narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from towards 

 angle of cell ; 3 and 5 separate, 4 absent ; 6 from below upper 

 ■angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 8 from beyond 10; 11 from cell. Hind 



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