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a good character of much more than specific value 

 despite its lapse ia individual specimens. Freaks of all 

 kinds can and do turn up anywhere in the Phycitinae. 

 Dyar's cassiae was described from stained and faded 

 females; but, even so, it is strange that he did not see 

 their resemblance to his venipars, especially in their 

 palpi, and still more strange that he should refer them 

 to the Old World anerastiid genus Emporia. They have 

 normal phycitine tongues and their genitalia agree with 

 those of the female type of venipars. 



Bondar's (Instituto de Cacau da Bahia Boletim 5, 

 p. 72, 1939) identification of a lepidoperon in cacao pods 

 as duplipunctella Ragonot (the genus given as "Myel- 

 osis") is probably incorrect. What he had was pre- 

 sumably Ectomyelois muriscis. 



23. Genus Pseudodivona Dyar 



Pseudodivona Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, p. 405, 1914. 

 (Type of genus: Pseudodivona commensella Dyar.) 



Tongue well developed. Antenna shortly cUiate on 

 male, cUia about as long as width of shaft (longer on 

 carabayella). Labial palpus oblique, broadly scaled and 

 laterally flattened; third segment short, acuminate. 

 Maxillary palpus squamous. Forewing smooth; 11 

 veins; vein 2 from before lower outer angle of cell; 3 

 from the angle; 4 and 5 stalked for slightly less than 

 half their lengths, the shaft separated at base from 3; 

 6 from below upper angle of cell, slightly curved towards 

 base; 8 and 9 stalked for two-thirds their lengths; 10 

 from the stalk of 8-9; 11 from ceU rather near outer 

 angle and running close to the stalk of 8-9-10; male 

 without costal fold. Hind wing from well before lower 

 outer angle of cell; 2 from very close to the angle, or 

 from the angle (cispha), closely approximate to or con- 

 nate with stalk of 4-5 at base; 4 and 5 stalked for about 

 half their lengths ; 7 and 8 anastomosed for most of their 

 lengths (free element of 8 very short) ; cell less than one- 

 half (but more than a third) the length of wing; disco- 

 ceUular vein curved. Eighth abdominal segment of 

 male with a strong pair of ventrolateral hair tufts. 



Male genitalia with apical process of gnathos de- 

 veloped as an elongate, stout, flattened hook with 

 forked or notched apex. Uncus subtriangulate, with 

 rounded terminal margin. TranstUla incomplete; its 

 elements well developed, elongate and knobbed at their 

 apices. Harpe simple with outer margin evenly rounded ; 

 costa sclerotized for about four-fifths its length; but not 

 produced. AneUus a narrow curved band with slender 

 lateral lobes. Aedeagus moderately slender, nearly 

 straight; penis unarmed. Vinculum stout, decidedly 

 longer than broad, tapering, expanded towards angulate 

 terminal margin. 



Female genitalia without signum; bursa, ductus bur- 

 sae, and genital opening simple; ductus seminalis from 

 bm-sa near junction of bursa and ductus bursae. 



In genitalic and many other characters as well as 

 wing pattern and color, this genus resembles Moerbes, 

 to which it is apparently closely related. It differs 

 chiefly in having vein 4 present and weU developed in 

 hind wing, a different development of the elements of 



transtUla, and strong hair tufts on the eighth abdominal 

 segment of the male. Four tropical American species 

 are recognized. How many of these are really distinct 

 species it is impossible to determine from the scanty ma- 

 terial available. Nothing is known of their biology or 

 habits. 



84. Pseudodivona commenaella Dyar 

 FiaxjRES 41, 204 



Pseudodivona commensella Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, 

 p. 406, 1914. 



Forewing dull white on area above lower margin of 

 cell; the area from cell to inner margin a glossy vinous 

 brown; a blackish brown smudge on costa at base; 

 antemedial line obscure except where it cuts the brown 

 shade and forms a contrasting white spot at inner mar- 

 gin, bordered outwardly by a blackish brown, out- 

 wardly angled line, obscure on all but fresh specimens 

 and frequently broken into two blackish spots, one on 

 costa, the other in the cell; subterminal line indicated 

 by a pair of narrow and narrowly spaced blackish dashes 

 from costa near apex and some inwardly bordering 

 blackish spots or streaks on the veins; the veins other- 

 wise more or less darkly streaked; lower discal spot at 

 end of cell enlarged, blackish, more or less confluent 

 with a smaller, much fainter upper spot; a row of black- 

 ish dots along termen. Hind wing pale, glossy, semi- 

 translucent grayish white; veins darkened and clearly 

 outlined; a narrow dark line along termen. Alar 

 expanse, 20-22 mm. 



Male genitalia with trifling differences in the shape of 

 the apical projection of gnathos between this and the 

 following species of the genus and some differences in 

 the ciurve of the outer margin of the harpe, but I suspect 

 that these differences are individual rather than specific 

 in character. 



Type locality: Jalapa, Mexico (type in USNM) . 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Mexico: Jalapa, Orizaba. 



Known only from the four males of Dyar's type 

 series. 



85. Pseudodivona cispba Dyar 



Figure 205 



Pseudodivona cispha Dyar, Ins. Insc. Menstr., vol. 7, p. 53, 1919. 



A smaller, less distinctly marked species than the 

 preceding one (commensella); the brownish area of 

 forewing narrower and paler (not "reddish" as stated 

 by Dyar); the dark markings fewer, fainter and paler 

 and, except for the spot on base of costa and a short 

 wedge at apex, not blackish; discal dots inconspicuous, 

 light brown, the lower dot much smaller than on com- 

 mensella. Alar expanse, 16-18 mm. 



Female genitalia like those of P. santa-maria. 



Type locality: Volcdn Santa Maria, Guatemala 

 (type in USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Guatemala: Cayuga (Aug.), Volcdn 

 Santa Maria (July, Oct.). Costa Eica: Tuis (May). 

 British Honduras: Rio Grande (Sept.), Pun to Gorda 

 (July). 



