AMERICAN MOTHS OF THE SUBFAMILY PHYCITINAE 



Type locality: Las Mercedes, "Amer. centr. mer." 

 [Guatemala?] (type in Paris Mus.). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Mexico: Jalapa, Misantla (May), 

 Orizaba. Guatemala: Las Mercedes [?], Volcdn Santa 

 Maria (Aug., Oct., Nov.). Costa Rica: Juan Vinas 

 (Nov.). Brazil: Campo Bello, Santa Catarina (Oct.), 

 "S. E. Brazil" [Parand?]. 



110. Hyalospila celiella Schaus 

 Figures 227, 700 



Hyalospila celiella Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 11, 

 p. 248, 1913. 



Ground color in outer area between the veins and in 

 entire area between lower margin of cell and inner mar- 

 gin (except for vein lb) pale ocherous brown; a narrow 

 pale band along costa (fainter than that on stictoneurella, 

 less whitish and, imder magnification, showing a fine 

 irroration of purplish brown scales, especially on costal 

 edge) ; upper vein of cell white for a short distance from 

 subbasal area; lower vein of cell white from base to end 

 of cell except for a black spot near middle; a blackish 

 brown line bordering the lower edge of cell from base to 

 middle; a short white streak on vein lb before middle, 

 preceded and followed by blackish dots (these and the 

 black spot on lower vein of cell all that remain to indi- 

 cate an obsolete antemedial line); vein lb otherwise 

 more or less outlined by brown scaling; outer veins 

 shortly streaked with blackish brown; sub terminal line 

 indicated only by an interruption of the blackish vein 

 streaks near outer margin; discal spots a pair of short 

 black streaklets at end of cell. Hind wing semihyaline, 

 white with a very faint smoky tint in outer area ; veins 

 pale brown; a darker brown line along outer margin. 

 Alar expanse, 19-21 mm. 



Male genitalia easily distinguished by the stout, 

 greatly elongated vinculum. The abdominal tuft and 

 sclerotized sternite of eighth segment similar to those 

 of stictoneurella. 



Female genitalia with a weak sclerotization of bursa 

 in the area surrounding the ductus seminalis and ex- 

 tending for a short distance into the ductus bursae; no 

 spining at middle of ductus bursae; otherwise as in 

 stictoneurella. The sclerotization of the ductus bursae 

 at genital opening varies individually in extent and 

 amount as it does in stictoneurella. 



Type locality: Juan Vinas, Costa Rica (type in 

 USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Represented in the National Collection by the male 

 holotype (Jan.) and two females (June, Nov.), all from 

 the type locality. 



111. Hyalospila inseqaens, new species 



Similar to celiella except: Larger; ground color of fore- 

 wing darker, some rosy scaling overlaying most of the 

 pale area between cell and inner margin; dark streaking 



on veins fainter; hind wing a clearer white, the veins 

 not appreciably darkened. Alar expanse, 23-24 mm. 



Male genitalia similar to those of celiella except vin- 

 culum not greatly elongated, slightly less than twice as 

 long as its greatest width. Female unknown. 



Type locality: Incachaca, Cochabamba, Bolivia 

 (type in USNM, 61325; paratype in BM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Described from male type, collected by J. Steinbach, 

 and one male paratype from San Antonio, western 

 Colombia, 5,800 feet, Nov. 1907, M. G. Pabner, 

 collector. 



The species has the same dark streak from base of 

 forewing along the under edge of the cell as celiella, but 

 not so strongly accented. The discal spots are slightly 

 more pronounced and more or less confluent. The 

 shorter vinculum at once distinguishes it. 



112. Hyalospila majorina, new species 

 Figure 701 



Forewing pale gray-brown; costal area to and includ- 

 ing the cell dull white, the white shade narrowing 

 gradually beyond cell to apex of costa; lower discal dot 

 at end of cell enlarged, dark brown, completely en- 

 circled by white; antemedial line obsolete; subterminal 

 line very faint, close to and parallel with costa, indicated 

 chiefly by short, whitish streaklets on a few of the upper 

 veins and a slight paling of the ground color from vein 

 4 to inner margin. Hind wing semitranslucent, whitish 

 with a faint brown tint; the veins darker; a fine brown 

 line along termen. Alar expanse, 27 mm. 



Female genitalia with ductus bursae considerably 

 broadened for most of its length, wrinkled and weakly 

 sclerotized on one side at junction with bursa; bursa 

 finely scobinate over part of one side, the scobinations 

 extending into ductus ; genital opening simple. 



Type locality: Misantla, Me-xico (type in USNM, 

 61326). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Described from female type, collected by Robert 

 Miiller, Sept. 1914 ("4362"), and one female paratype, 

 the latter from Jalapa, Mexico. The male is unknown. 

 I should not have described a new species from females 

 alone, but in this case a male from Mexico should be 

 easily matched. The females are readily distinguished 

 by their large size and their genitalia. 



113. Hyalospila fulgidula, new species 

 Figures 228, 702 



Ground color of forewing a clear bright white, clouded 

 by a faint, pale drab shade along inner margin, this 

 shade beyond lower outer angle of cell extending ob- 

 Hquely upward to apex ; costa at base reddish ; a minute 

 red dot on costal edge at one-third and below it a con- 

 spicuous, broad, oblique, black dash crosses the cell; 

 below this one or two black dots on vein lb; a short, 

 black dash along lower margin of cell at base; some few 

 scattered black scales on edge of inner margin and on 



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