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some of the veins and a very sparse and scattered dust- 

 ing of red scales in the outer white area; discal dots at 

 end of cell separate, black, the lower conspicuous, the 

 upper minute; subterminal line clearly indicated by a 

 row of black dots along its inner border and an out- 

 wardly bordering, short, black dash from costa; a row 

 of detached black dots from vein 6 to lower fold along 

 edge of termen. Hind wing glossy, smoky white, dark- 

 ening outwardly and with a brown shade along outer 

 margin. Abdominal tufts and eighth segment sternite 

 of male as in stietoneurella. Alar expanse, 12-13 mm. 



Male genitaha with transtiUa a very narrow, squarely 

 arched band; penis very finely scobinate for about the 

 length of aedeagus, otherwise unarmed. Female geni- 

 talia with ductus bursae somewhat swoUen and densely 

 but minutely scobinate towards its junction with bursa, 

 the scobinations extending on one side into bursa; 

 ductus binsae also sclerotized for a short distance from 

 genital opening, on its dorsal surface the sclerotization 

 for min g a shield projecting caudally beyond the opening. 



Type locality: Santiago Province, Cuba (type in 

 USNM, 61327). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Described from male type (June) and three female 

 paratypes (June, Sept., Nov.) from the type locality, 

 collected by W. Schaus. A distinct species, easily iden- 

 tified by its small size, the squarely arched transtiUa, 

 and the bright white ground color and contrasted black 

 spotting of its forewing. 



114. Hyalospila egenella (Ragonot), new combination 



Figure 704 



Piesmopoda egenella Ragonot, Nouv. Gen., p. 11, 1888; Mono- 

 graph, pt. 1, p. 165, 1893. 



Forewing grayish brown finely powdered with reddish 

 scales; the costal area white with scattered red scaling; 

 antemedial line not distinguishable; subterminal line in- 

 dicated chiefly by its slightly darkened inner and outer 

 borders, close to and parallel with termen, not sinuate. 

 Hind wing smoky white, semitranslucent, the veins 

 darkened and a dark line along termen; the smoky tint 

 accented somewhat towards apical area. Alar expanse, 

 15-20 mm. 



Female genitalia distinguished chiefly by the en- 

 larged, wrinkled and scobinate ductus bursae and the 

 enlarged blimt thorns forming the signum (fig. 704a); 

 ductus bursae weakly and narrowly sclerotized at gen- 

 ital opening. The male is unknown. 



Type locality: Rio Negro, Brazil (type in Paris 

 Mus.), 



Food plant: Unknown. 



A small (15 mm.), somewhat rubbed female in the 

 U. S. National Museum from Santa Catarina, Brazil 

 (July), seems to be this species. It has genitalia similar 

 to those of Ragonot's type, differing only in minor indi- 

 vidual details, a somewhat more extended scobination 

 of ductus bursae, and faint traces of pale yellowish 

 sclerotization in some of the folds at junction of bursa 



and ductus bursae. It also shows traces of a dark discal 

 spot on forewing at lower outer angle of cell which Rag- 

 onot states is absent from his type. None of these 

 differences is significant. 



115. Hyalospila xanthoudemia (Dyar), new combination 

 FiGTJEES 229, 709 



Piesmopoda xanthoudemia Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, 

 p. 333, 1914. 



Forewing olivaceous ocherous; the costal area beyond 

 extreme base and including the cell and the outer area 

 above vein 6, white with a scattered powdering of red- 

 dish scales; extreme costal edge red, this shade espe- 

 cially noticeable at base; antemedial line, discal and 

 terminal dots obsolete; subterminal line faint but visible, 

 whitish, very close to termen, not sinuate. Hind wing 

 whitish with a faint ocherous fuscous tint especially in 

 outer area, somewhat darker on female than on male; 

 veins faintly darkened; a fine, pale brown line along 

 termen. Alar expanse, 16-19 mm. 



Male genitalia with penis armed with a band (about 

 one-third as long as aedeagus) of fine scobinations. Fe- 

 male genitalia with bursa simple except for the signiun 

 patch; ductus bursae much longer than bursa, slender 

 for most of its length, without scobinations and unsclero- 

 tized except very weakly at genital opening. 



Type locality: Rio Trinidad, Panamd (type in 

 USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: PanamI: ChiriquI (AprU), Paraiso 

 (Jan.), Rio Trinidad (Mar.). Costa Rica: Experenza 

 (May), Juan Vinas (Oct.). 



Doubtfully distinct from angulineeUa (Schaus). 



116. Hyalospila angulineeUa (Scbaus), new combination 

 Figure 707 



Piesmopoda angulineeUa Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. Sj-, 

 vol. 11, p. 246, 1913. 



Known only from the female type. Color and mark- 

 ings as on xanthoudemia except for faint traces of an 

 angulate dark antemedial line on forewing, and darker 

 (pale smoky brown) hind wing. 



Ductus bursae of female genitalia longer than that of 

 xanthoudemia. Otherwise the ductus shows but trifling 

 differences which are somewhat exaggerated in the figiu-e. 



Type locality: Juan Vinas, Costa Rica (June; type 

 in USNM). 



Food Plant: Unknown. 



117. Hyalospila clevelandella (Dyar) 

 FiGUBES 230, 705, 706 



Oryctometopia clevelandella Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus., vol. 47, 



p. 331, 1914. 

 Hyalospila clevelandella (Dyar) Dyar, Ins. Insc. Menstr., vol. 7, 



p. 48, 1919. 



Forewing gray-brown from lower margin of cell and 

 (in outer area) below vein 5, costal area white sparsely 

 irrovated with red scales; extreme base of costal edge 



