AMERICAN MOTHS OF THE SUBFAMILY PHYCITINAE 



of wing; discocellular vein curved. Eighth abdominal 

 segment of male with sternite developed as a narrow, 

 sclerotized pocket. 



Male genitalia with uncus moderately stout; deeply 

 concaved apically (probably only a specific character). 

 Transtilla a sinuate, sclerotized band involved with and 

 fusing into gnathos. Gnathos proper identifiable only 

 by its rather weak lateral arms. Harpe with apex of 

 cucullus slightly hooked; sacculus simple, not produced. 

 Anellus a small plate with greatly reduced lateral lobes, 

 the latter indicated chiefly by their short hair tufts; 

 dependent from near base of anellus plate and associated 

 with it a long, slender U-shaped band supporting from 

 the bottom of the U a long, strongly sclerotized, free 

 spine, the latter lying dorsad of the aedeagus. Aedeagus 

 small, simple ; penis with a few weak scobinations, other- 

 wise unarmed. 



The genus is distinguished from its nearest allies by 

 the notched shaft of its male antenna. Female char- 

 acters could not be included in the foregoing descrip- 

 tion, as examples of this sex have not been satisfactorily 

 associated with males of the type species, the only 

 known representative of the genus. 



128. Coptarthria dagypyga (Zeller) 

 Figures 10, 239, (?) 718 



Myelois dasypyga Zeller, Horae Soc. Ent. Rossicae, vol. 16, p. 215, 



1881. 

 Coptarthria dasypyga (Zeller) Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 251, 



1893. 



I have seen no Colombian examples, but there are six 

 males in the National Museum from Guatemala which 

 Dyar identified as dasypyga. There is no reason to 

 question his identification; for the specimens have the 

 typical Coptarthria antenna, are the right size, and agree 

 in color and maculation with Ragonot's description of 

 the Zeller type. 



Forewing gray-brown with a very slight intermixture 

 of ocherous shading above inner margin ; the basal area 

 a trifle paler than remainder of wing; branches of median 

 vein (veins 2 to 5) faintly streaked with brown or black- 

 ish brown; transverse lines pale with dark borders and 

 faintly tinged with reddish scaling at middle and near 

 costa; antemedial line well out near middle of wing, 

 nearly vertical, straight except for a slight inward angu- 

 lation at vein lb, its inner border a weak brown line, its 

 outer bordering line black; subterminal line well back 

 from termen, vertical to vein 4, thence oblique to inner 

 margin, its inner border a black line; a rather large, oval, 

 ochraceous spot on discocellular vein, margined by faint 

 black scaling; along termen a row of conspicuous, more 

 or less confluent black spots. Hindwing semi translu- 

 cent white; the veins faintly darkened (pale, ocherous 

 brown) and a faint dark line along termen. Alar ex- 

 panse, 14-17 mm. 



Male genitalia as given for the genus. 



Type locality: Honda, Colombia (type, cT, in BM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Colombia: Honda, Guatemala: Cay- 

 uga (Apr., May), Quirigu^ (Mar.), VolcAn Santa Maria 

 (July). 



Associated with the males in the National Collection 

 are five females from Cayuga (Apr., May) identical with 

 the males in all superficial characters. Their genitalia 

 are like those of the Bolivian female I have associated 

 tentatively with the type otDifundella tolerata (fig. 717). 

 However, there is also a female with the same color and 

 markings from Juan Vinas, Costa Rica (Feb.), which 

 has different genitalia (fig. 718), similar to those of 

 Anadelosemia. From the limited material available 

 and the few and scattered distributional records it is im- 

 possible to determine which females go with which males. 

 31. Genus Promylea Ragonot 



Promylea Ragonot, N. Amer. Phycitidae, p. 5, 1887; Monograph, 

 pt. 1, p. 207, 1893.— Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 139, 

 1890. (Type of genus: Promylea lunigerella Ragonot). 



Tongue well developed. Antenna pubescent; shaft 

 of male without notch or other modifications. Labial 

 palpus upturned, slender, reaching vertex; third seg- 

 ment about half the length of second, acuminate. Max- 

 illary palpus squamous. Forewing smooth; 11 veins; 

 vein 2 from before, but rather near lower outer angle of 

 cell; 3 from the angle, closer to 4 than to 2 at base; 4 

 and 5 closely approximate for a short distance from 

 base; 6 from below upper angle of cell, straight; 8 and 9 

 long stalked, the free element of 9 short; 10 from the 

 stalk of 8-9, or from the ceU, connate with or closely 

 approximate with it for a short distance beyond base 

 (definitely stalked with 8-9 in most of the specimens of 

 lunigerella); male without costal fold. Hind wing with 

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

 angle, connate with 4; 4 and 5 closely approximate or 

 anastomosed for half their lengths beyond cell ; 7 and 8 

 approximate or partially anastomosed for less than half 

 their lengths beyond ceU ; ceU nearly half the length of 

 wing; discocellular vein curved. Eighth abdominal seg- 

 ment of male with sternite developed as a narrow sclero- 

 tized pocket. 



Male genitalia as in Coptarthria except: Apical margin 

 of uncus rounded ; lateral arms of gnathos more strongly 

 developed; penis sometimes with a weak cornutus. 



Female genitalia with bursa and ductus bursae mem- 

 branouSj bursa small, considerably shorter than ductus; 

 signum present but weak, a patch of scobinations or a 

 small plate supporting a very small thorn ; genital open- 

 ing simple; ductus seminalis from ductus bursae. Col- 

 lar of eighth abdominal segment with a broad, flaring, 

 sclerotized apron projecting from center of anterior 

 dorsal margin ; in the intersegmental area between collar 

 and seventh segment a sclerotized and coarsely granu- 

 late pocket (fig. 721a). 



The genus is close to both Coptarthria and Anadelo- 

 semia but distinct, differing from the former in its simple 

 male antenna and from the latter and all the genera of 

 this immediate gi-oup having the sinuate, involved 

 transtilla and the free spine associated with aneUus by 

 its peculiarly developed, female, eighth-segment collar. 



