AMERICAN MOTHS OF THE SUBFAMILY PHYCITINAE 



of black stroaklets on veins 2, 3, and 4 just beyond cell. 

 Hind wing glossy brown-gray; the veins faintly dark- 

 ened and a fine dark line along termen. Alar expanse, 

 20 nun. 



Female genitalia distinguished chiefly by the shape 

 of eighth-segment collar and the invaginated, sclero- 

 tized pocket from seventh segment. 



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

 in USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Known only from the female type. 



145. Rampylla subcaudata (Dyar), new combination 



Figures 249, 733 



Cerocanthia subcaudata Dyar, Ins. Insc. Menstr., vol. 7, p. 42, 

 1919. 



Forewing ocherous gray, the basal area to antemedial 

 line purplish tinted ; a similar purplish shade along outer 

 border of the subterminal line; a large, somewhat 

 darker (fuscous) patch surrounding the discal spot and 

 extending from antemedial almost to subterminal line 

 and from vein 2 to costa, darkest on veins 2 to 4 ; ante- 

 medial line faint, narrow, ocherous, indicated by a thin 

 blackish brown line forming its outer border, the latter 

 near middle of wing, shghtly sinuate and nearly vertical ; 

 subterminal line with a narrow, blackish brown, inner 

 border, slightly outbent or angled at middle; discal 

 mark a narrow ocherous spot along discocellular vein; 

 a narrow blackish line along terminal margin. Hind 

 wing of male subpellucid white with a faint yellowish 

 tint, decidedly ocherous along inner margin; of female 

 with pale smoky tint; underside of male hind wing with 

 a yellowish scale tuft covering the bases of veins 2 to 

 5. Alar expanse, 16 mm. 



Male genitalia with margins of uncus evenly rounded, 

 lacking any sclerotized projections. Harpe with 

 apical projection of sacculus a slender, upciurved 

 hook; a long, stout, hair and scale tuft from a pad ad- 

 jacent to base of sacculus. Penis armed with a narrow, 

 weakly sclerotized, bladehke cornutus. Female geni- 

 talia similar to those of polydectella, differing only in 

 slight details in the shape of the eighth-segment coUar 

 and the sclerotized pocket from seventh segment (fig. 

 733a). 



Type locality: Cayuga, Guatemala (May; type in 

 USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



In addition to the male type there is one other speci- 

 men in the National Collection from Quirigud, Guate- 

 mala (May), a female with slightly darker hind wings 

 whose genitalia are here figured. In addition there are 

 before me two somewhat larger specimens (19 mm.), a 

 male in the Janse Collection from San Jos6, Costa Rica 

 ("H. Schmidt, 8-11"), and a female from the British 

 Museum labeled "S. E. Brazil, E. D. Jones, 1920-303." 

 The genitalia of the latter are almost identical with 

 those of polydectella. The genitalia of the male are like 

 those of the type of subcaudata. The two specimens 

 are identical in size, color, and markings. Except for 



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size (which is not significant) they agree superficially 

 with the type of subcaudata. Despite the differences in 

 fore and hind wing coloration I suspect that subcaudata 

 may not be specifically distinct from polydectella. 



146. Rampylla lophotalis, new species 

 Figures 250, 731 



Similar to subcaudata except: Ground color of fore- 

 wing more yellowish; the dark areas, especially just 

 preceding the antemedial line and in the dark area sur- 

 rounding the discal spot, blackish ; dark lines bordering 

 the transverse lines blackish rather than blackish brown; 

 antemedial line farther out on wing, extending from 

 midcosta to inner margin beyond middle, narrowing the 

 area between antemedial and subterminal lines. Hind 

 wing with the scale tuft on underside blackish rather 

 than yellow, the blackish shade extending to the costa 

 and visible through the wing from above. Alar ex- 

 panse, 17.5-18 mm. 



Male genitalia with two pairs of strongly sclerotized, 

 curved, lateral projections from triangulate uncus. 

 Gnathos entirely absent (unless the lower pair of pro- 

 jecting arms from uncus can be interpreted as lateral 

 arms of a gnathos, which is very doubtful, as there is 

 no separation whatever between them and the uncus). 

 Transtilla reduced to a shortened and slender, trans- 

 verse, centrally bent band. Tegumen with a short, 

 two-pronged projection from each ventrolateral angle. 

 Anellus and harpe as in subcaudata. Female genitalia 

 with a thick, sclerotized roll on the back of ovipositor; 

 a broad, coarsely granulate pocket between ovipositor 

 and collar; eighth-segment collar narrow; ductus bursas 

 shghtly longer than bursa. 



Type locality: Jalapa, Mexico (type in USNM, 

 61330). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Described from male type and one female paratype 

 from the type locality and one male paratype from 

 Volcdn Santa Maria, Guatemala (Nov., Schaus and 

 Barnes, collectors). The male holotype bears a label 

 in Hampson's handwriting "Cerocanthia lophotalis 

 Hampson, c? type." As far as I know Hampson never 

 published a description of the species. 



Genus 35: Fulrada 



[ Venational division D. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 contiguous 

 or closely approximate beyond cell (not stalked) ; cell one-fourth 

 the length of wing; discocellular vein incomplete. Eighth ab- 

 dominal segment of male with broad ventral tuft. Transtilla 

 vestigial. Harpe with apex of sacculus not produced.] 



35. Fulrada, new genus 



Type of genus: Dasypyga guerna Dyar. 



Tongue well developed. Antenna weakly pubescent; 

 shaft of male simple. Labial palpus upturned, slender, 

 reaching to vertex; third segment slightly shorter than 

 second, acuminate. Maxillary palpus squamous, small, 

 appressed to face. Forewing smooth; 11 veins; vein 2 



