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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 207 



171. Atheloca subrufella (Hulst), new combination 



FiGTJBBs 267, 741 



Nephopteryx subrufella Hulst, Ent. Amer., vol. 3, p. 132, 1887. 

 Nephopteryx filiolella Hulst, Ent. Amer., vol. 4, p. 117, 1888 (new 



synonymy). 

 Piesmopoda subrufella (Hulst) Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., 



p. 133, 1890.— Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 166, 1893.— 



Grossbeek, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 37, p. 129, 1917. 

 Piesmopoda filiolella (Hulst) Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 



133, 1890. — Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 166, 1893. 

 Sarasota subrufella (Hulst) Barnes and McDunnough, Check list 



of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 5558, 1917. — 



McDunnough, Check list. No. 6121, 1939. 

 Sarasota filiolella (Hulst) Barnes and McDunnough, Check List 



of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 5559, 1917. — 



McDunnough, Check list. No. 6122, 1939. 

 Hyalospila ptychis Dyar, Ins. Inso. Menstr., vol. 7, p. 49, 1919 



(new synonymy). 



Forewing ocherous fuscous shaded with reddish or 

 purplish red except along costa; costa at extreme base 

 edged with black, between the transverse lines rather 

 broadly bordered by dull white sprinkled with red 

 scales; antemedial line sometimes obsolete, when pres- 

 ent indicated by a transverse black band interfused with 

 reddish and preceded by a narrow dusting of white 

 scales; sub terminal Hne faint, pale, bordered inwardly 

 and outwardly by narrow blackish or purphsh red 

 bands; discal spots usually distinct (at least the lower 

 one), well separated, blackish (rarely with a touch of 

 red) ; a more or less distinct row of blackish dots along 

 termen. Hind wing smoky white, translucent; the 

 veins darkened and a distinct dark shade along termen. 

 Midtibia of male with strong hair tuft from base on 

 inner side. Hind tibia of male without appreciable 

 hair tuft. Alar expanse, 12-19 mm. 



Male genitaha as given for the genus. Female geni- 

 taUa with sclerotized portion of ductus bursae very nar- 

 row. 



Type localities: Florida (subrufella, in AMNH, ex 

 Rutgers); "Texas" (filiolella, in AMNH, ex Rutgers); 

 Cuba (ptychis, in USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: United States: Florida, Chokolos- 

 kee, Christmas Harbor (Mar.), Duardia (May), Fort 

 Drum, Hastings (Aug., Sept.), Lake Alfred (May), 

 Paradise Key (Mar.), Royal Palm State Park (June, 

 Sept.), Stemper (May, July, Aug.), Vero Beach (Apr.), 

 Winter Park (July, Aug.). Cuba: Pinar del Rio, no 

 specific locality (type of ptychis). Virgin islands: 

 Kingshill (St. Croix, "Nov.-Dec"). 



The types of both subrufella and filiolella are females, 

 neither of which bears a locahty label; subrufella bears 

 a label containing only the number "Ql" ; filiolella only 

 a date label "March." The latter is without abdomen 

 and in very poor condition; but exhibits no difference 

 from the type of subrufella except its somewhat larger 

 size. In the National Museum there is a female from 

 Christmas Harbor ("March") labeled by Hulst "Ne- 

 phopteryx filioleUa, type." It is an exact match for the 

 type in the Rutgers Collection, as are three other large 

 females from Florida in the National Collection, obvi- 

 ously the same as subrufella. We have a large series of 



the species but no Texas examples, and I doubt very 

 much the correctness of Hulst's citation as the type 

 locality of his filiolella. The species is obviously a 

 tropical one which has extended its range to Florida. 

 Dyar's ptychis is merely a Cuban example, differing in 

 no wise from typical subrufella. 



172. Atheloca bondari, new species 



Hyalospila ptychis Bondar (not Dyar), Rev. de Ent., Brazil, vol. 

 11, p. 199, 1940. — Lepesme, Les insectes des Palmier's, p. 

 343, 1947 (Paris). 



Similar to subrufella except that the pale costal area 

 of forewing is less contrasted and conspicuous. The 

 genitalia male and female exhibit no essential differences 

 from those of subrufella. The one distinguishing char- 

 acter, seems to be a strong, dorsal, yellow hair tuft from 

 the base of the male hind tibia. This is lacking from 

 all specimens of subrufella and is an addition to the 

 similar tuft on male midtibia, present on both subrufeUa 

 and bondari. Alar expanse, 15-16 mm. 



Type locality: Baia, Brazil (type m USNM, 61335). 



Food plant: Cocos nucifera (Lepesme also records 

 O. coronata, O. vagans, Attalea funifera, and A. piassa- 

 bossu). 



Described from male type and three male and five 

 female paratypes aU from the type locahty and reared 

 (June and July 1939, imder Bondar Nos. 2521 and 2561) 

 from larvae feeding in the seeds and at the base of the 

 fruits of Cocos nucifera. These were received from Dr. 

 Gregorio Bondar, for whom the species is named. He 

 gives a good account of the habits of the species in the 

 above-cited paper. I am responsible for the misidenti- 

 fication to ptychis, for at the time I overlooked the differ- 

 ence in leg tuftings between ptychis and the Brazilian 

 specimens. 



Genera 41 and 42: Praedonula and Peadus 



IVenational division D. Forewing with veins 4 and 6 closely 

 approximate for a short distance from cell; vein 6 straight; 10 

 from the cell. Hind wing with cell one-fourth to one-fifth the 

 length of wing; discocellular vein more or less curved. Male 

 antenna with a shallow sinus in shaft involving the first half 

 dozen segments. Male genitalia with a stout hair tuft from near 

 base of sacculus.) 



41. Praedonula, new genus 



Type of genus: Phydta almoneUa Dyar. 



Tongue well developed. Male antenna with a shallow 

 sinus in shaft at base (involving the first six segments), 

 the sinus containing a scattering of minute papiQalike 

 setae and a narrow ridge of scales along its outer edges, 

 otherwise pubescent. Labial palpus very slender, 

 upturned, reaching to or shghtly above vertex; third 

 segment slightly shorter than second, acuminate. 

 Maxillary palpus subsquamous (the scales on second 

 segment expanded, on third rather long and drawing to 

 a point). Forewing smooth; 11 veins; vein 2 from 

 before but near lower outer angle of ceU (nearer the 

 angle in male than in female); vein 3 from the angle; 



