AMERICAN MOTHS OF THE SUBFAMILY PHYCITINAE 



4 and 5 connate; 6 from below upper angle of cell, 

 straight; 8 and 9 long stalked, the free element of 9 very 

 short; 10 from the cell, approximate to the stalk of 8-9 

 for a short distance; male without costal fold. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from close to lower angle of cell; 3 

 from the stalk of 4-5; 4 and 5 very long stalked; 7 and 8 

 closely approximate beyond cell; cell less than one-third 

 the length of wing; discocellular vein curved. Eighth 

 abdominal segment with sternite developed as a short 

 (stubby) sclerotized pocket with thin, curved lateral 

 arms extending into a slender U-shaped plate, fringed 

 with moderately long scales. 



Male genitalia with uncus reduced, broader than long, 

 triangulate and weakly sclerotized. Tegumen support- 

 ing a pair of long, broad, pointed, strongly sclerotized, 

 backwardly projecting arms; otherwise greatly reduced. 

 Gnathos absent. Transtilla incomplete; its elements 

 pointed towards each other, their apices expanded and 

 nearly touching. Harpe short, nearly as broad as long; 

 costa broadly sclerotized, but shorter than remainder of 

 harpe, bearing a stout, rather long, projecting spine at 

 apex; cucuUus much reduced, bearing a similar, stout 

 but shorter spine on costal edge at apex; sacculus 

 broadly sclerotized, but not produced. Anellus a broad 

 crescentiform plate ; its lateral lobes reduced to weakly 

 haired knobs. Aedeagus smooth, straight; penis armed 

 with a pair of ciu-ved, more or less wrinkled, sclerotized 

 plates. Vinculum stout, as broad as long; its terminal 

 margin evenly rounded. 



Female genitalia with signum developed as a thin, 

 keellike blade on a narrow, elongate plate ; ductus bursae 

 shorter than bursa and with a sclerotized collar near 

 simple genital opening; ductus seminalis from bursa 

 near junction of bursa and ductus bursae. 



A distinct genus, apparently most closely related to 

 Peadus but falling into a different venational division 

 (B). The shape and structure of the uncus, the re- 

 duced tegumen, and the short harpe with its stout 

 projecting spines suggest the relationship to Peadus. 

 The very short cell of hind wing separates it from most 

 genera of division B. It is only remotely related to 

 Promylea, to which Ragonot referred its type species. 



177. Gabinius paulsoni (Ragonot), new combination 

 Figures 271, 756 



Promylea paulsoni Ragonot, Nouv. Gen., p. 12, 1888; Mono- 

 graph, pt. 1, p. 208, 1893. 



Ground color of forewing olivaceous gray strongly 

 tinted with vinous brown in the dorsal area, this latter 

 shade extending obliquely almost to apex; costal area 

 from base to subterminal line, including the cell and 

 tapering to costa beyond it, white with a scattered 

 peppering of red-brown scales; costal edge from ante- 

 medial hne to above end of cell edged with blackish 

 brown; antemedial hne distinct on lower half of wing, 

 vertical with a shght inward concavity, followed out- 

 wardly by a narrow blackish brown band and inwardly 

 by a blotch of the same shade; the antemedial hne 

 indistinct and oblique on upper area of wing; subtermi- 



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nal hne, narrow, faint, sinuate, whitish, followed and 

 preceded for a short distance from costa by blackish 

 brown shadings; a scattering of white scaUng in the 

 terminal area below apex; lower discal spot blackish 

 brown, more or less distinct, the upper very small and 

 faint; a blackish irregular hne along terminal margin, 

 not reaching to apex. Hind wing translucent, yellowish 

 white with a smoky tint towards apex and along ter- 

 minal margin. Alar expanse, 20-23 mm. 



Male genitaHa with characters as given for the 

 genus. 



Type locality: Quillota, Chile (type in Paris Mus.). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



The female in the National Collection matches in 

 every detail Ragonot's description and figure of the 

 male type (Monograph, pi. 10, fig. 6). It is labeled 

 "Chile, Silva." Superficially, the maculation and color 

 resemble those of the Honora species. 



Genera 44-46: Ceracanthia to Drescoma 



[Venational division B. Forewing with veins 4 and 5 slightly 

 separated at cell. Hind wing with cell less than half the length 

 of wing (sometimes very short) ; 4 and 5 strongly stalked. Eighth 

 sternite of male developed as a digitate pocket, sometimes the 

 latter flattened and distorted. Male genitalia with vinculum 

 very long, sclerotized only along its margins, arched dorsally 

 (like a bent hairpin), its terminal margin broad; harpe with 

 tufts on a projecting arm from base of sacculus.] 



44. Genus Ceracanthia Ragonot 



Ceracanthia Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 230, 1893. (Type of 



genus: Ceracanthia vepreculella Ragonot.) 

 Procandiopa Dyar, Ins. Inso. Menstr., vol. 7, p. 50, 1919. (Type 



of genus: Procandiopa mamella Dyar. New synonymy.) 



Tongue weU developed. Antenna pubescent; basal 

 segment elongate, cyhndrical (longer and more heavily 

 scaled in male than female); shaft of male with an 

 elongate, shallow sinus at base, from middle of sinus a 

 short, sharp, sclerotized spine, a similar, shorter spine 

 at apical end of sinus. Labial palpus uptiu-ned, reach- 

 ing above vertex, cyhndrical; third segment nearly as 

 long as second, acuminate. Maxillary palpus sub- 

 squamous (scaling of second segment somewhat ex- 

 panded); folded across base of tongue. Forewing 

 smooth; 11 veins; vein 2 from near lower outer angle 

 of cell; 3 from the angle, about equidistant from 2 and 

 4 ; 4 and 5 slightly separated at base, thence divergent ; 

 6 from slightly below upper angle of cell, straight; 10 

 from the cell, approximate to the stalk of 8-9 for a very 

 short distance from cell; male without costal fold 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from before, but near lower outer 

 angle of cell; 3 from the stalk of 4-5; 4 and 5 stalked for 

 half their lengths; 7 and 8 closely approximate for a 

 short distance from cell; cell slightly over one-third the 

 length of wing; discocellular vein curved. Eighth ab- 

 dominal segment with sternite developed as a strongly 

 sclerotized, digitate pocket. 



Male genitalia with uncus hoodlike (not tapering). 

 Apical process of gnathos a simple, elongate, slender 

 hook. Transtilla absent. Harpe broad, stout, sacculus 



