92 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETm 207 



border of antemedial line interrupted; inner blackish 

 border of subterminal line broken into short black 

 streaks on the veins; discal dots separated, blackish; a 

 row of small blackish dots (5 or 6) along termen between 

 the vein ends; on inner margin at lower outer edge of 

 antemedial line a small white spot; none of the white 

 markings strongly contrasted; the usual black markings 

 broken into dots and very short dashes; overall shade a 

 pale clay color. Hind wing translucent, white with a 

 faint ocherous tint; a narrow pale brownish line along 

 termen; the veins very faintly darkened. Alar expanse, 

 25 mm. 



Male genitalia with gnathos terminating in a broad, 

 inverted, heart-shaped apical projection. Harpe with 

 sacculus short, sharply pointed and shortly projecting 

 at apex. Penis armed with a single stout spine about 

 one-third as long as aedeagus. 



Type locality: Cayuga, Guatemala (Apr.; type in 

 USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



The largest known species of Zamagiria. Eaiown 

 only from the male type. 



194. Zamagiria australella (Hulst), new combination 



Figures 292, 766 



Selagia australella Hulst, Canadian Ent., vol. 32, p. 174, 1900. — 



McDunnough, Check list, No. 6232, 1939. 

 Immyrla humeliella Barnes and McDunnough, Contributions, 



vol. 2, p. 182, 1913.— McDunnough, Check list. No. 6188, 



1939. (New synonymy.) 



Aigrette of male maxUlary palpus ocherous white. 



Forewing white dusted with black scales, giving the 

 wing a pale gray color, lightest in basal and through the 

 median areas, slightly darker along costa ; subbasal scale 

 ridge conspicuous and normally unbroken, black with a 

 fine white inner border; the patch between scale ridge 

 and antemedial line olivaceous ocherous; antemedial 

 line oblique, dentate-sinuate, faint, indicated chiefly by 

 its black outer bordering line; subterminal line dentate- 

 sinuate, bordered inwardly and outwardly at costa by 

 blackish dashes, outwardly below costa by a narrow 

 brownish shade and inwardly by a fine black line; discal 

 dots distinct, separate, black; a small blackish or 

 brownish spot on inner margin a slight distance beyond 

 antemedial line and diffused black smudges on veins 2, 

 3 and 4 for a short distance from cell. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white; a darker line along termen and the 

 veins very slightly darkened. Alar expanse, 15-18 mm. 



Male genitalia with apical process of gnathos a nearly 

 square plate. Harpe with costa narrowly sclerotized 

 and shortly produced at apex; sacculus shortly and 

 bluntly produced. Penis armed with a single stout 

 cornutus about half as long as aedeagus. 



Female genitalia with bm-sa sclerotized and densely 

 spined at posterior end, the sclerotization extending 

 into ductus bursae; occupying most of the remainder of 

 ductus bursae a funnel-shaped, convoluted, sclerotized 

 plate. 



Type localities: Blanco County, Tex. {australella, 



in AMNH, ex Kutgers) ; Fort Myers, Fla. {humeliella 

 in USNM). 



Food plant: Bumelia microcarpa. 



Distribution: Texas, Blanco County; Florida, Fort 

 Myers (May), Miami. 



The genitalia of the female type of australella are 

 identical with those of a reared female paratype of 

 humeliella, and the two moths otherwise agree, so there 

 is no question of the synonymy. However, I doubt 

 somewhat the correctness of the locality label on Hulst's 

 type and suspect that it may be a Florida specimen. 



195. Zamagiria fratema, new species 



FlQTJEE 291 



Aigrette of male maxillary palpus white. 



Forewing white on dorsal half and along inner margin 

 beyond antemedial line to tornal angle; extreme base of 

 costa rough scaled, black (similar black sex-scaling on 

 underside of wing at base) ; antemedial Une at middle of 

 wing incomplete, indicated only by an angulate white 

 line on lower half, bordered inwardly and outwardly by 

 small black smudges; along lower margin to antemedial 

 line the ground color is pale brown; a faint dusting of 

 brown or purplish brown scales on the white groimd for 

 a narrow margin along costa; scale ridge interrupted, a 

 series of black dots with the inner white bordering line 

 very faintly indicated; the usual patch between scale 

 ridge and antemedial line pale brown, a trifle paler than 

 the ground color on lower basal area of wing; some simi- 

 larly colored scales in the lower postmedian area be- 

 tween the antemedian line and the end of cell and in the 

 interspaces of veins 3 to 5 ; subterminal line incomplete, 

 only its middle portion distinguishable; discal dots dis- 

 tinct, separated, black, the lower one enlarged; black 

 scaling along veins 3, 4 and 5. Hind wing hyaline 

 white, a pale brownish gray line along terminal margin 

 and a similar shade along costa; at extreme base of wing 

 a few black sex-scales on the veins. Alar expanse, 

 21.5 mm. 



Male genitalia with apical process of gnathos roundly 

 spatulate. Harpe considerably broadened towards 

 middle, thence sharply tapered to the narrow cucidlus; 

 costa strongly humped at middle; sacculus produced at 

 apex into a long, strongly sclerotized, curved, free, 

 hooklike arm. Anellus a U-shaped plate. Penis armed 

 with a single stout spine (about one-fourth as long as 

 aedeagus), a strongly sclerotized, corrugated plate and 

 a concentration of rather coarse granulations. 



Type locality: Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba (type 

 in USNM, 61341). 



Food plant: "Caimitillo." 



Described from male type reared by A. Otero, Aug. 

 17, 1932, and labeled: "Leaf tier on Caimitillo, E. E. A. 

 Cuba, Ento. No. 10006." 



196. Zamagiria laidion (Zeller) 

 FiGUBES 290, 767 



Myelois laidion Zeller, Horae Soc. Ent. Rossicae, vol. 16, p. 211, 



1881. 

 Piesmopoda laidion (Zeller) Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 162, 



1893. 



