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curved, not extended at lower angle. Eighth abdom- 

 inal segment of male with a pair of long, slender, ventro- 

 lateral hair tufts. 



Male genitalia with uncus subtriangulate. Apical 

 process of gnathos a short, stout, hook. TranstiUa ab- 

 sent. Harpe with one or more short stout thornhke 

 spines projecting from lower margin of sacculus. Aedea- 

 gus slender, rather long, sinuate. Penis armed with a 

 single thornlike cornutus. Vinculum stout, longer 

 than broad, subtriangulate, narrowed from middle to 

 terminal margin. 



Female genitalia with signum consisting of a single 

 round curved plate, densely armed with long, stiff 

 spines and covering the ventral and lateral caudal half 

 of the bm-sa copulatrix; bursa otherwise membranous; 

 a narrow sclerotized coUar about ductus bursae at its 

 junction with bursa, the ductus biu^ae otherwise un- 

 sclerotized; genital opening simple; ductus seminalis 

 from bursa near junction of bursa and ductus bursae. 



The genus, so far as we know, is confined to the New 

 World and contains but one tropical American species. 



325. Oryctometopia fossulatella Ragonot 

 Figures 53, 395, 900 



Oryctometopia fossulatella Ra,gonot, Nouv. Gen. p. 11, 1888; Mon- 

 ograph, pt. 1, p. 153, 1893. 



Phycita moeschleri Ragonot, Nouv. Gen., p. 12, 1888; Monograph, 

 pt. 1, p. 182, 1893. — Moschler, Die Lepidopteren-Fauna 

 von Portorico, p. 328, 1890. (New synonymy.) 



Forewing gray to pale brownish gray; the transverse 

 lines obscure but usually distinguishable; antemedial 

 line nearly vertical, far out from base, on well marked 

 specimens irregularly serrate and bordered outwardly 

 by a thin dark line which is more or less broken, pre- 

 ceded by an obscm-e reddish olivaceous (or reddish 

 brown) patch on inner margin, the latter bordered 

 inwardly by same blackish scaling; a similar obscure 

 reddish brown patch over lower fold just before the sub- 

 terminal line ; subterminal line more distinct than ante- 

 medial, sinuate (outwardly bulged at middle), dull 

 whitish gray, bordered inwardly and outwardly by 

 narrow dark lines; discal dots, when distinguishable, 

 small, separated, blackish; a row of obscure blackish 

 dots along termen; on most specimens a dull whitish 

 patch over middle of inner margin. Hind wing trans- 

 lucent white; the veins not appreciably darkened; a con- 

 trasting dark shade along costa and narrowly along ter- 

 men; on males, a fine dark subbasal line through the 

 white cilia. Alar expanse, 15-20 mm. 



Genitalia as given for the genus. The thornlike 

 spines on sacculus of the male harpe are individually 

 variable, consisting of one stout, hooked spine and two 

 or more slenderer spines, their number and size varying 

 not only in individuals but on opposite harpes of the 

 same specimen. Cornutus of penis with a flattened 

 platelike base. 



Type localities: "Irazu" [Moimt Irazu], Costa 

 Rica {Jossvlatella, in BM); Puerto Rico {moeschleri, in 

 Paris Mus.). 



Food plant: Bauhinia mexicana. Larvae in the 

 pods. This record from Brownsville, Tex., specimens 

 reared by the Division of Foreign Plant Quarantine of 

 the U. S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 



Distribution: United States: Texas, Brownsville 

 (June). M:fexico: Chiapas (May), Jalapa, Oaxaca, Te- 

 huacdn (Apr.). Guatemala: Cayuga (May, June, 

 Sept.), Chejel (June, July, Aug.), PurulhA (July), Vol- 

 cdn Santa Maria (May, June, July). Costa Rica: 

 Esperanza (May), Mount Irazil. PanamA: Cabima 

 (May), Corazal (Apr.), La Chorrera (May), Porto 

 BeUo (Oct.). Venezuela: Aragus (Rancho Grande, 

 May). Brazil: Rio de Janeiro ("10-1-31")- Puerto 

 Rico: Coamo Springs (Apr.), Covado (May), Puerto 

 Real (Vieques Isl., Apr. ), San German (Apr.). Virgin 

 Islands: Kingshill (St. Croix, June). 



The species is easUy distinguished by its genitalia; 

 but in color and maculation is variable, as the foregoing 

 description indicates. Such variability is purely indi- 

 vidual and has no racial or local significance whatsoever. 

 Ragonot described fossulatella from a large (20 mm.) 

 male and his moeschleri from a small (17 mm.) female 

 color variant, which accoimts for his two names and 

 their placement in different genera. 



Genera 79-81: Sarata to Lipographis 



[Venational division B. Forewing smooth; veins 4 and 5 sepa- 

 rated at base. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 stallced; ceU usually 

 short, about one-third the length of wing (longer in Lipographis, 

 about one-half). Labial palpus porrect, broadly scaled, beak- 

 like. Male genitalia with transtilla incomplete or absent; harpe 

 with costa partially sclerotized, not produced, clasper reduced or 

 absent, otherwise simple. Female genitalia with bursa smooth 

 or scobinate, without signum; ductus seminalis from bursa.] 



79. Genus Sarata Ragonot 



Sarata Ragonot, N. Amer. Phycitidae, p. 11, 1887; Monograph, 

 pt. 1, p. 614, 1893.— Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer. p. 168, 

 1890. (Type of genus: Sarata dnopherella Ragonot.) 



Tongue well developed. Antenna pubescent; shaft 

 of male cylindrical, slightly swollen at base and smooth- 

 ly scaled or with a very slight ridge of roughened scales 

 along a few of the basal segments. Labial palpus 

 porrect, beaklike; second segment obhque, laterally 

 flattened, broadly scaled; third segment deflected for- 

 ward, about the length of second (sometimes a trifle 

 shorter or longer), bluntly acuminate. Ma.xillary pal- 

 pus minute, filiform. Forewing smooth; 11 veins; 

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

 the angle; 4 and 5 separated at base ; 6 from below upper 

 angle of cell, straight; 8 and 9 stalked for from one-half 

 to two-thirds their lengths; 10 from the cell, approxi- 

 mate to the stalk of 8-9 for a considerable distance from 

 base; male without costal fold. Hind wing with vein 2 

 from well before lower outer angle of cell; 3 from the 

 angle or separated from it by a very short spur; 4 and 

 5 stalked for two-thirds their lengths; 7 and 8 closely 

 approximate beyond cell for nearly half their lengths; 

 ceU about one-third the length of wing; discocellular 



