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97. Protasia, new genus 



Type of genus: Valdivia mirahilicornella Dyar. 



Tongue short (but somewhat exposed between the 

 palpi). Antenna unipectinate in male, simple in fe- 

 male. Labial palpus porrect, long (projecting more than 



3 times the length of the head beyond it). MaxUlary 

 palpus minute, filiform. Forewing smooth; 11 veins; 

 vein 2 from before outer angle of cell ; 3 from the angle ; 



4 and 5 very shortly stalked ; 6 from below upper angle 

 of cell, straight; 10 from cell, approximate to 8-9 at 

 base; male without costal fold. Hind wing with vein 

 2 from very close to outer angle of cell ; 3 and 5 stalked ; 

 7 and 8 approximate or weakly anastomosed for a short 

 distance beyond cell; cell less than one-half the length 

 of the wing. Eighth abdominal segment of male 

 simple. 



Male genitalia with apical process of gnathos a stout, 

 bluntly pointed hook. Harpe with lower margin 

 evenly curved; cucuUus elongate, tapering slightly to 

 somewhat narrowly rounded apex; a transverse, weakly 

 sclerotized ridge extending from slightly below base of 

 costa to lower angle of cucuUus. AneUus a simple, 

 nearly flat plate, without lateral lobes. Aedeagus 

 short, stout; penis without armature. Vinculum short, 

 terminal margin broadly rounded. 



Female genitalia with bursa simple, membranous, 

 elongate; ductus bursae short, simple, membranous 

 throughout; ductus seminalis from ductus bursae. 



The genus is readily distinguished from the others in 

 this immediate group by its unipectinate male antenna, 

 short tongue, lack of hair tufts on eighth abdominal 

 segment of male, and short and simple ductus bursae. 



387. Protasia mirabilicornella (Dyar), new combination 

 Figures 440, 925 



Valdivia mirabilicorneUa Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 10, p. 60, 1908.— McDunnough, Check list, No. 6353, 1939. 



Whitish gray with a sprinkling of dark scales and a 

 faint ocherous shading in the median and lower folds of 

 forewing; antemedial line dentate, outwardly bordered 

 by a thin blackish fuscous line, the latter sharply out- 

 angled between costa and middle of cell, very slightly 

 out-angled at lower margin of cell and at inner margin, 

 preceded by a more or less obscure, broad ocherous 

 orange shade, bordered basally on inner margin of wing 

 by a blackish fuscous patch, the latter encroaching upon 

 and more or less obscuring the ocherous shade ; subter- 

 minal line with a narrow blackish inner border, sharply 

 indented to vein 6, thence bulging outward and again 

 Indented at lower fold; discal dots distinct, blackish; 

 terminal dark dots more or less confluent. Hind wing 

 pale brassy whitish (pale smoky fuscous in some speci- 

 mens), sheeny; a slightly darker line along termen; 

 cilia somewhat paler. Alar expanse, 18-26 mm. 



Male genitalia with uncus evenly tapering from broad 

 base to rather narrowly rounded apex; elements of 

 transtilla small, weak, recurved (fig. 440b). Female 

 genitaha with bursa narrow, nearly three times as long 

 as ductus bursae. 



Type locality: San Diego, Calif, (type in USNM). 



Food plant; Unknown. 



Represented by 25 specimens in the National Collec- 

 tion, aU from the type locality (July, Oct., Nov., Dec, 

 Feb.). 



In his description Dyar describes the male antenna 

 as "bipectinate." It is distinctly unipectinate, with 

 the pectinations and the shaft covered with long cUia. 



Genera 98-100: Heterographis to Hulstia 



[Venational division A. Forewing with 11 veins; 10 from cell; 

 2 from near lower outer angle of cell. Hind wing with 7 and 8 

 approximate or very weakly anastomosed; 2 from close to lower 

 outer angle of cell; discocellular vein curved. Labial palpi up- 

 turned. Male genitalia with uncus triangulate (or spoon-shaped) , 

 large in proportion to reduced tegumen; tegumen constricted 

 before uncus, its lateral margins concave; transtilla incomplete 

 (except in Heterographis samaritanella) ; aedeagus straight, 

 slender; penis without cornuti or other armature. Female 

 genitalia with signa consisting of many straight disconnected 

 thornlike spines; ductus seminalis from ductus bursae.] 



98. Genus Heterographis Ragouot 



Heterographis Ragonot, Ent. Monthly Mag., vol. 22, p. 31, 1885; 

 Monograph, pt. 2, p. x, 1901. — Hulst, Phycitidae of N, 

 Amer., p. 186, 1890. — Hampson, in Ragonot, Monograph, 

 pt. 2, p. 140, 1901. — Bisset, in Pierce and Metcalf, Genitalia 

 of the British Pyrales, p. 59, 1938 (fixes type of genus). — 

 Janse, Journ. Ent. Soc. South Africa, vol. 8, p. 37, 1945. 

 (Type of genus: Euzophera samaritanella Zeller; figs. 441, 

 928). 



Mona Hulst, Ent. Amer., vol. 4, p. 115, 1888. (Type of genus, 

 Mona olbiella Hulst.) 



Tongue well developed. Antenna simple, pubescent; 

 in the male the shaft slightly curved towards base. 

 Labial palpus upcurved, reaching above vertex. Max- 

 illary palpus minute, filiform. Forewing smooth; 11 

 veins; vein 2 from near lower outer angle of cell; 3 from 

 the angle; 4 and 5 connate or very shortly stalked, 

 closely approximate to 3; 6 from below upper angle of 

 cell, straight; 10 from cell, separated from the stalk of 

 8-9 ; male without costial fold. Hind wing with 2 from 

 close to outer angle of cell; 3 and 5 stalked; 7 and 8 

 closely approximate (occasionally contiguous or weakly 

 anastomosed for a short distance) beyond cell; cell less 

 than one-half (over one-third) the length of the wing. 

 Eighth abdominal segment of male with a strong pair 

 of ventrolateral hair tufts. 



Male genitalia with apical process of gnathos a stout 

 hook. Elements of transtilla long, slender, curved, 

 their apices touching and weakly fused (samantanella) 

 or narrowly separated {mornsonella) ; deeply and round- 

 ly arched behind aedeagus. Harpe simple, narrowly 

 elongate; apex rounded. AneUus a slightly curved 

 plate with lateral arms. Aedeagus long, slender; penis 

 wi4,hout armature. Vinculum at least as long as broad ; 

 truncate; terminal margin straight or slightly notched. 



Female genitalia with bursa copulatrix and ductus 

 bursae membranous except for a slight sclerotization of 

 the tube of ductus near genital opening ; bursa elongate 

 with signa consisting of numerous straight, sharp , broadly 



