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399. Cabotia gemidiscella Ragonot 



Figure 55, 451, 935 



Cabotia semidiscella Ragonot, Nouv. Gen., p. 30, 1888. — Hamp- 

 son, in Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 2, p. 188, 1901. 



The alar expanse given by Ragonot is 16 mm. In 

 the National Museum are three smaller specimens (11 

 mm.) identified by Hampson — a male and female from 

 St. Jean Maroni, French Guiana (the genitalia of which 

 are figured), and a male from St. Laurent du Maroni, 

 French Guiana. This last is an abnormal specimen, 

 having veins 2 and 3 of forewing long stalked. Also in 

 the National Collection are six females from Los Vas- 

 quez, Argentina (15-16 mm.), agreeing with the fore- 

 going, and two somewhat darker (fresher) females that 

 I take to be the same species from Villarrica, Paraguay 

 (Feb., Oct.). In the British Museum there is a male and 

 nine females from southeastern Brazil (E. D. Jones, 

 "1920-303") and three females from Villa Ana, Ar- 

 gentina (Oct.). 



Type locality: Goya, Argentina (type in Paris 

 Mus.). 



Food plant: Unlinown. 



400. Cabotia scbini (Berg) 



Spermalophthora schini Berg, Anales Soc. Cient. Argentina, vol. 

 19, p. 275, 1885. 



Cabotia schini (Berg) Ragonot, Nouv. Gen., p. 30, 1888. — Hamp- 

 son, in Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 2, p. 188, 1901. 



I have seen nothing identified as this species. How- 

 ever, it should be readily identifiable if Argentinian 

 examples of Cabotia are ever reared from the pepper- 

 tree. Alar expanse, 20 mm. 



Type locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina (tj^pe lost). 



Food plant: Schinus molle Linnaeus. 



Apparently known only from the type specimens 

 reared from galls on the peppertree. This is our only 

 food-plant record for the genus. 



401. Cabotia rhythmatica Dyar 

 Figures 453, 933 



Cabotia rhythmatica Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, p. 339, 

 1914. 



Forewings less distinctly marked with fuscous and 

 with a more rosy suffusion than those of other species 

 in the genus. Uncus shorter and male genitalia stockier 

 than in our examples identified as semidiscella or than in 

 males of bonhoti. Alar expanse, 13-14 jnm. 



Type locality: Porto Bello, Panamd (Mar., Apr.; 

 type in USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Known only from the type specimens. 



402. Cabotia cundajensis (Zeller) 

 Figure 932 



Euzophera cundajensis Zeller, Horae Soc. Ent. Rossicae, vol. 16, 



p. 227, 1881. 

 Euzophera impedilella Zeller, Horae Soc. Ent. Rossicae, vol. 16, 



p. 229, 1881. 

 Cabotia cundajensis (Zeller) Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 2, p. 189, 



1901. 



I have seen no Cabotia from Colombia; but in the 

 National Museum are three females (15-20 mm.) from 

 Castro, Parana, Brazil, identified by both Hampson 

 and Schaus as cundajensis. The genitalia are figured 

 from one of these. They exhibit nothing that can be 

 definitely identified as a specific character. Alar ex- 

 panse, 16-22 mm. 



Types: In British Museum (cundajensis, impeditella). 



Type localities: Cundai, Colombia (cundajensis, in 

 BM); Viani, Colombia (impeditella, in BM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



I suspect that this as well as semidiscella will eventu- 

 ally prove to be the same as schini (Berg). 



403. Cabotia bonhoti (Hampson), new combination 

 Figures 452, 934 



Encystia bonhoti Hampson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 7, 

 p. 256, 1901. 



Not appreciably different from what we have identi- 

 fied as semidiscella Ragonot from French Guiana, 

 except for trifling differences in genitalia which are 

 probably not of more than individual significance. 

 Male genitalia figured from specimen from Trelawney 

 Parish, Jamaica; female genitalia from ZeUer specimen 

 in British Museum, from Nassau. Alar expanse, 

 13-16 mm. 



Type locality: Nassau, Bahamas (type in BM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Bahamas: Nassau (July). Jamaica: 

 Newport (Feb.), St. Andrews Parish, Trelawney Parish. 

 The Jamaican material consists of 36 specimens in the 

 National Collection. 



Genus 105: Canarsia 



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

 stalk of 8-9; 2 from well before lower outer angle of cell; stalk 

 of 4-5 separate from 3 at base. Hind wing with 7 and 8 anas- 

 tomosed for a short distance beyond cell; vein 2 from before 

 lower outer angle of ceU; discocellular vein curved. Labial 

 palpus upcurved. Male genitalia with uncus triangulate; harpe 

 with short erect clasper; transtilla absent; aedeagus short, stout; 

 penis armed with several short spines. Female with a girdle of 

 slender spines in bursa; bursa partially sclerotized; ductus 

 seminalis from bursa couplatrix.] 



105. Genus Canarsia Ilnlst 



Canarsia Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 179, 1890.— Ragonot, 

 Monograph, pt. 2, p. ix, 1901. — Hampson, in Ragonot, 

 Monograph, pt. 2, p. 119, 1901. (Type of genus: JVe- 

 phopleryx ulmiarrosorella Clemens.) 



Tongue well developed. Antenna pubescent; on 

 male shaft with a deep sinus and strong scale tuft at 

 base; on female simple. Labial palpus upcurved, rough 

 scaled, reaching to vertex; third segment short (less 

 than half the length of second), pointed. Maxillary 

 palpus squamous, appressed to face. Forewing smooth; 

 11 veins, vein 2 from well before lower outer angle of 

 cell; 3 from angle; 4 and 5 stalked, the stalk weU sepa- 

 rated from 3; 6 from below upper angle of ceU, straight; 

 10 stalked with 8-9; male without costal fold. Hind 



