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recognized by its genitalia; the apically produced costa of 

 harpe and the patch in the neck of the bursa at once 

 distinguishing it from anything else in the Moodna- 

 Vitula group. Superficially the moths resemble those 

 of Vitula pinei but are smaller and lack the dark border 

 on inner side of the antemedial line. 



595. Manhatta broweri, new species 

 FlQUBB 1094 



Forewing pale brownish fuscous with a white-powdered 

 area about the discal dots and extending to costa, and 

 some white dusting at tornus; transverse lines white, 

 narrow; at base below fold and extending beyond ante- 

 medial line along fold a faint reddish ocherous shade; 

 dark ground color concentrated and intensified as rather 

 diffused broad bands outwardly bordering the anteme- 

 dial and inwardly bordering the subterminal lines ; ante- 

 medial line slightly angulate; subterminal line irregu- 

 larly dentate, parallel with termen ; discal dots more or 

 less confluent, brown. Hind wing pale fuscous, veins 

 and terminal margin shghtly darker. Alar expanse, 14- 

 16 mm. 



Genitalia (male and female) differing very little from 

 those of Vitvla edmandsae and exhibitiag no distinguish- 

 ing specific characters. 



Type locality: Bar Harbor, Maine (type in USNM, 

 61389). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Described from male type and one male and five female 

 parat3T)es from the type locality, July 25-30, 1933, and 

 one male paratype from Mount Desert Isl., Maine, July 

 17, 1934, all collected by Dr. E. A. Brower for whom the 

 species is named. Paratypes deposited in Dr. Brower's 

 collection. 



The species is easily identified by its color and macu- 

 lation. Its male genitalia (of the edmandsae type) dis- 

 tinguish it from the other two species of Manhatta and 

 its hind wing venation from any species of Vitula. It 

 is the only known species of Manhatta in the eastern 

 United States. 



175. Verina, new genus 



Type of genus: Moodna supplicellal.Dja,r 

 Tongue well developed. Antenna pubescent (in male 

 the cUia less that the width of shaft in length) ; shaft of 

 male with a few rough scales at base, above, and just 

 beyond, a slight, very shallow sinus. Labial palpus 

 oblique, slender, reaching above vertex; third segment as 

 long as second. Maxillary palpus filiform, «hort. Fore- 

 wing smooth; 10 veins; veia 2 from before, but near, 

 lower outer angle of cell; 3 from the angle; 4 and 5 long 

 stalked; 6 from below upper angle of cell, straight; 8 

 and 9 united; 10 from the cell approximate to 8 at base; 

 male with a strong costal fold enclosing hair tuft. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from well before lower outer angle of 

 cell; 3 and 5 from the angle, closely approximate at base; 

 7 and 8 anastomosed for all or most of their lengths be- 

 yond cell; cell very short (about one-fourth the length 

 of wing), a trifle longer in female than in male; disco- 



cellular vein slightly curved (nearly straight in male). 

 Eighth abdominal segment of male with compound dor- 

 sal tufts. 



Male genitalia with apical process of gnathos forked, 

 U-shaped. Uncus broad, terminal margin broadly 

 rounded. Transtilla incomplete. Harpe with a short 

 blunt digitate projection from near middle of costa. 

 Anellus a U-shaped sclerotized band. Aedeagus long, 

 not appreciably tapering; penis bearing a couple of 

 elongate, thin, weakly sclerotized plates, otherwise un- 

 armed. Vinculimi elongate-angulate, tapering. 



Female genitalia with ductus bursae sclerotized for 

 most of its length from genital opening; sclerotized por- 

 tion slightly flattened; bursa copulatrix sparsely and 

 finely scobinate; an extruded lobe from membranous 

 area between eighth-segment collar and ovipositor (as 

 in Moodna). 



The genus is distinguished from the other genera in 

 group C by the following combination of characters: 

 Male antenna with slight sinus in shaft; eighth abdom- 

 inal segment of male with tuft; veins 3 and 5 of hind 

 wiQg approximate at base, ceU very short and discocel- 

 lular vein very slightly curved; gnathos terminating in a 

 forked process ; harpe with digitate pro j ection from costa ; 

 transtilla incomplete. 



It contains one tropical American snecies. 



596. Verina supplicella (Dyar), new combination 

 FiQUBBS 116, 603, 1097 



Moodna supplicella Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, p. 342, 

 1914. 



Forewing dark vinous, dusted with black especially 

 in area between the transverse lines; basal and tornal 

 areas slightly paler; transverse lines white, slender, 

 powdery and broken, the antemedial line far out and 

 oblique, the subterminal parallel with and close to 

 termen; discal and terminal dots not distinguishable. 

 Hind wing translucent; whitish to pale fuscous; the 

 veins and terminal margin darker. Head and thorax 

 ocherous, more or less shaded with reddish or blackish 

 scaling. Labial palpus ocherous with reddish scaling 

 on terminal segment. Alar expanse, 13-16 mm. 



Male genitalia with terminal margin of cucullus of 

 harpe oblique and slightly concave, its lower angle 

 produced, vinculum evenly tapering to abruptly pointed 

 extremity; arms of forked process of gnathos approx- 

 imate at their apices. Female genitalia with sclerotized 

 portion of ductus bursae strongly striated at genital 

 opening, finely granulate otherwise. 



Type locality: Rio Trinidad, Panamd (type in 

 USNM). 



Food plant: Dried leaves. 



Distribution: Mexico: No specific locality (Aug., 

 reared from leaf trash in banana cargo). Guatemala: 

 No specific locality (Apr., reared from dried leaves 

 intercepted at quarantine), Guatemala City (Mar.). 

 PanamX: Cabima (May), Porto BeUo (Apr., May, 

 Oct.), Rfo Trinidad (June). Brazil: Santa Catarina 

 (July). 



