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Richards and Thomson, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, vol. 80, 

 p. 205, 1932.— Norris, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pp. 597-611, 

 1932.— Dickins, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, vol. 85, p. 338, 

 1936.— Earth, Zool. Jarb., Jena, vol. 58, pp. 297-329, 1937; 

 Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool., Leipzig, vol. 150, p. 27, 1938.— Leh- 

 mensick and Liebers, Zeits. Angew. Ent., Berlin, vol. 24, 

 p. 441, 1937; p. 582, 1938.— McDunnough, Check list, No. 

 6408, 1939.— Hinton, Bull. Ent. Res., vol. 34, p. 186, 1943.— 

 Corbet and Tarns, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 64, 1943. 



Epheslia inter punclella (Hiibner) Herrich-Schaflfer, Systematische 

 Bearbeitung der Schmetterhnge von Europa, vol. 4, p. 110, 

 1849. — Westwood and Humphreys, British moths and their 

 transformations, p. 274, 1854. — Stainton, Manual of 

 British butterflies and moths, vol. 2, p. 169, 1859. — Zeller, 

 Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 25, p. 336, 1876; vol. 34, p. 

 310, 1884.— Riley and Howard, Insect Life, vol. 2, p. 277, 

 1890. 



Tinea zeae Fitch, Second report on the noxious, beneficial and 

 other insects, of the State of New York, p. 320, 1856. 



Epheslia zeae (Fitch) Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, p. 206, 1860. 



Ephestia interpunctalis (Hubner) Butler, Ent. Monthly Mag., 

 vol. 15, p. 273, 1879. — Druce, Biologia Centrali-Americana, 

 Lepidoptera, Heterocera, vol. 2, p. 286, 1896. 



Unadilla latercula Hampson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 7, 

 p. 255, 1901 (New synonymy). 



Ephestia glycinivora Matsumura, "Oyo-Kinchyiigakii" (Applied 

 entomology), pt. 1, p. 561, 1917; Dai-Nippon Gaichyu 

 Zensho (Injurious insects of the Japanese Empire), ed. 2, 

 vol. 1, p. 529, 1920 (spelled here as glycinivorella). — Shibuya, 

 Konchu Sekai, vol. 36, p. 225, 1932 (makes synonym of 

 intet-punctella) . 



Ephestia (Strymax) latercula (Hampson) Richards and Thomson, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. London, vol. 80, p. 202, 1932. 



Forewing with basal area ocherous white to pale 

 ocherous, in fresh specimens well contrasted against re- 

 mainder of wing; area beyond antemedial line rusty 

 ocherous to reddish fuscous, the red shading marked 

 along costal edge; central area more or less heavily 

 dusted with leaden fuscous, the fuscous scaling forming 

 an irregular blotch surrounding an ocherous line along 

 the discocellular vein; transverse lines sublustrous, 

 leaden Uned; antemedial line rather broad, irregular, 

 set well out towards middle of wing, oblique and 

 slightly curved; subtermiaal line obscure, somewhat 

 sinuate, more or less parallel with termen ; a faint leaden 

 line along termen. Hind wing pale, shining, fuscous; 

 veins and terminal margin faintly darkened. The red 

 scaling is pronounced on thorax and labial palpi as well 

 as on costa of forewing. Alar expanse, 12-19 mm. 



Male genitalia with transtilla a smooth, uninterrupted 

 band ; uncus not at all expanded at apex. Female geni- 

 talia with sclerotized projection of ductus bursae behind 

 genital opening rather broad, variously shaped in indi- 

 vidual specimens, anguJate or rounded. Nimiber of 

 spines of signa also variable. 



Type localities: Europe {inter punctella, type lost); 

 New York {zeae, in USNM); Nassau, Bahamas {later- 

 cula, in BM) ; Japan {glycinivora, in Hokkaido Imperial 

 Univ., Sapporo, Japan). 



Food: All kinds of stored and dried vegetable prod- 

 ucts. 



Distribution: Cosmopolitan. 



This well-known and ubiquitous pest ("thejjindian 

 meal moth" of economic literature) requires little com- 



ment. It has an enormous literature. I have cited 

 above only the more important systematic references 

 and papers dealing with the physiology, morphology 

 and biology of the insect. The fullest treatment of 

 Plodia interpunctella and the common Ephestia species 

 will be found in the paper by Richards and Thomson 

 and that by Lehmensick and Liebers (1938). They 

 contain an extended bibUography, as does also the paper 

 by Hamlin, Reed, and Phillips. For additional refer- 

 ences the "Index of American Economic Entomology" 

 and the "Review of AppHed Entomology" should be 

 consulted. 



Hampson's latercula, here placed in synonymy, has 

 none of the diagnostic characters of the genus Unadilla 

 in which he placed it. It is obviously a Plodia. I have 

 seen the moth from Colombia he associated with his 

 type and have examined its genitalia; and Clarke and 

 Tams have compared the latter with the genitalia of the 

 type from the Bahamas. The moths themselves are in 

 very poor condition and show the basal area of the wing 

 somewhat dai'ker than in typical interpunctella, but the 

 female genitalia show variation only of an individual 

 nature. 



621. Plodia dolorosa Dyar 

 Figures 625, 1119 



Plodia dolorosa Dyar, Ins. Insc. Menstr., vol. 7, p. 63, 1919. — 

 Richards and Thomson, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, vol. 80, 

 p. 204, 1932. 



Forewing dark gray-brown (on the female type, the 

 only unrubbed specimen before me, with a purplish 

 sheen), the veins faintly darkened by black scaling; 

 transverse lines and discal marks obsolete. Hind wings 

 whitish fuscous, darker on the female, with veins clearly 

 outlined by dark scaling and a fine, dark fuscous line 

 along terminal margin. Alar expanse, 15-18 mm. 



Male genitalia with the elements of transtilla slightly 

 curled and weakly united at their apices (not the smooth 

 band of interpunctella) ; apical process of gnathos some- 

 what larger; uncus a trifle broader and widened slightly 

 at apex. Female genitalia with ductus bursae narrower; 

 the dorsal projection at genital opening narrowly tri- 

 angulate and pointed; signa more reduced. 



Type locality: Cayuga, Guatemala (type in USNM). 



Food plant: Unloiown. 



Represented in the National Collection by a series of 

 12 specimens, both males and females, from the type 

 locality (Mar., Apr., May, Sept., Oct.). 



Genera 186-188: Anagasta to Nicetiodes 



[Venational division E. Forewing with 9 veins; 10 from the 

 cell; 9 absent; 4 absent; 2 and 3 from the cell. Hind wing with 

 discocellular vein curved. Male genitalia with transtOla com- 

 plete or its elements greatly enlarged and touching at apices 

 (except in Anagasta). Female genitalia with ductus bursae un- 

 sclerotized except, occasionally, immediately adjacent to genital 

 opening.] 



186. Anagasta, new genus 



Type of genus: Ephestia kuhniella Zeller. 



Tongue well developed. Antenna simple and pubes- 



