SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF RHOPOBOTA NAEVANA HUBNER. 



By Carl Heinrich, Bureau of Entomology. 



SYNONYMY. 



Tortrix naevana Hiibner, in Samm. Eur. Schmett., v. 5, Tort., pi. 41, 



fig. 261, 1814. 

 Tortrix unipunctana Haworth. in Lep. Brit., p. 454, 1812. 

 Lithographia gemhumu Stephens, in List Brit. Mus.. Pt. X. Lep., p. 99, 



1852. 

 ? Sciaphila luctiferana Walker, in Cat. Brit. :Mus.. Lep.. ser. 6, pt. 28, 



p. 342, 1863. 

 Ancliylopera vaccinlana Packard, in Guide Stud. Ins., p. 338, 1869. 

 Rhopohota naevana Staudinger and Rebel, in Cat. Lepidop., aufl. 3, 



theil 2, p. 127, 1901. 

 Eitdeniis vacciniana Dyar, in List No. Anier. Lepidop.. p. 466, no. 5238, 



1902. 

 Rhopohota naevana Dampf, in Iris, bd. 21. p. 304-329, 1908. 



general charactees. 



Adxilt. 



Plate I, A; riate II, A, B, C. 



Thorax smooth. Forewing smooth : ternien deeply concaved between veins 

 4 and 6 ; apex pointed but not falcate ; 12 veins ; 7 and 8 stalked : 10 from cell 

 midway between 9 and 11 ; 9 approximate to 8 ; 11 from cell at or just before 

 middle of cell ; upper internal vein of cell nearly obsolete, when distinguishable, 

 from between 9 and 10 ; 3, 4, and 5 closely approximate at termen ; 2 bent up 

 slightly at outer third ; costal fold in male absent. Hindwing with 8 veins ; 

 6 and 7 approximate toward base ; 3 and 4 stalked ; male with a shading of 

 coarse black scales on underside of \Aing along upper vein of cell. Male 

 genitalia as figured; harpes undivided, with rudimentary clasper pi-esent and 

 on outer surface just above lower margin a row of rather long, stout spines ; 

 uncus present, bifurcate, arms widely separated, rather short, weakly chitiuized 

 and slipper shaped ; gnathos reduced and fusing with socii ; socii greatly 

 developed, porrected, extremities meeting in hairy knoblike projection ; 

 aedoeagus straight, moderately long, fairly stout. 



Pupa. 



Plate I, B, C. 



Slender, abdominal segments gradually tapering; a double row of spines on 

 dorsum of abdominal segments 3 to 6 inclusive, a single row on abdominal 

 segments 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 ; first abdominal segment smooth : wings extending 

 to or slightly beyond ventro-caudal margin of fourth alidominal segment ; 

 cephalic end bluntly rounded ; vertex distinct, as broad as prothorax ; labrum, 

 mandibles, and maxillary palpi well developed ; maxillary palpi extending to 

 proximo-lateral angles of maxillre; maxillje less than half the wing length; 

 labial palpi half the length of maxilkB ; prothoracic femora and niesothoracic 

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