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ments (except in P. haracoa^ where the pectinations are short). Fe- 

 male with pectinations broadly fused at base and with pectinations of 

 middle subsegments short, shorter than width of subsegments. 



Venation of forewing with vein 2 from outer third of cell or before 

 and past middle, downv.ard curved at base; veins 4 and 5 separate, -i 

 from lower angle, 5 from slightly above lower angle (see under Re- 

 marks) ; 6 from below upper angle of cell; 7 from stalk of 8 and 9; 



10 and 11 free ; 10 from middle or nearer stem 7, 8, and 9 than to 11 ; 



11 from beyond middle of cell and curved toward 12, distally coinci- 

 dent with 12. 



Venation of hindwing with 2 from outer third of cell or beyond; 



3 stalked with 4 from lower angle of cell; 5 absent; 6 and 7 usually 

 stalked from upper angle of cell, sometimes separate ; 8 from before 

 middle of cell. 



Male with one or two long and shallow, suboval scale pouches on the 

 abdomen. One between fifth and sixth tergites in all the species and 

 one between sixth and seventh tergites in all the species except Para- 

 muloiia albulata. These pouches slightly bilobecl anteriorly. 



Male genitalia (figs. 95, a-c; 96) with curved and hooklike micus 

 terminating in a constricted and slightly elongate point; gnathos 

 absent; anellus present and with weakly sclerotized ventral plate or 

 juxta and two small dorsal plates; vinculmn broadly U-shaped; inner 

 surface of harpe with fingerlike lobe from costa, this lobe fused with 

 harpe along its entire length ; aedeagus short and broad ; vesica armed 

 with scobinations and numerous long spinelike cornuti and with a 

 single cornutus shaped like a rose thorn; bulbus ejaculatorius from 

 dorsal part of anterior end of aedeagus. 



Female genitalia (fig. 95, d^e) with a single genital plate, this plate 

 posterior to ostium bursae and bilobed with lobes extending anteri- 

 orly into two pockets; ostium bursae between seventh and eighth 

 segments ; ductus bursae lightly sclerotized, broad and long and con- 

 voluted; entrance to bursa copulatrix armed with a large circlet of 

 clawlike spines and with a dense cluster of these spines just beyond and 

 to the right of this circlet ; bursa copulatrix subspherical and with a 

 single subcordate and denticulate signum near or at anterior end. 



Remarks. — In the type specimen of Parammlona albulata (Herrich- 

 Schaeffer) veins 4 and 5 of the forewing are stalked (on both sides) . 

 This specimen was studied by Hampson and formed the basis for 

 his description of the genus Paramulona. Dr.. M. E. Hering has 

 checked the venation of the type specimen for me and reports that 

 Hampson was correct in his description and illustration of veins 



4 and 5 in the forewing. In the 16 specimens of aJbulata studied by 

 me these veins are separate. Hence the type specimen of albulata 

 is a freak in that respect. 



