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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  Fundella 
  cistipennis 
  (Dyar) 
  Dyar, 
  lusecutor 
  Inscitiae 
  Meustruus, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  40, 
  

   1919.~WoLCOTT, 
  Jonrn. 
  Dept. 
  Agr. 
  Puerto 
  Rico, 
  vol. 
  17, 
  pp. 
  241-255, 
  1933; 
  

   Journ. 
  Agr. 
  Univ. 
  Puerto 
  Rico, 
  vol. 
  18, 
  p. 
  432, 
  1934; 
  vol. 
  20, 
  p. 
  477, 
  1936.— 
  

   Scott, 
  Journ. 
  Agr. 
  Univ. 
  Puerto 
  Rico, 
  vol. 
  24, 
  pp. 
  35-47, 
  1940. 
  (New 
  

   synonymy. 
  ) 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Antennal 
  shaft 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  black 
  basal 
  tuft 
  (pi. 
  4, 
  

   fig. 
  3). 
  Palpi, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  forewing 
  grayish 
  fuscous 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   dusted 
  with 
  whitish 
  and 
  with 
  interspersed 
  reddish-brown 
  scales 
  (in 
  

   many 
  specimens 
  the 
  ground 
  color 
  is 
  reddish 
  brown), 
  giving 
  the 
  moth 
  

   a 
  distinctly 
  gray 
  or 
  gray-brown 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  naked 
  eye. 
  Fore- 
  

   wing 
  with 
  a 
  conspicuous, 
  round, 
  darker 
  brown 
  or 
  fuscous 
  sj)ot 
  in 
  

   the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  usually 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  antemedian 
  line, 
  this 
  

   dark 
  spot 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  obscured 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  but 
  in 
  typical 
  

   examples 
  outlined 
  by 
  whitish 
  areas 
  inwardly 
  and 
  outwardly 
  and 
  not 
  

   reaching 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  or 
  costa 
  of 
  the 
  wing; 
  discal 
  mark 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  

   cell 
  obscure, 
  often 
  absent; 
  subterminal 
  line 
  (when 
  distinguishable) 
  

   faint, 
  white, 
  indented 
  at 
  vein 
  6 
  and 
  at 
  submedian 
  fold 
  ; 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  dark 
  

   spots 
  along 
  termen 
  (present 
  only 
  in 
  specimens 
  having 
  an 
  appreciable 
  

   dusting 
  of 
  white 
  scales). 
  Hind 
  wing 
  white, 
  translucent, 
  a 
  faint 
  

   fuscous 
  border 
  along 
  costa 
  and 
  (in 
  some 
  specimens) 
  a 
  fuscous 
  line 
  on 
  

   termen 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  apex; 
  cilia 
  white 
  ; 
  anal 
  pocket 
  yellow- 
  

   ish 
  white. 
  Midtibia 
  with 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  pale 
  hairlike 
  scales 
  along 
  dorsum. 
  

   Hind 
  tibia 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  tuft 
  of 
  pale 
  (whitish 
  ochre- 
  

   ous) 
  , 
  hairlike 
  scales 
  from 
  the 
  knee 
  joint 
  (pi. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  4) 
  . 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse 
  19-23 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  4, 
  figs. 
  7-7c) 
  with 
  a 
  large, 
  strongly 
  sclerotized 
  sub- 
  

   anal 
  plate, 
  constricted 
  before 
  and 
  beyond 
  its 
  middle. 
  Harpe 
  with 
  

   apex 
  notched 
  below 
  costa; 
  clasper 
  short, 
  curved, 
  situated 
  near 
  middle 
  

   of 
  harpe 
  and 
  armed 
  with 
  several 
  setae 
  at 
  its 
  knobbed 
  apex. 
  Aedeagus 
  

   Avith 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  several 
  long, 
  curved 
  spines 
  from 
  apex 
  ; 
  cornutus 
  long, 
  

   straight, 
  stout. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Essentially 
  like 
  the 
  male 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  markings 
  except 
  

   that 
  the 
  dark 
  spot 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  forewing 
  is 
  more 
  diffused, 
  

   sometimes 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  costa. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  usually 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  shade 
  

   along 
  termen. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse 
  19-24 
  mm. 
  : 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  G, 
  figs. 
  15-15a) 
  with 
  bursa 
  copulatrix 
  finely 
  scobinate 
  

   but 
  without 
  signum 
  ; 
  ductus 
  bursae 
  flattened, 
  broad, 
  twisted 
  and 
  con- 
  

   stricted 
  near 
  genital 
  opening, 
  sclerotized 
  throughout, 
  the 
  sclerotiza- 
  

   tion 
  involving 
  bursa 
  adjacent 
  to 
  ductus 
  bursae 
  and 
  ductus 
  seminalis; 
  

   sclerotized 
  band 
  behind 
  genital 
  opening 
  armed 
  with 
  four 
  long, 
  stout, 
  

   projecting 
  spines; 
  collar 
  of 
  eighth 
  segment 
  invaginated 
  at 
  dorsal 
  

   margin 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  sclerotized 
  pocket 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  15«). 
  

  

  Types. 
  — 
  In 
  British 
  Museum 
  {peJluce?is) 
  ; 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  

   Museum 
  ( 
  cistipennis 
  ) 
  . 
  

  

  