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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  ^Anteniial 
  shaft 
  with 
  even 
  smaller 
  black 
  basal 
  scale 
  tuft 
  than 
  

   that 
  of 
  pellucens. 
  Forewing 
  gray 
  without 
  the 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  inter- 
  

   spersed 
  scaling 
  characteristic 
  of 
  typical 
  examples 
  of 
  peUucens,' 
  entire 
  

   basal 
  area 
  to 
  antemedian 
  line 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  gray 
  (with 
  but 
  very 
  slight 
  

   dusting 
  of 
  whitish 
  scales 
  toward 
  base 
  in 
  some 
  specimens) 
  ; 
  this 
  dark 
  

   basal 
  patch 
  contrasted 
  against 
  the 
  paler 
  gray 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing, 
  extending 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  and 
  bordered 
  out- 
  

   wardly 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  whitish 
  line. 
  Otherwise 
  not 
  distinguishable, 
  

   superficially, 
  from 
  pellucens. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse 
  15-20 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  figs. 
  8-8c) 
  without 
  sclerotized 
  subanal 
  plate. 
  Ter- 
  

   minal 
  projection 
  of 
  gnathos 
  varying 
  from 
  round 
  to 
  pointed 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  

   fig. 
  8«) 
  at 
  apex. 
  Harpe 
  tapering 
  to 
  bluntly 
  pointed 
  apex; 
  clasper 
  a 
  

   single, 
  straight, 
  slightly 
  roughened, 
  appressed 
  spine, 
  situated 
  beyond 
  

   middle 
  of 
  harpe. 
  Aedeagus 
  simple; 
  cornutus 
  a 
  single, 
  straight 
  spine. 
  

  

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

   that 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  of 
  forewing 
  is 
  concolorous 
  with 
  or 
  contrastingly 
  

   paler 
  than 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  A 
  narrow 
  dark 
  line 
  or 
  a 
  

   diffused 
  dark 
  shading 
  outwardly 
  bordering 
  the 
  obscure 
  antemedian 
  

   line. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse 
  15-23 
  nnn. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  figs. 
  12, 
  13) 
  with 
  signum 
  well 
  developed 
  and 
  con- 
  

   sisting 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  pear-shaped 
  cluster 
  of 
  thondike 
  spines; 
  sclerotized 
  

   band 
  behind 
  genital 
  opening, 
  divided 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  simple 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  

   fig. 
  12) 
  in 
  Argentinian 
  and 
  Brazilian 
  specimens, 
  or 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  

   of 
  median, 
  spinelike 
  projections 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  13), 
  rather 
  long 
  in 
  West 
  

   Indian 
  specimens 
  or 
  short 
  and 
  disappearing 
  in 
  Mexican 
  and 
  Vene- 
  

   zuelan 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Types. 
  — 
  In 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  {argentina 
  and 
  

   eucasis). 
  

  

  Type 
  loeaUtics. 
  — 
  Tucuman, 
  Argentina 
  {argentina) 
  ; 
  Caracas, 
  

   Venezuela 
  {eucasis). 
  

  

  Food 
  plant. 
  — 
  Cassia 
  spp. 
  (reared 
  examples 
  in 
  National 
  Collection 
  

   from 
  Cassia 
  hicapsularis 
  and 
  C. 
  corymbosa). 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  United 
  States: 
  Florida, 
  Biscayne 
  Bay 
  (May), 
  

   Coconut 
  Grove 
  (April); 
  Texas, 
  Brownsville 
  (November). 
  Mexico: 
  

   Several 
  examples 
  reared 
  from 
  pods 
  and 
  blossoms 
  of 
  Cassia 
  hicapsularis 
  

   at 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex., 
  quarantine 
  station. 
  Cuba: 
  Baragua 
  (March), 
  

   Habana, 
  Matanzas, 
  Santiago 
  Province. 
  Puekto 
  Rico: 
  Bayamon 
  

   (March, 
  September), 
  Vieques 
  Island 
  (April, 
  July), 
  Coamo 
  Springs 
  

   (April) 
  , 
  Aguirre 
  Central 
  (August) 
  , 
  San 
  Gernnin 
  (August), 
  San 
  Juan 
  

   (November). 
  Haiti: 
  Petionville 
  (June). 
  Jamaica. 
  Venezuela: 
  

   El 
  Valle 
  (June). 
  Brazil: 
  Bahia 
  (May). 
  Argentina: 
  Tucuman 
  

   (March). 
  

  

  Seventy-three 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  