ART. 19. MOTHS OF THE GENUS DIATKAEA DYAR AND HEINRICH 15 



Abdomen of male with pair of lateral hair tufts on second 

 segment. 



Genitalia figured from specimens from the type locality. 



Eleven males and 13 females before us, from various localities in 

 Guatemala, the majority from Cayuga (Schaus and Barnes). 



The life history unknoAvn. 



Type, — In National Collection. 



Type locality. — Cayuga, Guatemala. 



DIATRAEA TABERNELLA Dyar 



Figure 7 



Diatraea saccharalis tabernella, Dyar, Ent, News, vol. 22, 1911, p. 200. 



A medium-sized species, variable in size. Fore wing brownish 

 straw color; the veins not lined; two outer lines oblique, parallel, 

 dotted; discal dot small, black. In the male the lines are distinct, 

 the hind wing tinged with brownish. In the female the lines are 

 faint or obliterate, the ground color lighter, more yellowish, while 

 the hind wings are white. In the male the hind tibia has a large 

 tuft of erect, curving, blackish hairs. The front of the head is coni- 

 cally produced with a central tubercle. 



Expanse. — Male, 18-28 mm. ; female, 25-39 mm. 



Male genitalia similar to those of saccharalis except : Lateral lobes 

 of tegumen narrower (much longer than broad) ; basal costal pro- 

 jection of harpe differently shaped; gnathos spines weaker and ex- 

 tending for only about a third its length from apex. Figured from 

 type. 



Female genitalia as in saccharalis. 



Abdomen of male with a pair of lateral tufts on second segment. 



Twenty-nine males and 16 females are before us, mostly from 

 various localities in Panama ; three of the females from Sixola River 

 and Juan Vinas, Costa Rica, from Doctor Schaus's collecting; one 

 male is from Nicaragua without further data. 



The life history is unknown. 



Type. — In National Collection. 



Type locality. — Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama. 



DIATRAEA CONTINENS Dyar 



Figure 50 



Diatraea continens Dyab, Ent. News, vol. 22, 1911, p. 202. 



Fore wing light ocher, the veins narrowly dark lined; transverse 

 lines parallel, shaded and continuous, ending in a dark oblique brown 

 apical shade; terminal dots small, round; discal dot slight. Hind 



