MOTHS OF THE SCOPULEPES GROUP — TODD 515 



than that of aurora, the vesical plate differently shaped in all three 

 species (figs. 46, 56, and 66). Female genitalia with ductus bursae 

 shorter than in scopulepes and aurora and lacking a noticeable sclero- 

 tized area near the ostium (figs. Ad, 5d, and Gd). 



Length of forewing: Male 12 to 14 mm.; female 13 to 15 mm. 



Types. Holotype d\ Santiago (Santiago de Cuba), Cuba, USNM 

 64634; 1 cf and 2 9 paratypes, same place, in USNM. 2 9 paratypes, 

 Santiago (Santiago de Cuba), October 1902, W. Schaus; 1 c? paratype, 

 Nassau, Bahamas, April 15, 1903, J. L. Bonhote; 2 cf paratypes, 

 Mangrove Cay, Andros, Bahamas, January 11, 1902, J. L. Bonhote; 

 1 d" paratype, Bahamas (Nassau ?), April 15, 1903, L. Bonhote; 1 9 

 paratype, same place and collector, September 3, 1902, in the British 

 Museum (Natural History), London, England. 1 cf paratype, La 

 Brefia, Moa.-Ote., Cuba, June, 1954, Zayas and Alayo; 1 9 paratype, 

 Sierra de Crista!, Oriente, Cuba, June 1956, F. de Zayas hi the collec- 

 tion of Ing. Fernando de Zayas Munos, Havana, Cuba. 



Distribution: Presently known only from Cuba and the Bahama 

 Islands. 



Remarks: In addition to the characters presented in the key, the 

 size and color of the subterminal spot between Cu 2 and anal vein in 

 the forewing, the presence of the salmon-colored anal spot of the 

 hindwing, and the more or less uniform ground color of the hindwing 

 enable one to separate males of zayasi from males of the other known 

 species of the scopulepes group. 



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