MOTHS OF THE GENUS KUPELA HEINEICH 367 



RUPELA GIBBERA, new species 

 Plate 24, Figxtres 7-7d 



Male. — Wings shining wliite. Fore wing with veins 11 and 12 

 separate; 4 and 5 connate. Hind wing with -4 and 5 connate. Anal 

 tuft white. 



Alar expanse, 23 mm. 



Genitalia with gnathos beaklike the lateral arms developed ; central 

 part rather broad and stubby, tapering slightly to bluntly pointed 

 apex; inner surface evenly and markedly granulate. Uncus heavy; 

 basal part subquadrate, humped, deeply excavate on dorsum, the 

 margins of the excavations rugose ; apical part digitate, apex bluntly 

 pointed. Harpe with costal process short, the latter fusing into a 

 partially sclerotized but appreciable and complete transtilla; cucul- 

 lus very slightly tapered; apex rounded: sacculus produced at apex 

 into an upturned, rounded, sclerotized. plateiike protuberance. An- 

 ellus consisting of ventral plate and a membranous dorsal part: from 

 one side of the latter projects a curved sclerotized band which bears 

 at its extremity a single cluster of stout, short spines. Aedeagus 

 with greatly elongated, dark, rigid manica {Ma., pi. 24, fig. 75) ; 

 otherwise simple. 



Type. — In Cornell University collection. 



Type locality . — Moengo, Boven, Cortica Kiver, Surinam (W. T. M. 

 Forbes, May 23, 1927). 



Bemarks. — Described from one male. May be really identified by 

 the uncus, the single lateral spine cluster on the anellus, and the 

 enlarged and stronglv sclerotized manica of the aedeagus. 



Female unknown. 



RUPELA SAETIGERA, new species 



Platk 24, Figures S-Sc 



Male. — Wings shining white. Fore wing with veins 11 and 12 

 separate; 4 tnd 5 connate. Hind wing with 4 and 5 connate. Anal 

 tuft white. 



Alar expanse, 23 mm. 



Genitalia with gnathos beaklike ; lateral arms developed : central 

 part with truncate lower margin ; apical part tapering, aj^ex pointed ; 

 inner surface with few and very weak granulations. Uncus heavy; 

 basal part much enlarged, subquadrate, only slightly grooved on 

 dorsum and with lateral-dorsal angles pointed and slightly produced; 

 apical part rather short (in comparison to other species), tapering 

 slightly, a central dorsal ridge running its entire length; apex blunt. 

 Harpe constricted at cucullus: cucullus small, bluntly pointed; basal 

 costal process slightly produced; sacculus broad, surface concave, 



