MOTHS OF THE GENUS RUPELA — HEINRICH 369 



Male. — Head, thorax, fore and hind wings, and dorsum of abdo- 

 men pale brown or brownish ocherous (rarely Avhite), some speci- 

 mens paler than others and some with hind wing slightly darker 

 than fore wing, normally with fore and hind wings concolorous. 

 In the brownish specimens the dark shading extends to the palpi 

 and legs. Fore wing with veins 11 and 12 separate; 10 sometimes 

 very short stalked with 8 and 9; 6 more or less approximate to 7 

 at base (in other species 6 and 7 usually well separated and par- 

 allel) ; 4 and 5 separate or connate. Hind wing with 4 and 5 sepa- 

 rate, connate or shortly stalked. Anal tuft very pale ocherous or 

 white. 



Alar expanse, 20-34 mm. 



Genitalia with gnathos beaklike; lateral arms rather long; cen- 

 tral part with truncate lower margin; apical part rather short, not 

 tapering; apex bluntly rounded; inner surface finely granulate. 

 Uncus with basal part very little widened and not at all humped 

 (rather flattened) ; apical part tapering; apex blunt. Harpe simple; 

 apex bluntly rounded; basal projection of costa produced, the pro- 

 jectioFiS of the two harpes joining at their apices to form a narrow 

 transtilla. Anellus consisting of ventral plate and slightly rough- 

 ened dorsal membrane; ventral plate elongate, its lateral margins 

 notched. Aedeagus with basal half enlarged; without spines or 

 serrations. 



Female. — Head, thorax, and wings sordid white to pure white 

 (rarely pale brownish ocherous) ; the fore wing frequently with a 

 yellowish tint. Venation as in the male. Anal tuft yellow; the 

 underlying scales black-brown and wavy (in other species the under- 

 lying scales are often dark brown or blackish but nearly always 

 straight). 



Alar expanse, 25-42 mm. 



Genitalia with genital plate strongly sclerotized, forming a semi- 

 circular band attached firmly to the rods of the eighth segment collar. 

 Ductus sclerotized only at genital opening. 



Types. — In British Museum {tinctella and holophaealis) ; Berlin 

 Museum (selleri) ; United States National Museum (unicolor). 



Type localities.— Venezu(iU {tinctella) ; Paramaribo, Surinam 

 (zeileri) ; Abaco, Bahamas {holophaeaUs) ; Everglades, Fla. 

 {unicolor) . 



Distrilut ion. —Visited States, Florida, Everglades (April), 

 Miami, Coconut Grove, Dade City, Panacea (August), St. Peters- 

 burg (April, July), Fort Meade (April), Grove (May); Mexico, 

 Huasteca^ (Veracruz) ; Cuba, Matanzas (April) ; British Guiana, 

 Georgetown (July) ; French Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni, St. Jean 

 Maroni; Surinam, Geldersland (Surinam Eiver), Kartabo (No- 



