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MOTHS OF THE GENUS EUPELA HEINRICH 361 



rounded apex; basal costal process triangularly produced, not 

 strongly sclerotized; sacculus very slightly produced at apex. An- 

 ellus consisting of ventral plate and a rugose dorsal piece, the latter 

 bearing three minute spines on each of the ends attached to aedea- 

 gus; ventral plate with lateral margins concave. Aedeagus cylin- 

 drical, constricted somewhat at outer third, expanded laterally just 

 before apex and finely scobinate on venter near apex. 



FeTrmle. — Wing color and venation as in the male except that veins 

 11 and 12 are slightly anastomosed in one specimen. Anal tuft 

 yellow. 



Alar expanse, 25-53 mm. 



Genitalia without defined genital plate but with area between 

 genital opening and collar sclerotized and markedly rugose; lower 

 margin of genital opening sinuate; ductus bursae sclerotized only at 

 genital opening. 



Tyyes.—ln British Museum {leucatea) ; Berlin Museum {Jongi- 

 cortiis). 



Type localities.— Kio de Janeiro, Brazil {leucatea) ; Puerto Rico 

 {longlcorms). 



Food plant.— Echinochloa polystachya. This food-plant record is 

 from specimens reared by Dr. H. E. Box, St. Lucia, October 2, 1934. 



Distribution.— Jamaica; Cuba, Baragua (May), Matanzas (Au- 

 gust); HisPANiOLA, Sanchez (May, June), Rio Yaque (February); 

 Puerto Rico, Santa Rita (July), Mayaguez (December), Bayamon 

 (June), Catano (July), Rio Piedras (December), Dorado (May), 

 Desengano (May, December), Toa-Baja (January, February); 

 Guadeloupe (December); Grenada, Balthazar; Martinique; St. 

 Lucia, Rosseau (August, September, October) ; Antigua, Bendals 

 (October) ; Mexico, Teapa (Tabasco, January) ; Guatemala, Qui- 

 rigua (October); Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama, La Chorrera 

 (April, May) ; Trinidad ; Venezuela, Aroa ; French Guiana, St. Jean 

 Maroni; British Guiana, Georgetown (July), Kartabo (October), 

 Mackenzie (June) ; Surinam, Moengo (May), Para District (April), 

 Paramaribo (May); Brazil, Rio Madeira (July-August), Tapera, 

 Rio Campo Bello, Rio Jurna (July), Reyes (Beni River, July), 

 Prainho (November), Itatoro (Rio Madina, February), Maranhoa; 

 Argentina, Villa Ana "F.C.S.F." (February, March, December) ; 

 Paraguay, Villarrica (March), Sapacay (September, November), Rio 

 Pacaya (July) ; Peru, Madre de Dios. 



Remarks. — One hundred and nine specimens (48 males and 61 

 fem.ales) examined, from the collections of the United States National 

 Museum, British Museum, Cornell University, and American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History. 



