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Figure 77. — Aulacizes quadripunctata (Germar), specimens from south- 

 eastern Brazil (plate not shown in c): j, forewing; k, hindwing. 



Male genitalia: Pygofer not strongly produced posteriorly, with dis- 

 persed microsetae on disc, with a long slender tapering process arising 

 near middle of dorsal margin, extending ventrally then curved pos- 

 teriorly. Plates separate throughout their length, extending posteriorly 

 slighdy farther than pygofer apex, triangular, with numerous ir- 

 regularly arranged microsetae. Style extending farther posteriorly 

 than apex of connective, with distinct preapical lobe, apical portion 

 decurved, tip rounded or slightly hooked. Connective narrowly 

 Y-shaped, the arms not widely divergent, stem not keeled. Aedeagus 



