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may be distinguished easily from intricatus, the only species of 

 Prodoxus that it resembles, by the different maculation of the pri- 

 maries and the lighter color (thinner scaling) of the secondaries. The 

 conspicuous, pale yellowish head of ochrocarus, which somewhat re- 

 sembles that of intricatus, has suggested the specific name for this 

 species. 



Prodoxus intricatus Riley 



Figures 25, 68-69, 96, 122, 141; Map 11 



Prodoxus intricatus Riley, 1893a, p. 50; 1893b, p. 307. 

 Tegeticula intricata (Riley). — Walsingham, 1914, p. 370. 



Adult (figs, 68-69). — Wing expanse: Male, 13-15 mm; female, 

 14-16 mm. 



Head: Densely clothed with pale reddish-brown hairs. Vesture of 

 labial palpus fuscous in the female, yellowish to reddish brown in the 

 male. Antenna entirely fuscous. 



Thorax: Fuscous. Primaries fuscous, spotted with yellow; pattern 

 sexually dimorphic; in the female, typically 7 spots present: a basal, 

 transverse bar, 3 costal spots and 3 spots along the hind margin; in the 

 male, all spots correspondingly enlarged, 2 apical spots usually uniting 

 to form an oblique streak; fringe and underside of forewing uniformly 

 fuscous, with dorsal pattern faintly discernible from beneath. Sec- 

 ondaries uniformly fuscous, approximately of same shade as primaries; 

 scales broad, approximately one-half to two-thirds width of those in 

 forewing. 



Abdomen : Uniformly fuscous. 



Male genitalia (fig. 96) . — Apex of tegumen bilobed. Outer mar- 

 gin of cucullus rather evenly curved, not blunt, usually with 4-6 short 

 spines. 



Female genitalia (fig. 122). — Apex of ovipositor w4th dorsal ridge 

 only slightly produced, gradually terminating into shaft; serrations 

 minute, approximately 40-50 teeth. Bm-sa without signum. 



Type. — Lectotype (designated by present author), cf, Jalapa, 

 Mexico, no. 5762, June 5, 1893, USNM 67752; in the U.S. National 

 Museum. 



Type locality. — Jalapa, Mexico (lectotype). 



Recoeded host. — "Yiicca elephantipes Kegel [= Y. guatemalensis 

 Baker]" (Riley, 1893a). Larva most probably bores in the flower 

 stalks of this plant. 



Distribution (map 11). — Presently known only from the states 

 of Veracruz and Oaxaca of southeastern Mexico, where it reportedly 

 is found, very commonly at times (primarily tTune), in the flowers of 

 its host. This species often occurs in rather humid, tropical environ- 



