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Eurycreon collucidalis Méschler, 1890, Abh. Senck. Ges., 16, p. 290.— Gundlach, 
1891, Ann. Soc. Espafiola Hist. Nat., vol. 20, p. 248. 
Phlyctaenodes collucidalis (Méschler).— Wolcott, 1923, Journ. Dept. Agric. Puerto 
Rico, vol. 7, p. 192; 1936, Journ. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico, vol. 20, p. 466. 
Pyrausta caffreii Flint and Malloch, 1920, Bull. Illinois Dept. Reg. Educ. (Nat. 
Hist. Surv.), vol. 13, art. 10, pp. 304. 
Loxostege caffreii (Flint and Malloch).—Heinrich [in part,] 1921, Ent. News, 
vol. 32, p. 57. 
Mate (fig. 153)—Alar expanse 17-22 mm. Frons conical. 
Antenna pubescent. Midtibia little, if any, incrassate; hair-pencil 
absent. Outer spur one-half as long as inner spur’ Forewing: 
eround color dull ochreous or somewhat brownish with markings 
slightly darker; transverse anterior line rather smooth, irregularly 
angulated; transverse posterior line denticulate; both lines often 
weak, diffuse; discocellular patch conspicuous, discal dot weaker. 
Hindwing often paler than forewing; postmedial line, if evident, 
diffuse. 
Genitalia (fig. 51): Uncus narrowing gradually from base to tip. 
Harpe with cluster of setae arising from ridgelike modification, long, 
slender, nondigitate; pad somewhat modified, downcurved, hooklike, 
spinulate; dorsal margin of sacculus with three conspicuous spines; 
ventral spine of basal pair distinctly more than half as long as dorsal; 
dorsal spine upright from base for about one-third its length, thence 
somewhat outwardly oblique and weakly undulate; outer spine 
approximately parallel to dorsal margin of sacculus and terminating 
near middle. Aedeagus with a spinulate, irregular, elongate patch. 
FEMALE (fig. 154).—Alar expanse 17-43 mm. Coloration usually 
somewhat darker than that of male, more brownish or occasionally 
somewhat grayish fuscous, markings stronger. Genitalia (fig. 94) 
with sclerotization of ductus bursae broadly interrupted between 
ostium and collarlike structure; lateral margins of sclerotized portion 
of ductus bursae between ostium and collar-like structure parallel or 
turning but slightly inward adjacent to ostium; an elongate, spinulate 
sclerotization on dorsum of ductus bursae midway between collar 
and ostium. ‘Two signa, subequal; the small one connate, spinulate. 
Larva (fig. 1)—Mature, 24 mm. long. Head sordid white with 
reticulate pale amber markings and a small fuscous patch at lateral 
incision of hind margin. Prothoracic shield sordid white with brown- 
ish or blackish markings; elongate, or a series of smal! spots on dorsum 
and a narrow, interrupted pigmentation posterior to seta 1b, suffusion 
present along lateral margin; posterolateral margin extenuated, passing 
behind and under spiracle and fusing with prespiracular shield. 
Pinacula brown or blackish. Pinacula above level of spiracles 
uniformly concolorous, or with but a small area at base of seta paler; 
those below level of spiracles with a reduction or absence of pigmenta- 
