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latrix obpyriform or subspherical, longer than broad and heavily and 

 completely sen-atulate tlirougli middle two-thirds or more; seventh 

 sternum not modified, weakly sclerotized; eighth sternum with sclero- 

 tized bilobed lip at posterior margin (the posterior genital plate), 

 each lobe with sclerotized arm extending anteriorly to ductus bursa; 

 with bilobed invaginated sac on dorsal surface immediately before 

 ovipositor. 



Remarks. — As defined above Mulona contains five species and is 

 confined to the Greater Antilles and the Bahama Islands. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OP MULONA 



1. Males 2 



Females 6 



2. Uncus broad and hoodlike (pi. 10, figs. 5, 6) 3 



Uncus slender, curved and hooklike (pi. 10, figs. 2, 3, 4) 4 



3. Apex of harpe pointed and sharply bent back; clavus as broad as lon^; harpe 



without long sharp arm from base of costa (pi. 10, fig. 5) manni, new species 



Apex of harpe rounded and recurved but not sharply bent back; clavus 

 longer than broad; harpe with a long sharp arm from base of costa (pi. 10, 

 fig. 6) bamesi, new species 



4. Anellus with arms of equal length; harpe with costal arm absent (pi. 10, 



figs. 3, 4) 5 



Anellus with arms subequal in length; harpe with costal arm nearly equal in 

 length and subparallel to apical arm (pi. 10, fig. 2) grisea Hampson 



5. Harpe with apical arm present, about four times as long as broad, recurved; 



arms of anellus divergent at free end (pi. 10, fig. 3)--lapidaria Walker 



Harpe without apical arm, apex broadly rounded; arms of anellus directed 



toward each other at free end (pi. 10, fig. 4) schausi, new species 



6. Ductus bursa partially sclerotized with two separate, sclerotized lateroventral 



bilobed plates near ostium bursae (pi. 11, figs. 10, 11) 7 



Ductus bursa almost entirely sclerotized and without separate sclerotized 

 plates (pi. 11, figs. 8, 9) 8 



7. These plates nearly flat and only slightly upturned anteriorly (pi. 11, fig. 11). 



bamesi, new species 



These plates distinctly curved and greatly upturned anteriorly (pi. 11, 



fig. 10) manni, new species 



8. Ductus bursae with sclerotized plate nearly triangular (pi. 11, fig. 9). 



schausi, new species 



Ductus bursae with sclerotized plate bilobed near entrance to bursa copu- 



latrix (pi. 11, fig. 8) grisea Hampson 



\. MULONA GRISEA Hampson 



Plate 10, Figures 2, 2A; Plate 11, Figure 8 



Mulona grisea Hampson, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British 

 Museum, vol. 2, p. 388, pi. 29, fig. 30, 1900.— Draudt, in Seitz, Gross- 

 schmetterlinge der Erde, vol. 6, p. 252, pi. 32, fig. L 8, 1918. — Strand, in 

 Wagner, Lepidopterorum catalogus, pars 26, p. 732, 1922. 



Male. — Palpus light gray or white below, dark fuscous above. 

 Antenna and head white or light gray tinged with yellow or brown, 

 sometimes darker. Mesoscutum, patagium, tegula, and meso- 

 scutellum white or Hght gray, sprinkled with brownish scales. A light 



