﻿MOTHS OF GENERA MULONA AND LOMUNA — FIELD 229 



the outer end in M. grisea, M. schausi, M. bamesi, and M. lapidaria 

 is present in M. nigripuncta and is orange or yellowish orange. Fore- 

 wing below nearly white along hind and outer margins, pale brown 

 over rest of wing. Hindwing above and below entirely white. 

 Specialized scales found in grisea near costal margin of hindwing are 

 absent in nigripuncta. Legs as in grisea. 



Length of forewing, 8-8.5 mm. 



Alale genitalia as illustrated (pi. 10, fig. 1). 



Female. — Habitus similar to that of the male. Forewings above 

 irrorated with black scales. This irroration sometimes heavy and 

 therefore habitus sometimes much darker than male. Forewing 

 below entirely light fuscous, sometimes paler along hind margin. 

 Hindwing above and below pale fuscous, nearly white or pale gray in 

 base of wing. 



Length of forewing, 8-9 mm. 



Female genitalia as illustrated (pi. 11, fig. 7). 



Type locality. — Probably Puerto Rico. Note: Hampson cites the 

 type locality as "Colombia" and his type is labeled "nigripuncta, Z., 

 Columb., M. Ber." in Zeller's own handwriting. It is a specimen that 

 Zeller intended to describe and the specimen came originally from the 

 Berlin Museum. This species is known only from Puerto Rico and 

 is not known from Colombia. The species of this group and other 

 closely related groups are very limited in their distribution and hence 

 it is extremely doubtful that the type of nigripuncta came from 

 Colombia. 



Additional type data. — Described from a single specimen, the holo- 

 type, female (locality cited as Colombia but probably is Puerto Rico; 

 collection Zeller; Berlin Museum; 9 genitalia preparation, British 

 Museum No. 1947-273). Hampson also cites Puerto Rico as a habitat 

 for nigripuncta but he does not list number of specimens or sexes for 

 this locality. He had evidently seen specimens other than the type 

 from Puerto Rico; however these were not before him at the time he 

 wrote his original description, hence the single specimen mentioned 

 above is indeed the holotype. 



Distribution. — Puerto Rico: District oj Ouayama, Palmas Abajas, 

 near Guayama (June) ; District of San Juan, Manati (June), Bayamon 

 (July) ; District oj Aguadilla, Lares (July) ; District oj Mayagiiez, San 

 German (April). 



Five specimens examined. 



Remarks. — The genitalia of the type of nigripuTicta was compared 

 with the figure of the female of this species (pi. 11, fig. 7) by D. S. 

 Fletcher of the Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural 

 History). He found the type of nigripuncta to be the species there 

 illustrated. 



