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9. Posterior margin of seventh abdominal segment below, with three dis- 

 tinct lobes (pi. 44. figs. 9, 10) 11 



Posterior margin of seventh abdominal segment below without these 

 lobes 10 



10. Shallow cuplike pouches on seventh abdominal segment extending well 



into ventral surface (pi. 44, fig. 7) phelina (Druce) (p. 458) 



Shallow cuplike pouches on seventh abdominal segment lateral in posi- 

 tion (pi. 44, fig. 8) lephina, new species (p. 459) 



11, Lobes on each side of mesial lobe of posterior margin of seventh 



abdominal segment small (pi. 44, fig. 9). 



hamata brasiliensis, new subspecies (p. 465) 

 These lobes large, nearly as large as mesial lobe (pi. 44, fig. 10). 



hamata hamata, new species and subspecies (p. 462) 



EPEIROMULONA PHELINA (Druce) 



Plate 44, Figure 7 ; Plate 46, Figure 22 



Autoceras (?) phelina Druce, Biologia Centrali- Americana, Insecta, Lepidop- 

 tera-Heterocera, vol. 1, p. 139, 1885. 



Melania phelina (Druce), Biologia Centrali- Americana, Insecta, Lepidoptera- 

 Heterocera, vol. 3, pi. 13, fig. 13, 1885. 



Cincia phelina (Druce), Kirby, A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera Hetero- 

 cera, p. 366, 1892. 



Mulona phelina (Druce), Hampson, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae 

 in the British Museum, vol. 2, pp. 386, 387 ( 5 ) , 1900.— Draudt, in Seitz, 

 Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde, vol. 6, p. 252, pi. 34, fig. c 9, 1918. — Strand, 

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



Male. — Unknown. 



Female. — (pi. 46, fig. 22) . — Palpus, head, base of antenna, patagium, 

 tegula, pronotum, and mesonotum pale dirty orange-yellow. Except 

 for palpi this color may be due to a stain and may have originally 

 been white (in the single known specimen of this species). Metano- 

 tum and thorax underneath pale orange-yellow. Antenna beyond 

 base black with a long white streak just before apex. There is a black 

 spot in middle of thorax and another on base of tegula. Foreleg pale 

 orange-yellow with most of tibia and last four tarsal subsegments 

 black. First tarsal subsegment nearly white. Hindleg pale orange- 

 yellow (midlegs missing in the single known specimen) . Wings white, 

 spotted with 15 black spots and bars, these arranged as in E. Mloba. 

 Fringe of forewing pale yellowish orange. 



Length of forewing 9 mm. 



Female genitalia as illustrated (pi. 44, fig. 7) and with characters 

 as given in the key. 



Type locality and distribution. — "Volcan de Chiriqui," Panama. 



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

 type female (elevation 2,000 to 3,000 feet; Champion; $ genitalia 

 preparation, British Museau No. 1951-22). 



Location of type. — ^In the British Museum (Natural History). 



