﻿MOTHS OF GENUS EPEIROMULONA — FIELD 459 



Remarks. — The photogi-aphs of the type (pi. 46, fig. 22) and of the 

 genitalia of the type (pi. 44, fig. 7) were furnished tlirough the cour- 

 tesy of D. S. Fletcher, of the British Museum (Natural History), 

 Department of Entomology. 



EPEIROMULONA LEPHINA, new species 



Plate 41, Figures 1, la, lb; Plate 44, Figure 8; Plate 46, Figures lS-20 



Mulana phclina (Druce), Dyar nee Druce, in part., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 



47, p. 167, 1914. 

 Oaudeator (?) phelina (Druce), Forbes nee Druce, in part., Bull. Mus. Coiup. 



Zool., vol. 84, No. 4, p. 163 (on chart), p. 183, August 1939. 



Male. — (pi. 46, figs. 18, 20). — Palpus pale orange-yellow. Head, 

 base of antenna, patagium, tegula, pronotum, and mesonotum white. 

 Metanotum and thorax underneath pale orange-yellow. Antenna be- 

 yond base black with a long white streak just before apex. A black 

 spot in middle of thorax and on base of tegula (this last spot usually 

 hidden by patagium). Legs pale orange-yellow with foretibia, apex 

 of midtibia and hindtibia and last four tarsal subsegments of all legs 

 black ; apex of f oref emur yellow. Abdomen orange-yellow, pale yel- 

 lowish white at base above. Forewings and hindwings above and 

 below very similar to hiloha with fringe of forewing slightly paler 

 orange-yellow near the margin. 



Length of forewing 6.5-7 mm, 



Male genitalia as illustrated (pi. 41, figs. 1, la, lb) and with char- 

 acters as given in the key. 



Fe7nale (pi. 46, fig. 19). — Habitus like that of the male. 



Length of forewing 7-8 mm. 



Female genitalia as illustrated (pi. 44, fig. 8) and with characters 

 as given in the key. 



Type locality. — Porto Bello, Colon Province, Panama. 



Additional type data. — Described from the holotype, male (locality 

 as given above ; U.S.N.M. type No. 34839 ; August Busck ; March 1912 ; 

 $ genitalia preparation W. D. F. No. 3191, 1949) ; allotype, female 

 (same data as holotype; 2 genitalia preparation W. D. F. No. 3218, 

 1949) ; paratypes Nos. 1-5, two males and three females (Rio Trini- 

 dad, Panama ; March, May, June 1911, 1912 ; August Busck. W. D. F. 

 genitalia preparations as follows: Paratype No. 1, $ , No. 3190, 1949; 

 paratype No. 2, $ , No. 3192, 1949 ; paratype No. 3, $ , No. 3212, 1949 ; 

 paratype No. 4, 9 , No. 1666, 1941 ; paratype No. 5, 9 , No. 3211, 1949) ; 

 paratype No. 6, $ (La Chorrera, Panama; May 1912; August Busck; 

 $ genitalia preparation W. D. F. No. 1675, 1941) ; paratypes Nos. 

 7-9, males (Cayuga, Guatemala; Schaus and Barnes; March, May, 

 August. W. D. F., $ genitalia preparations as follows : Paratype No. 

 7, No. 3187, 1949 ; paratype No. 8, No. 1672, 1941 ; Paratype No. 9, No. 



