﻿MOTHS OF GENUS EPEIROMULONA — FIELD 467 



Lengtli of fore wing 6-6.5 mm. 



Male genitalia as illustrated (])1. 42, figs. 4, 4a, 4b). 



Female (pi. 46, fig. 31). — Habitus entirely like that of the male. 



Length of forewing 7 mm. 



Female genitalia as illustrated (pi. 45, fig. 11). 



Type Jocdlity. — Cayenne, French Guiana. 



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

 as given above; U.S.N, M. type No. 34837; $ genitalia preparation 

 W. D. F. No. 1G70, 1941); allotype, female (Paramaribo, Dutch 

 Guiana; 9 genitalia preparation W. D. F. No. 1678, 1941) ; and from 

 six male and two female paratypes (various localities: Cayenne, 

 French Guiana; Godebert-Maroni, French Guiana; Nouveau Chan- 

 tier, French Guiana; Moengo, Boven, Cottica River, Dutch Guiana; 

 Bartica, British Guiana, and Tumatumari, Potaro River, British 

 Guiana. Genitalia preparations are as follows: paratype No. 1, 5 , 

 W. D. F. No. 16G9, 1941; paratype No. 2, 5 , W. D. F. No. 1668, 1941; 

 paaatype No. 3, $ , W. D. F. No. 3228, 1949 ; paratype No. 4, 5 , 

 W. D. F. No. 1671, 1941 ; paratype No. 5, 5 , W. D. F. No. 3209, 1949 ; 

 paratype No. 6, 5 , W. D. F. No. 3243, 1949 ; paratype No. 7, $ , 

 W. D. F. No. 3223, 1949 ; paratype No. 8, 9 , W. D. F. No. 3224, 1949.) 



Location of types. — Holotype, allotype, and paratypes Nos. 1, 2, and 

 4 in the United States National Museum. Paratype No. 3 in the 

 British Museum (Natural History) . Paratype No. 5 in the American 

 Museum of Natural History. Paratypes Nos. 6 to 8 in the collection 

 of Cornell University. 



DistHhution. — F rexch Guiana: Cayenne ; Godebert-Maroni 

 (October) ; Nouveux Chantier (January). Dutch Guiana: Moengo, 

 Boven, Cottica River (May); Paramaribo. British Guiana: Bar- 

 tica ; Tumatumari, Potaro River (June) . 



Remarks. — Ten specimens (including their genitalia preparations) 

 studied. 



Comparative remarks. — The black fringe scales opposite the middle 

 of the outer margin of the forewing distinguish this from all the 

 other species in the genus. 



EPEIROMULONA ICTERINUS, new species 



Plate 42, Figures 6, 6a, 6b ; Plate 45, Figure 12 ; Plate 46, Figure 29 



Mulona phelina (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. Conip. 



Zool., vol. 84, No. 4, p. 163 (on chart), p. 183, August 19.39. 



Male. — (pi. 46, fig. 29). — Palpus and frons pale yellowish white. 

 Vertex of head orange. Base of antenna, patagium, tegula, and nota 



