﻿72 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Leucinodes 
  Giienec 
  by 
  absence 
  

   of 
  conical 
  f 
  rons 
  and 
  forewing 
  with 
  vein 
  10 
  from 
  stalk 
  of 
  veins 
  8 
  and 
  9 
  

   (such 
  venation 
  abnormal 
  for 
  the 
  subfamily, 
  vein 
  10 
  normally 
  from 
  

   cell). 
  A 
  New 
  World 
  genus, 
  tropical 
  or 
  subtropical 
  in 
  distribution. 
  

  

  KEY 
  TO 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  NEOLEUCINODES 
  

  

  Males 
  

  

  1. 
  Harpe 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  clasper 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  9) 
  2 
  

  

  Harpe 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  clasper 
  and 
  an 
  ampullalike 
  attenuate 
  process 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  

  

  fig. 
  13) 
  5. 
  imperialis 
  (Guen^) 
  

  

  2. 
  Harpe 
  with 
  clasper 
  postmedial, 
  nearer 
  to 
  apex 
  than 
  to 
  base 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  figs. 
  11, 
  

  

  12) 
  4 
  

  

  Harpe 
  with 
  clasper 
  medial 
  or 
  antemedial 
  (as 
  near 
  or 
  nearer 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  harpe 
  

   than 
  to 
  apex) 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  figs. 
  9, 
  10) 
  3 
  

  

  3. 
  Aedeagus 
  with 
  cornutus 
  axlike 
  in 
  shape 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  10a) 
  2. 
  dissolvens 
  (Dyar) 
  

  

  Aedeagus 
  with 
  cornutus 
  a 
  simple, 
  straight 
  spine 
  1. 
  eleg'antalis 
  (Guen4e) 
  

  

  4. 
  Aedeagus 
  stoutf 
  cornutus 
  a 
  long, 
  slender, 
  curved 
  spine, 
  somewhat 
  expanded 
  

  

  basally 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  IIA) 
  3. 
  prophetica 
  (Dyar) 
  

  

  Aedeagus 
  slender, 
  armature 
  a 
  short 
  stout 
  hook 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  concave 
  scleroti- 
  

   zation 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  12A) 
  4. 
  torvis, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Females 
  

  

  1. 
  Bursa 
  copulatrix 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  saelike 
  appendage 
  (pi. 
  10, 
  figs. 
  20, 
  21) 
  2 
  

  

  Bursa 
  copulatrix 
  simple, 
  without 
  such 
  appendage 
  (pi. 
  9, 
  figs. 
  17-19) 
  3 
  

  

  2. 
  Sclerotization 
  along 
  ventral 
  margin 
  of 
  genital 
  opening 
  continuous, 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  median 
  fold 
  (pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  20) 
  4. 
  torvis, 
  new 
  .species 
  

  

  Sclerotization 
  of 
  genital 
  opening 
  discontinuous 
  ventrally, 
  the 
  sclerotization 
  

   restricted 
  to 
  the 
  sides 
  (pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  21) 
  5. 
  imperialis 
  (Guenee) 
  

  

  3. 
  Ventral 
  margin 
  of 
  genital 
  opening 
  with 
  sclerotization 
  strong, 
  a 
  narrow 
  con- 
  

  

  tinuous 
  band, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  membranous 
  pouchlike 
  invagination 
  (pi. 
  9, 
  fig. 
  19). 
  

  

  3. 
  prophetica 
  (Dyar) 
  

  

  Ventral 
  margin 
  of 
  genital 
  opening 
  membranous, 
  or 
  only 
  slightly 
  sclerotized 
  ; 
  

  

  without 
  such 
  invagination 
  (pi. 
  9, 
  figs. 
  17, 
  18) 
  4 
  

  

  4. 
  Ductus 
  bursa 
  narrow 
  ; 
  expansion 
  of 
  bursa 
  copulatrix 
  anteriorly 
  from 
  junction 
  

  

  with 
  ductus 
  bursa 
  evident 
  (pi. 
  9, 
  fig. 
  17) 
  1. 
  eleg'antalis 
  (Guenee) 
  

  

  Ductus 
  bursa 
  wider 
  ; 
  expansion 
  of 
  bursa 
  copulatrix 
  anteriorly 
  from 
  junction 
  

   with 
  ductus 
  bursa 
  gradual, 
  junction 
  hardly 
  discernible 
  (pi. 
  9, 
  fig. 
  18). 
  

  

  2. 
  dissolvens 
  (Dyar) 
  

  

  1. 
  NEOLEUCINODES 
  ELEGANTALIS 
  (Guenfie) 
  

  

  Plate 
  5 
  ; 
  Plate 
  6, 
  Figures 
  7, 
  7c, 
  9, 
  9a; 
  Plate 
  9, 
  FiGtJEE 
  17 
  

  

  Leucinodes 
  elegantalis 
  Gtjen^e, 
  Histoire 
  naturelle 
  des 
  insectes 
  l(5pidopt&res, 
  

   deltoids 
  et 
  pyralites, 
  p. 
  222, 
  pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  8, 
  1854.— 
  Hampson, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  

   London, 
  1898, 
  p. 
  756.— 
  Dyar, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  47, 
  p. 
  278, 
  1914.— 
  

   Torres, 
  Bol. 
  Minist. 
  Agr. 
  Inc. 
  e 
  Comm. 
  (Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro), 
  vol. 
  12, 
  No. 
  2, 
  pp. 
  

   38-46, 
  1923.— 
  Hambelton, 
  Insect 
  Pest 
  Survey 
  Bull., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agr., 
  vol. 
  12, 
  

   No. 
  7, 
  p. 
  342, 
  1932; 
  Insect 
  Pest 
  Survey 
  Bull., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agr., 
  vol. 
  13, 
  

   No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  63, 
  1933.— 
  Ballou, 
  Insect 
  Pest 
  Survey 
  Bull., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agr., 
  vol. 
  13, 
  

  

  