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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  88 
  

  

  Further 
  investigations, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  will 
  reveal 
  some 
  parasites 
  which 
  

   attack 
  it 
  and 
  also 
  additional 
  food 
  plants. 
  

  

  2. 
  NEOLEUCINODES 
  DISSOLVENS 
  (Dyar) 
  

   Plate 
  6, 
  Figukes 
  10, 
  lOo 
  ; 
  Plate 
  9, 
  Figuke 
  18 
  

  

  Leucinodes 
  dissolvens 
  Dyar, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  47, 
  p. 
  278, 
  1914.— 
  Klima, 
  in 
  

   Junk, 
  Lepidopterorum 
  catalogus, 
  pt. 
  94, 
  p. 
  304, 
  1939. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Closely 
  resembles 
  elegantalis 
  but 
  separable 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  

   transverse 
  anterior 
  line 
  of 
  f 
  orewing 
  ; 
  for 
  elegantalis 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  strongly 
  

   concave 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  1) 
  while 
  for 
  dissolvens 
  it 
  is 
  straight 
  and 
  outwardly 
  

   oblique 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  vein 
  lb 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  angled 
  inwardly 
  to 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  of 
  wing 
  (angled 
  portion 
  often 
  indistinct 
  in 
  flown 
  specimens). 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  14-22 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  elegantalis 
  but 
  averaging 
  smaller 
  in 
  

   size 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  harpe 
  relatively 
  stouter 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  10), 
  and 
  the 
  

   cornutus 
  expanded 
  basally, 
  somewhat 
  axlike 
  in 
  shape 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  10a). 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  male 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  maculation. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  20-25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  18) 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  elegantalis 
  but 
  

   with 
  expansion 
  of 
  ductus 
  bursa 
  gradual 
  anteriorly, 
  its 
  juncture 
  with 
  

   the 
  bursa 
  copulatrix 
  indefinite. 
  

  

  Ty^e.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  16159. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  St. 
  Jean 
  Maroni 
  River, 
  French 
  Guiana. 
  

  

  Food 
  plants. 
  — 
  Unknown, 
  

  

  Immature 
  stages. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Ecuador 
  : 
  Loja. 
  French 
  Guiana 
  : 
  Cayenne, 
  St. 
  Jean 
  

   Maroni, 
  and 
  St. 
  Laurent 
  du 
  Maroni. 
  Duth 
  Guiana 
  (Surinam) 
  : 
  

   Moengo 
  Boven, 
  Cottica 
  River 
  (May). 
  Brazil: 
  Sao 
  Paulo 
  do 
  Olo- 
  

   vencia 
  Amazones 
  (November, 
  December). 
  

  

  Fifteen 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Dissection 
  of 
  the 
  genitalia 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  specimen 
  from 
  

   Aroa, 
  Venezuela 
  (Schaus 
  collection), 
  noted 
  by 
  Dyar 
  when 
  he 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  the 
  species, 
  is 
  prophetica 
  and 
  not 
  dissolvens. 
  

  

  3. 
  NEOLEUCINODES 
  PROPHETICA 
  (Dyar), 
  new 
  status 
  

  

  Plate 
  7, 
  Figuke 
  11, 
  11a 
  ; 
  Plate 
  9, 
  Figuke 
  19 
  

  

  Lencinodes 
  elegantalis 
  var. 
  prophetica 
  Dyae, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  47, 
  p. 
  

   278, 
  1914. 
  — 
  Klima, 
  in 
  Junk, 
  Lepidopterorum 
  catalogus, 
  pt. 
  94, 
  p. 
  304, 
  1939. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Maculation 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  dissolvens 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  oblique 
  

   transverse 
  anterior 
  line 
  of 
  f 
  orewing 
  somewhat 
  slenderer 
  and 
  cilia 
  of 
  

   antenna 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  dissolvens. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  14-16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  dissolvens 
  but 
  with 
  clasper 
  closer 
  to 
  

   apex 
  than 
  base 
  of 
  harpe 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  11) 
  ; 
  cornutus 
  distinctly 
  curved 
  

   and 
  narrowly, 
  somewhat 
  irregularly 
  expanded 
  at 
  base 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  11a). 
  

  

  