﻿MOTHS 
  OF 
  GENUS 
  LEUCINODES 
  — 
  CAPPS 
  77 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  male 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  maculation. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  15-21 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  9, 
  fig. 
  19) 
  with 
  sclerotization 
  of 
  ventral 
  margin 
  of 
  

   genital 
  opening 
  continuous; 
  with 
  a 
  pouchlike 
  membranous 
  invagina- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Type.—JJ.S.'^M. 
  No. 
  16158. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  ^Rio 
  Trinidad, 
  Panama. 
  

  

  Food 
  plant. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  iTYimature 
  stages. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Puerto 
  Rico: 
  Adjuntas 
  (June). 
  Guatemala: 
  Ca- 
  

   yuga 
  (April), 
  Tequisatl 
  (April, 
  May). 
  Costa 
  Rica: 
  Avangarez, 
  

   Carillo, 
  Sixaola 
  River 
  (July, 
  September). 
  Panama: 
  Rio 
  Trinidad 
  

   (March, 
  June) 
  , 
  Barro 
  Colorado, 
  Canal 
  Zone 
  (February 
  ). 
  Peru 
  : 
  Tin- 
  

   guri, 
  Carabaya. 
  Venezuela 
  : 
  Aroa. 
  Brazil: 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro 
  (June). 
  

  

  Nineteen 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Easily 
  confused 
  with 
  dissolvens 
  and 
  some 
  small 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  elegantalis., 
  but 
  a 
  good 
  species 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  elegantalis^ 
  

   there 
  being 
  no 
  difficulty 
  in 
  separation 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  genitalia. 
  

  

  4. 
  NEOLEUCINODES 
  TORVIS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Plate 
  7, 
  Figures 
  12, 
  12a; 
  Plate 
  10, 
  Figtjbe 
  20 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Antenna 
  simple, 
  slightly 
  annulate, 
  with 
  the 
  cilia 
  very 
  short 
  

   (pubescentlike) 
  , 
  length 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  width 
  of 
  shaft. 
  Palpus, 
  head, 
  

   thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  whitish 
  or 
  pale 
  ocherous, 
  with 
  some 
  white 
  and 
  

   light 
  fuscous 
  scales 
  intermingled. 
  Abdomen 
  without 
  conspicuous 
  

   white 
  band 
  anteriorly. 
  Wings 
  sordid 
  white 
  with 
  maculation 
  similar 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  elegantalis 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  markings 
  more 
  obscure 
  and 
  the 
  

   medial 
  patch 
  on 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  forewing 
  narrower, 
  not 
  conspicuously 
  

   broadened 
  posteriorly. 
  Transverse 
  anterior 
  line 
  of 
  forewing 
  slightly 
  

   oblique, 
  thin 
  and 
  indistinct 
  ; 
  often 
  not 
  discernible 
  on 
  worn 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  11-15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  elegantalis 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  harpe 
  broader 
  

   distally 
  and 
  the 
  clasper 
  near 
  to 
  apex 
  than 
  base 
  of 
  harpe 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  12) 
  ; 
  

   armature 
  of 
  aedeagus 
  a 
  small, 
  narrow, 
  concave 
  sclerotization 
  and 
  a 
  

   short, 
  stout, 
  hooklike 
  process 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  12a). 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  male 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  maculation. 
  Antenna 
  

   slightly 
  slenderer 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  male. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  12-18 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  20) 
  with 
  sclerotization 
  along 
  ventral 
  margin 
  

   of 
  genital 
  opening 
  continuous, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  fold 
  or 
  crease; 
  bursa 
  

   copulatrix 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  saclike 
  extension. 
  

  

  r^/^pe.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58278. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Santiago, 
  Cuba, 
  

  

  