﻿MOTHS 
  OF 
  GENUS 
  LEUCINODES 
  — 
  CAPPS 
  79 
  

  

  fuscous 
  scales. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  anterior 
  band, 
  xlntenna 
  

   with 
  cilia 
  very 
  short 
  (pubescentlike) 
  ; 
  length 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  width 
  

   of 
  shaft. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  16-18 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  13) 
  with 
  the 
  harpe 
  rather 
  short; 
  clasper 
  short 
  

   and 
  slender, 
  near 
  lower 
  margin 
  and 
  about 
  one-fifth 
  length 
  of 
  harpe 
  

   from 
  apex; 
  a 
  rather 
  stout 
  attenuate 
  sclerotized 
  process 
  originating 
  

   from 
  costa 
  of 
  harpe. 
  Aedeagus 
  with 
  two 
  opposed 
  attenuate 
  processes 
  

   (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  Ida). 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  male 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  maculation. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  14—20 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  21) 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  to7'vis 
  but 
  stouter; 
  geni- 
  

   tal 
  opening 
  with 
  sclerotization 
  along 
  lateral 
  margins, 
  the 
  sclerotiza- 
  

   tion 
  interrupted 
  ventrally. 
  Bursa 
  copulatrix 
  with 
  a 
  saclike 
  extension. 
  

  

  Types. 
  — 
  Originally 
  in 
  Guenee 
  collection 
  ; 
  present 
  location 
  unknown 
  

   {imperialis). 
  In 
  British 
  Museum 
  (discerptalis). 
  

  

  Type 
  localities. 
  — 
  Haiti 
  (imperialis) 
  • 
  Limas, 
  Honduras 
  (discerp- 
  

   talis). 
  

  

  Food 
  plant. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Immature 
  stages. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Distril)ution. 
  — 
  Costa 
  Rica: 
  Carillo 
  (March), 
  Juan 
  Vinas 
  (June), 
  

   Tuis 
  (May, 
  September). 
  Panama: 
  Cabima 
  (August), 
  La 
  Chorrera 
  

   (May), 
  Porto 
  Bello 
  (May), 
  Tabernilla 
  (no 
  date), 
  Rio 
  Trinidad 
  

   (March, 
  June). 
  Brazil: 
  Parana 
  (no 
  date), 
  Viscosa, 
  Minas 
  Gerais 
  

   (October), 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro 
  (no 
  date). 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  specimens 
  examined, 
  33. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Sometimes 
  confused 
  with 
  worn 
  specimens 
  of 
  elegantalis., 
  

  

  dissolves, 
  prophetica, 
  and 
  torvis. 
  The 
  very 
  short 
  (pubescentlike) 
  

  

  cilia 
  of 
  the 
  antenna 
  will 
  separate 
  it 
  from 
  all 
  these 
  but 
  the 
  latter, 
  

  

  from 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  whitish 
  anterior 
  abdominal 
  

  

  band. 
  

  

  PROLEUCINODES, 
  new 
  genus 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Leucinodes 
  melanoleuca 
  Hampson. 
  

  

  With 
  characters 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  : 
  Frons 
  evenly 
  

   rounded, 
  or 
  if 
  produced, 
  only 
  moderately 
  so, 
  not 
  strongly 
  conical. 
  

   Forewing 
  with 
  vein 
  10 
  from 
  cell, 
  closely 
  approximate 
  to, 
  contiguous, 
  

   or 
  partially 
  anastomosed 
  with 
  stalk 
  of 
  veins 
  8 
  and 
  9. 
  Male 
  genitalia 
  

   (pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  15) 
  with 
  spines 
  of 
  uncus 
  ventral; 
  gnathos 
  absent; 
  harpe 
  

   without 
  clasper. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Members 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  readily 
  separated 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  

   Neoleucinodes 
  by 
  vein 
  10 
  of 
  forewing, 
  and 
  from 
  Leucinodes 
  by 
  the 
  

   simple 
  unarmed 
  harpe. 
  

  

  