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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF. 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  os 
  

  

  KEY 
  TO 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  PROLEUCINODES 
  

  

  Males 
  

  

  1. 
  Anellus 
  slightly 
  constricted 
  near 
  middle; 
  distal 
  half 
  crinkled, 
  deeply 
  incised 
  

   medially 
  (pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  15), 
  Aedeagus 
  expanded 
  distally, 
  cornutus 
  a 
  strong, 
  

  

  curved 
  hook 
  (pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  15a) 
  6. 
  melanoleuca 
  (Hampson) 
  

  

  Anellus 
  narrowly 
  constricted 
  near 
  middle, 
  without 
  such 
  median 
  incision 
  

   (broadly 
  concave 
  distally) 
  (pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  16). 
  Aedeagus 
  narrowed 
  distally, 
  

   cornutus 
  absent 
  (pi. 
  8, 
  lig. 
  16a) 
  7. 
  xylopastalis 
  (Schaus) 
  

  

  1. 
  PROLEUCINODES 
  MELANOLEUCA 
  (Hampson) 
  

  

  Plate 
  8, 
  Figures 
  15, 
  15o 
  

  

  Leucinodes 
  melanoleuca 
  Hampson, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  8, 
  vol. 
  11, 
  p. 
  323, 
  

   1913. 
  — 
  Klima, 
  in 
  Junk, 
  Lepidopterorum 
  catalogus 
  pt. 
  94, 
  p. 
  304, 
  1939. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Resembles 
  large 
  specimens 
  of 
  elegantalis 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  wings 
  

   a 
  little 
  broader, 
  apex 
  of 
  forewing 
  less 
  produced 
  and 
  excavation 
  of 
  

   margin 
  between 
  apex 
  and 
  vein 
  4 
  shallower. 
  Dorsum 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  white, 
  irrorated 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  fuscous 
  scales. 
  Palpus 
  dorsally 
  

   and 
  laterally 
  brownish 
  fuscous; 
  ventrally 
  near 
  base 
  whitish 
  irrorated 
  

   with 
  brown 
  and 
  fuscous, 
  Frons 
  white 
  and 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  fuscous 
  pre- 
  

   dominant. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  band 
  anteriorlj'^ 
  ; 
  the 
  white 
  scales 
  

   overlaid 
  with 
  brown 
  and 
  fuscous 
  posteriorly. 
  Forewing 
  (except 
  mar- 
  

   ginal 
  areas) 
  more 
  hyalinate, 
  without 
  a 
  large 
  conspicuous 
  brownish 
  

   median 
  patch 
  from 
  hind 
  margin, 
  such 
  area 
  being 
  absent 
  or 
  but 
  

   faintly 
  indicated 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  brownish-fuscous 
  scales; 
  area 
  

   bordering 
  excavation 
  whitish 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  dark 
  scales. 
  In 
  elegantalis 
  

   this 
  area 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  cinnamon-brown 
  patch. 
  Discocellulars 
  of 
  hind 
  

   wing 
  enclosed 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  fuscous 
  line 
  forming 
  an 
  irregularly 
  shaped 
  

   figure 
  8 
  instead 
  of 
  a 
  simple, 
  narrow, 
  elongate 
  patch. 
  

  

  Alar 
  expanse, 
  32-34 
  mm. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  (pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  15) 
  stout; 
  uncus 
  ventrally 
  spined; 
  gnathos 
  

   absent 
  ; 
  harpe 
  simple, 
  without 
  a 
  clasper 
  ; 
  vinculum 
  attenuate 
  ; 
  anellus 
  

   broad, 
  slightly 
  constricted, 
  medially 
  incised 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  distal 
  half 
  

   crinkled. 
  Aedeagus 
  with 
  cornutus 
  a 
  strong 
  hook 
  (pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  15a) 
  . 
  

  

  Three 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  In 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Cerro 
  de 
  Pasco, 
  Huancabamba, 
  Peru. 
  

  

  Food 
  plant. 
  — 
  ^Unknown. 
  

  

  Immature 
  stages. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Peru: 
  Huancabamba 
  (6,800 
  feet 
  alt.). 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  2. 
  PROLEUCINODES 
  XYLOPASTALIS 
  (Schaus) 
  

  

  Plate 
  8, 
  Figubes 
  16, 
  16a 
  

  

  Leucinodes 
  xylopastalis 
  Schaus, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  8, 
  vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  305, 
  1912. 
  — 
  

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

  

  