﻿MOTHS 
  OF 
  GENUS 
  LEUCINODES 
  — 
  CAPPS 
  81 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Antenna 
  simple, 
  slightly 
  annulate, 
  length 
  of 
  cilia 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  equal 
  to 
  width 
  of 
  shaft 
  near 
  base. 
  Resembles 
  melanoleuca 
  

   in 
  habitus 
  but 
  with 
  general 
  appearance 
  dull 
  buff 
  instead 
  of 
  white 
  and 
  

   with 
  maculation 
  less 
  conspicuous, 
  lacking 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  patches 
  of 
  

   scales. 
  Forewing 
  with 
  outer 
  margin 
  whitish 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  border 
  

   of 
  buff 
  and 
  a 
  slightly 
  darker 
  subparallel 
  subterminal 
  line. 
  Hind 
  

   wing 
  with 
  outer 
  margin 
  ocherous 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  border 
  of 
  buff 
  

   and 
  a 
  postmedial 
  line 
  subparallel 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  

   veins 
  3 
  and 
  2 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  bent 
  sharply 
  inward 
  toward 
  cell 
  to 
  slightly 
  

   below 
  outer 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  and 
  then 
  continuing 
  unevenly 
  to 
  hind 
  

   margin. 
  

  

  Genitalia 
  somewhat 
  broader 
  than 
  melanoleuca 
  (pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  16) 
  ; 
  uncus 
  

   spines 
  ventral; 
  gnathos 
  absent; 
  harpe 
  simple, 
  without 
  clasper; 
  vin- 
  

   culum 
  broad, 
  not 
  conspicuously 
  attenuate 
  ; 
  anellus 
  broad 
  basally, 
  with- 
  

   out 
  transverse 
  crinkles 
  or 
  median 
  incision 
  ; 
  aedeagus 
  simple, 
  without 
  

   cornutus 
  (pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  IGa). 
  

  

  Four 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  Type.—V. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  17584. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Volcano 
  Turrialba, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  

  

  Food 
  plant. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Immature 
  stages. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Costa 
  Rica: 
  Volcano 
  Turrialba 
  (August). 
  Guate- 
  

   mala: 
  Volcano 
  Sta. 
  Maria 
  (June, 
  July). 
  Mexico: 
  Chiapas 
  (June). 
  

  

  ReTnarks. 
  — 
  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  3. 
  PROLEUCINODES 
  LUCEALIS 
  (Felder 
  and 
  Rogenhofer) 
  

  

  Plate 
  10, 
  Figure 
  22 
  

  

  Leucinodes 
  lucenUs 
  Feldek 
  and 
  Rogenhofer, 
  Reise 
  Novara, 
  Lepid. 
  Het., 
  p. 
  13, 
  

   pi. 
  135, 
  fig. 
  3, 
  1874.— 
  Hampson, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1898, 
  p. 
  756.— 
  

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

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Anteima 
  simple, 
  slightly 
  annulate; 
  cilia 
  very 
  short 
  

   (pubescentlike), 
  length 
  of 
  cilia 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  width 
  of 
  shaft 
  near 
  

   base. 
  F'alpus 
  scaled 
  with 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  white, 
  brown, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   fuscous 
  scales, 
  the 
  broAvn 
  predominant 
  dorsally. 
  Abdomen 
  brown 
  

   with 
  an 
  anterior 
  white 
  band. 
  Similar 
  to 
  elegantalis 
  in 
  habitus 
  but 
  

   with 
  conspicuous 
  differences 
  in 
  maculation, 
  viz: 
  The 
  hyalinate 
  area 
  

   of 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  ochreous 
  tinge. 
  Forewing 
  with 
  brownish 
  area 
  

   bordering 
  excavation 
  between 
  apex 
  and 
  vein 
  4 
  broader 
  near 
  costa, 
  

   slightly 
  constricted 
  near 
  middle, 
  the 
  border 
  continuous 
  to 
  hind 
  mar- 
  

   gin; 
  a 
  rather 
  large 
  brown 
  patch 
  adjacent 
  to 
  but 
  separated 
  from 
  it 
  

   by 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  line, 
  the 
  area 
  extending 
  from 
  vein 
  5 
  to 
  hind 
  margin 
  

   with 
  a 
  short, 
  dark 
  fuscous, 
  concave 
  line 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  median 
  

   patch 
  on 
  hind 
  margin; 
  a 
  small 
  conspicuous 
  blackish 
  or 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  

   patch 
  or 
  spots 
  on 
  outer 
  margin 
  in 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  excavation. 
  Hind 
  

   wing 
  with 
  the 
  cinnamon-brown 
  outer 
  band 
  extending 
  from 
  apex 
  to 
  

  

  