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veins of cell at base of wing. Hind wing translucent 

 white with a smoky shade along costa, towards apex 

 and along termen; the veins shghtly darkened. Alar 

 expanse 16-28 mm. 



Genitalic characters as given for the genus. Eighth- 

 segment collar of female laterally corrugated. 



Type localities : BrazU (stercorea, in BM) ; Jamaica 

 (ignobilis, iu BM); Honda, Colombia {diffissella, in 

 BM). 



Food plant: Cajanus cajan (larvae feeding in the 

 pods). 



Distribution: United States: Florida, Cocanut 

 Grove (Apr., May), Goulds (May), Homestead (Apr.), 

 Jupiter (Apr.), Miami (May). Cuba: Santiago Prov- 

 ince (May, June, Oct., Dec), Santiago de las Vegas 

 (May). Haiti (June). Dominican Eepublic (Aug.). 

 PuEETO Eico: Isabela (Apr.), Puerto Real (Vieques 

 Isl., Apr.). Virgin Islands: Kingshill (St. Croix; 

 June, "Nov.-Dec"). Jamaica (Mar.). Bahamas: 

 Nassau (May). Grenada: Nevis (Jan.); St. Kitts 

 (June). Trinidad (Mar., May). Mexico: Cuerna- 

 vaca (July), Jalapa, Orizaba, Zacualpdn (July). Gua- 

 temala: Chejel (July, Aug.), Volcdn Santa Maria 

 (June, July). Costa Rica: Juan Vinas (June.) Pan- 

 amX: La Chorrera (May), Rio Trinidad (Mar.). Co- 

 lombia: Honda. French Guiana: Cayenne. Bra- 

 zil: Castro. 



The food plant and Florida records are from a large 

 series reared by the Special Survey of the U. S. Bureau 

 of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in 1944. We also 

 have a couple of reared adults and several collected 

 larvae from chickpea (Cicer) and black-eyed pea 

 (Dolichos). The favored host, however, seems to be 

 the pigeonpea {Cajanus). In the pods of that plant 

 the larvae are abundant throughout the West Indies 

 and in southern Florida. 



201. Ancylostomia sauciella (Zeller) 



Figure 296 



Pempelia sauciella Zeller, Horae Soc. Ent. Rossicae, vol. 16, p. 



183, 1881. 

 Ancylostomia sauciella (Zeller) Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 



569, 1893. 



Forewiag cinnamon red mixed with rose; costa paler; 

 a narrow subcostal reddish brown shade extending from 

 base to apex; the veins somewhat accented by reddish 

 scaliug; a small blackish discal dot at lower outer angle 

 of cell; a similar dot on basal third of vein lb ih a white 

 streaklet on the vein; from apex a short oblique blackish 

 shade. Hind wing yellowish white, translucent; a thin 

 dark line along termen and the veins slightly darkened. 

 Alar expanse, 20 mm. 



Male genitalia as in stercorea except uncus narrower 

 and apical projecting arms of gnathos shorter and 

 decidedly broader. 



Type locality: Maraquita, Colombia (type in BM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Known only from the type. 



202. Ancylostomia argyropMeps Dyar 



Ancylostomia argyrophleps Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, 

 p. 406, 1914. 



Similar to sauciella except: Costa and lower half of 

 basal area carneous white; a broad subcostal band 

 extending from base to apex, red-brown shaded with 

 black especially towards apex; lower outer area of the 

 same color with a smoky fuscous shade along outer half 

 of inner margin from near tomus; a white line along 

 lower margin of cell and vein 5 from basal third, enclos- 

 ing a black dot at lower outer angle of cell; a similar 

 black dot on basal third of vein lb. Hind wing trans- 

 lucent, semi-irridescent white with a faint smoky tint, 

 the latter more pronounced towards apex; veins dark- 

 ened in outer area on females, not appreciably so on 

 males. Alar expanse, 20-25 mm. 



Male genitalia as in stercorea except apical processes 

 of gnathos a trifle broader (but not so broad as on 

 sauciella). Eighth-segment collar of female smooth. 

 Female genitalis otherwise essentially as in stercorea. 



Type locality: Orizaba, Mexico (type, cT, in 

 USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Mexico: Orizaba (Aug.), Cuemavaca 

 (July). Guatemala: Chejel (July). 



203. Ancylostomia euchroma Dyar 



Ancylostomia euchroma Dyar, Ins. Insc. Menstr., vol. 7, p. 63, 

 1919. 



Forewing below the cell from base to tornus red- 

 brown; the upper area white-lined between the veins 

 and along the median fold in cell; the veins red-brown; 

 a black dot at lower outer angle of cell, one on lower 

 margin of cell before its middle and another on basal 

 third of vein lb; a diffused pale shade surrounds this 

 last dot and extends obliquely backward to inner 

 margin, an obhque line of black dots on veins 2, 3, and 

 4; on the female a smoky brown shade from apex 

 extending narrowly along costa to base; on male the 

 shade from apex is short and cinnamon red, and the 

 dark area on lower half of wing is a bright cinnamon 

 red. Hind wing in the male translucent white with a 

 faint smoky shade at apex; on the female the smoky 

 shade extends further back from apex and outer margin 

 and the veins in outer area are appreciably darkened. 

 Alar expanse, 24-25 mm. 



Male genitalia with the projecting apical bands from 

 gnathos as broad as those of sauciella but longer (at 

 least as long as those of stercorea). Female genitaha 

 with the sclerotized ribbing and spining at junction of 

 bursa and ductus bursae slightly stronger than those of 

 either stercorea or argyrophleps. Eighth-segment collar 

 very weakly corrugated. 



Type locality: Castro, Parand, Brazil (type in 

 USNM). 



Food plant: UnknoMTi. 



Represented only by the female type and male 

 paratype from the type locality. May be only a race 

 of sauciella. 



