LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 149 



Genus 19. MASTYGOPHOKA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi pubes- 

 centes, corpore longiores ; articulus lus suberectus, arcuatus ; 2us 

 undulatus aut rectus, corpore vix brevior ; 3us arcuatus, 2i triente 

 longior, subtus fasciculatus. Antennae subpubescentes ; articuli 

 bisetosi. Abdomen alas posticas non superans; fasciculus apicalis 

 parvus. Pedes graeiles, subpilosi, calcaribus longis ; tibiae anticae 

 dense fasciculatae. Alae latiusculae ; anticae subfalcatae, margiue 

 exteriore obliquo subconvexo. 



Mastygophora, Poey, Cent. Ins. Cuba; Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 93. 

 Type, M. Epitusalis. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi pubes- 

 cent, longer than the body ; first joint curved, nearly erect, but not 

 rising to the vertex ; second undulating, nearly as long as the body ; 

 third curved, more than one-third of the length of the second, fur- 

 nished beneath with a tuft of long silky hairs. Antennae minutely 

 pubescent, more than half the length of the body, with two bristles 

 on each joint. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft small. Legs slender, slightly pilose ; spurs long ; fore 

 tibiae densely tufted. Wings rather broad. Fore wings subfalcate ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



West Indies. 



1. Mastygophora parralis. 



Nigro-fusca ; alee anticce lineis quatuor lunulaque diseali flaves- 

 centibus, linea interiore brevi arcuata, exteriore et submargi- 

 nali sat approximates subparallelis ; posticce pallidiores lineis 

 duabus. 



Mastvgophora parralis, Poey^ Cent. Ins. Cuba. Guen. Delt. et 

 Pyral. 94,127. 



Cuba. 



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