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broad (similaris) or relatively long and narrow (deducta)j will serve, but 

 some specimens are more or less intermediate and so unplaceable unless 

 accurately associated males are available. Even with males for identifica- 

 tion, one must be careful because mixed lots from one collecting are not 

 uncommon. 



Bulla deducta (Morrison) 



1874. Syneda deducta Morrison, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 17: 220. 

 Type locality: Waco, Texas. Type: c?, in Mus. Comp. Zool. 



1874. Syneda pavitensis Morrison, Proc. Boston. Soc. Nat. Hist., 17: 

 220. Type locality : Waco, Texas. Type : 9, in Mus. Comp. Zool. 



1875. Cirrhobolina incandescens Grote, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 5: 

 117. Type locality: Texas. Type: $, in British Museum. 



1882. Cirrhobolina mexicana var. vulpina Henry Edwards, Papilio, 2: 



14. Type locality: Prescott, Arizona. Type: $, in U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1900. Syneda mexicana var. albina Strecker, Lepid. Rhopal. Het. Ind. 



and Exot., Suppl. 3, p. 35. Type locality: Chihuahua, Mexico. 



Types : 2 9, in Field Museum. 

 1936a. Bulia deducta (Morrison), Richards, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 29: 



434-435, figs. 3-7. 

 1936b. Bulia deducta (Morrison), Richards, Rev. d. Ent., 6: fig. 12. 

 1939. Bulia deducta (Morrison), Richards, Ent. Amer., n. s., 19: pi. 5, 



figs. 10-12. 

 Extremely large series of this species are available, and the color and 

 pattern of the types and most of the other known specimens of the pre- 

 ceding 4 species can all be matched fairly closely from these series (the 

 females of similaris race californica do have an indescribably different 

 "feel" that frequently but not always permits their separation). Photo- 

 graphs given in the author's 1939 paper (figs. 10-14) indicate this ex- 

 tensive range of variation though giving only five of the many types of 

 variants. 



Expanse: 33-38 mm. usually; extremes 30-40 mm. 

 Male genitalia: (pi. 32, figs. 2-3) Sacculus with large basal lobe 

 (somewhat variable in shape), distal projection beyond cucullus long and 

 pointed. Juxta (fig. 3) with long scobinated prongs which are character- 

 istic of this species. Aedoeagus with 2 large spines, the distal one about 

 half the size of the proximal one; in addition, a patch of medium-sized 

 spines on the vesica near the proximal large spine, and small spiculations 



