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HIMMACIA HUACHUCELLA (Busck), new combination 



CryptolecJhki Imachucella Busck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 35, p. 195, 1908. — 

 Barnes and McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, 

 No. 6421, 1917. 



Machimia liuaclutcella (Busck) Meykick, in Wytsman, Genera insectorum, fasc. 

 180, p. 82, 1922. — Gaede, in Bryk, Lepidopterorum catalogus, pt. 88, p. 139, 

 1938. — McDuNNOUGH, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the 

 United States of America (Part 2, Microlepidoptera), No. 8381, 1939. 



Cryptolechia diligenda Meyrick, Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol. 3, p. 477, 1928. 

 (New synonymy.) 



Labial palpus ochreous-white with reddish tinge; second segment 

 shaded with brown exteriorly on basal half and with an indistinct 

 rose-red shade at apex; third segment with an indistinct, brown sub- 

 basal amiulus and a narrow, indistinct, longitudinal blackish line 

 anteriorly. Antenna ochreous-white suffused with salmon above; 

 basal segment red above; in male the antenna is strongly cilate (about 

 4). Face shining ochreous-white. Head, thorax, and fore wing 

 unicolorous sahnon-oclireous ; costa slightly more red. Cilia pale 

 ochreous preceded by sparse, red irrorations. Hind wing light 

 ochreous-fuscous slightly darker around margins; cilia ochreous. 

 Legs ochreous-white suffused with dark brown exteriorly except at 

 joints. Abdomen ochreous-white suffused with reddish-ochreous 

 above. 



Male genitalia! — Harpe slender, clothed with hairs; clasper long, 

 slender, nearly attaining costa; cucullus rounded, narrow; sacculus 

 broadly folded, strongly sclerotized. Anellus a sunple V-shaped 

 plate. Aedeagus long, slightly bent ; vesica armed with 5 or 6 strong, 

 sharply pointed cornuti and two triangular, sclerotized plates, each 

 with a finely serrated edge. Vinculum broadly pointed. Transtilla 

 membranous with well developed lateral, hairy lobes. Gnathos broad, 

 armed with spines. Uncus moderately short, curved, pointed. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate simple. Ostium very large, nearly 

 as wide as plate. Ductus bursae sclerotized just before ostium and 

 also before the inception of the ductus seminalis ; inception of ductus 

 seminalis at posterior two-thirds of ductus bursae. Bursa copulatrix 

 large, round; signum a simple, small, sclerotized plate with median 

 keel, and situated in posterior part of bursa copulatrix. 



Alar expanse, 21-25 mm. 



Ti/pe. — In the United States National Museum (huachucella) ; in 

 the British Museum {diligenda) . 



Type localities. — Huachuca Mountains, Ariz, {huachucella) ; 

 "Texas" {diligenda) . 



Distribution. — Southwestern United States. 



