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white) are light ocherous-fuscous. The two specimens are other- 

 wise normal and represent nothing more than an aberrant color form. 



2. ALBERADA BmENTELLA (Dyar) 



Plates 25, 37, 46 ; Figukes 6-6c, 46, 9&-95a, 96-96a 



Zophodia bidentella Dtae, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 10, p. 114, 1908. 

 Eumysia Udentella (Dyah), Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, vol. 13, p. 221, 1925. 



Male. — ^Much smaller and paler than that of pardbates but with 

 similar pattern, the ground color more ocherous than fuscous, the 

 white dusting on fore wing heavier, the dentations of antemedial and 

 subterminal lines shorter ; discal dots distinct and not fused as is fre- 

 quently the case in jmrabates. 



Alar expanse, 20-24 mm. 



Genitalia (figs. 6-6c) similar to those of farabates but much 

 smaller and with central ventral part of aedeagus more narrowly 

 sclerotized. 



Female. — Similar to the male except for the normal sexual differ- 

 ences in antennae ; the female palpi are little if any longer than those 

 of the male. 



Alar expanse, 19-23 mm. 



Genitalia (fig. 46) appreciably smaller than those of fardbates; 

 bursa wrinkled and more coarsely scobinate. 



Type. — In United States National Museum. 



Type locality. — San Antonio, Tex. 



Food plant. — Unknown. 



Distribution. — UNrrEu States: Texas^ San Antonio (July), San 

 Benito (June, Aug., Sept.), Brownsville (June); Arismm, Phoenix, 

 "route between Dewey and Salome." 



Twenty-one specimens examined. 



Remarks. — A uniformly marked and colored species, known only 

 from collected specimens. 



3. ALBERADA HOLOCHLORA (Dyar) 



Plates 37, 46; Figubes 47, 94-94a 



Zophodia holochlora Dyab, Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, vol. 13, p. 15, 1925. 



This is probably a synonym or, at most, a variety of bidentella. 

 The three females of the type series are the only specimens I have 

 seen. They are a trifle smaller than typical bidentella, and there are 

 some slight, though hardly significant, differences in the female geni- 

 talia (shown in figs. 46, 47). However, until males of holochlora are 

 discovered and bidentella has been reared, it will be wiser to keep the 

 two as separate species. 



