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griseus, is not closely related to any other acrolophid. The subspecies, 

 griseus capitatus, differs from its close relative, griseus griseus, in having 

 a much lighter ground color in the forewings, a differently shaped 

 cucullus of the harpe, and a different geographical distribution. 



On the basis of the material at hand, griseus griseus and griseus 

 capitatus should be considered distinct. However, in the event that 

 transitional forms are found to occur in the intermediate geographical 

 area, New Mexico and northern Mexico, the resulting single species 

 would exhibit an unusilal amount of variation in regard to its colora- 

 tion and the shape of its harpe. 



The subspecific name capitatus refers to the characteristic headlike 

 or capitate apical portion of the harpe in this subspecies. 



3. Acrolophus texanellus (Chambers) 



Figures 36-38 



Anaphora texanella Chambers, 1878, Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. Terr., vol. 4, 

 no. 1, pp. 79, 129, Feb. 



Acrolophus texanellus Walsingham, 1887, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 152, pi. 7, 

 fig. 9.— Smith, 1891, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 94, no. 5052, p. 112.— Dyar, 

 1900, Can. Ent., vol. 32, no. 10, p. 308; 1903, List North Amer. Lep., p. 578, 

 no. 6586. — Barnes & McDunnough, 1917, Check List Lep. Bor. Amer., 

 p. 191, no. 8172.— Forbes, 1923, Lep. New York, pp. 120-122, fig. 96.— Mc- 

 Dunnough, 1939, Check List Lep. Can. & U.S. Amer., p. 103, no. 9558. 



Acrolophus hulstellus Beutenmiiller, 1887, Ent. Amer., vol. 3, no. 7, p. 139, Oct. — 

 Smith, 1891, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 94, no. 5054.— Dyar, 1900, Can. Ent., 

 vol. 32, no. 10, p. 308; 1903, List North Amer. Lep., p. 578, no. 6587.— 

 Barnes & McDunnough, 1917, Check List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 191, no. 8173. — 

 Forbes, 1923, Lep. New York, pp. 120, 122.— McDunnough, 1939, Check 

 List Lep. Can. & U.S. Amer., p. 103, no. 9559. (New synonymy.) 



Atopocera barnesii Dyar, 1900, Can. Ent., vol. 32, no. 11, p. 326, Nov.; 1903, 

 List North Amer. Lep., p. 578, no. 6590. (New synonymy.) 



Acrolophus barnesi Barnes & McDunnough, 1917, Check List Lep. Bor. Amer., 

 p. 191, no. 8179— Eyer, 1924, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 17, no. 3, p. 315.— 

 McDunnough, 1939, Check List Lep. Can. & U.S. Amer., p. 103, no. 9565. 



Chambers' original description follows: 



Anaphora texanella. — Very distinct from plumifrontella, popeanella, and arcanella 

 Clem., and from agrotipenella and mortipenella Grote, nor can I recognize it at 

 all in either Scardina or Bombycina as described by Zeller. 



Palpi overarching the thorax; dark brown on the outward, luteous-brown 

 on the inner surfaces. Antennae compressed, straw-yellow; thorax dark gray- 

 brown; fore wings brown, tinged with grayish-yellow; the usual spot at the end of 

 the disk indistinct; the other spots common to the wings of the other species I 

 cannot find in this. One of them may be represented by an indistinct blackish 

 line beneath the middle of the fold. Hind wings and abdomen fuscous-gray, 

 like the thorax, and a little darker or rather less yellowish than the fore wings. 

 Under surface of both wings grayish-fuscous. Smaller than any specimens that I 

 have seen of the other species, having an alar expansion of only nine lines. Bosque 

 County, Texas. [Nine lines == about 19 mm.] 



