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replace Grote's Eutheca. Thus, the type of the genus became Sapi- 

 nella mora. It is to be noted that Ku"by, following Grote's suspicion, 

 included this genus and species in the familj'- Psychidae. 



Dyar (1903, p. 76) discussed this species under the generic name, 

 Pseudanaphora, as follows: 



In 1895 Lord Walsingham examined Grote's type in the British Museum, and 

 thought it might be the female of P. arcanella, Clem., overlooking the description 

 of the true female of this species by Beutenmliller (Ent. Amer. IV., 29, 1888). 

 I have now before me ten females and eight males of mora from localities in New 

 York, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, a majority of them taken by 

 Mr. F. A. Merrick, at New Brighton, Pa. (see Proc. Ent. Soc, Wash., V. 40, 1902). 

 There is a marked sexual dimorphism, the male being nearly uniformly blackish, 

 and the female of a light ochreous ground colour. The species is very distinct 

 from arcanella. 



Thus, Grote (1881) originally described the species as a questionable 

 psychid, Kirby (1892) gave it a new generic name and placed it in the 

 Psychidae, Walsingham (1895) transferred it to the proper group 

 (Anaphorinae) but confused it with an allied species, and finally Dyar 

 (1903) proved its identity and distinctness along with a proper 

 association of the sexes. 



33. Acrolophus forbesif new species 



Figures 162-163 



Male. — Somewhat similar to piger in general habitus. Head, labial 

 palpi, and thorax grayish white tinged with fuscous. Labial palpi 

 intermediate in length, recurved back over head and extending to 

 anterior margin of thorax, closely appressed to head and to each other, 

 segmentation obscured by rather dense covering of coarse scales. 

 Eyes large, protruding, rather sparsely furnished with very short setae, 

 moderately lashed. Antennae simple, ochreous, covered dorsad with 

 scales, densely clothed lateroventrad with minute setae, segmental 

 processes robust and set closely together throughout antennae. Fore- 

 wings grayish brown intricately sprinkled with fuscous, ochreous, and 

 pale red; color pattern quite variable, commonly obscure or reduced. 

 Hindwings and fringes dark brown. Abdomen brown, rather coarsely 

 scaled. CucuUi of harpes with elongate tufts of slender scales. Wing 

 expanse: 15 to 18 mm. 



Female. — Coloration similar to that of cf , pattern variable as in cf. 

 Labial palpi slightly shorter than those of cf , directed downward 

 and slightly forward, rather narrowly separated from each other; 

 clothed with elongate, slender scales. Eyes similar to those of cf 

 except somewhat smaller. Antennae simple, slender, entirely covered 

 by scales. Forewing commonly gTayish-brown with four or five large, 

 grayish white patches; pattern variable, commonly obscure or reduced. 

 Wing expanse: 21 to 24 mm. 



Male genitalia. — Vinculum typical, but quite small. 



