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bro\^m predominate from base of wing to medial line and the fuscous, 

 between medial line and subterminal band. Medial line buff, origin 

 before middle of costa, strongly oblique outward to vein 7, the loop 

 narrow and extending well beyond end of cell, zigzag or strongly sinuate 

 from outer angle of cell to inner margin of \\^ng, terminating near or 

 slightly beyond middle. Postmedial oblique bar subparallel with and 

 extending to inner margin of subterminal band. Subterminal band 

 with central area white; origin about one-fifth the length of costa before 

 apex; inner margin narrow, buff, angulation of indentation at vein 2, 

 obtuse; outer margin narrow, buff from costa to vein 6, remainder 

 fuscous, indentation at vein 2 weaker than that of inner margin. 

 Fringe nonmetallic, Hindwing: Upper siu-face whitish, subterminal 

 line, if discernible, ochreous, obsolescent from vein 2 to inner margin. 



Male genitalia (figs. 8, 8a): Asymmetrical. Aedeagus somewhat 

 enlarged distally and enlargement bearing a cluster of rather strong 

 spinules. 



Female genitaUa (fig. 30): The tonguelike projection bifurcate, 

 median area of bifurcation acutely angulate. Ventral margin of 

 ostium straight. Ductus seminalis originating about midway between 

 ostium and junction of ductus bursae and bursa copulatrix. Ductus 

 bursae sclerotized from ostium to near origin of ductus seminalis and 

 with conspicuous longitudinal grooves anteriorly. Two signa, similar; 

 each a short, stout, conical projection from a small round base. 



Type: In the British Aluseum (Natural History). 



Type locality: Bosque Co., Texas. 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: New Jersey, District of Columbia, North Carolina, 

 Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Texas. 



Remarks: Character of the frons and medial line of the forewing 

 and lack of a discocellular fuscous patch are diagnostic for squamulella. 

 In squamulella, the frons is conical; the medial line ochreous with 

 origin before the middle of costa and the loop narrow, extending well 

 beyond the end of the cell. No other species without a discocellular 

 fuscous patch has this combination of characters. 



Haimbachia prestonella Schaus 



Figures 9, 27 



Haimbachia prestonella Schaus, 1922, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 24, p. 138. — 

 Dyar and Heinrich, 1927, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 71, p. 35 [erroneously 

 cited as a synonym of H. quiriguella Schaus]. 



Alar expanse: Male 12 mm.; female 17 mm. 



Resembles squamulella but with the frons only moderately conical; 

 forewing with origin of median line from middle of costa, and the loop 

 enclosing the cell broad and extending but little beyond end of the ceU; 



