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continued on shaft as a broken line, a posterior broken white line on 

 shaft from base to beyond one-half; ventral margin of frons white 

 followed by a series of brown and white scales running from anterior 

 margin of eye to middle; vertex and occiput buff brown, scales with 

 dark apices, all with metalhc reflections. Thorax: tegula and meso- 

 thorax shining orange brown, meso thorax gray brown mesally; meta- 

 thorax buff. Forewing: mainly shining orange brown, costal margin 

 mixed brown and white, fascia off white, a buff streak on costal 

 margin starting at fascia, cilia buff. Hind wing: fuscous, shining 

 orange brown at certain angles of hght incidence, ciUa pale fuscous. 

 Prothoracic leg: coxa and femur brown moderately dusted with 

 white; tibia brown with a few scattered white scales, a white streak 

 above base of epiphysis, apex white; tarsus brown, apices of first 

 three segments white. Mesothoracic leg: coxa mainly white, some 

 gray brown scales medially; femur speckled greasy white and brown; 

 tibia brown, scale bases pale, a white fascia at one-half, apex white; 

 tarsus brown, apices of first four segments white. Metathoracic 

 leg: coxa white, gray medially; trochanter mixed gray brown and 

 white; femur speckled brown and white; tibia mainly brown on 

 outer surface, scale bases pale, a white fascia at base of first pair of 

 spurs, apex white, tuft buff to white ; tarsus brown, scale bases pale on 

 first segment, apices of first four segments white. Abdomen: greasy 

 gray brown dorsally, first two terga somewhat dark ocher; ventral 

 surface gray brown, scales at apices of sterna with buff white streaks, 

 first sternum pale yellow. Alar expanse: 9-13 mm. Male genitalia: 

 as in figures 96 and 97 (RWH slide 2164). Female genitalia: as 

 in figure 158 (RWH shde 2161). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Type: Male, BMNH. 



Specimens examined: 



UNITED STATES: Arizona: Chiricahua Mts., nr. Portal, 3 9, July 4 and 

 8, 1939, A.F. Braun, AFB; Madera Canyon, 4880 ft., Santa Rita Mtns., Santa 

 Cruz Co., 18 cT, 13 9, June 29-Aug. 30, 1959, R.W. Hodges (RWH slides 944, 

 2160, 2164; RWH wing slide 69), CU, USNM; Palmerlee, Icf, BMNH; Pena 

 Blanca Canyon, Santa Cruz Co., 1 d^, 15 9, Aug. 7-26, 1959, R.W. Hodges 

 (RWH slides 2161 and 2166; RWH wing slide 70), CU, USNM; same locaUty, 

 19, June 7, 1963, J.G. Franclemont, JGF; 4 mi. ESE Pine, 5400 ft., Gila 

 Co., 29, Sept. 1 and 5, 1961, R.W. Hodges (RWH slide 2163), USNM; West 

 Fork, 6500 ft., 16 mi. SW Flagstaff, Coconino Co., 1 cT, July 13, 1961, R.W. 

 Hodges (RWH slide 2162), USNM. Texas: Alpine, Brewster Co., Icf, 2 9, 

 May 22, 1950, E.C. Johnston, CNC; Ft. Davis, Jeff Davis Co., 2 9 , May 20, 

 1950, E.C. Johnston, CNC; Limpia Canyon, Jeff Davis Co., 4d", 19, May 20- 

 June 4, 1950, E.C. Johnston, CNC; Brewster Co., 5000 and 7000 ft., 4c?, 59, 

 3.28-4.26, AFB, BMNH. 



MEXICO: Mexico: ruins of Teotihuacdn, 1 cf", 1 9 , July 25, 1963, Duckworth 

 and Davis (RWH slides 3462 and 3463), USNM. Nuevo Leon: 3 mi. E 



