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Wyoming Campus, Snowy Range, 10000-10500 ft., Albany Co., 9^", July 17-23, 

 1935, A. B. Klots, AMNH. 



CANADA: Alberta: Laggan, Ad", 49, July 4, 10, 1925, 0. Bryant, MCZ, 

 USNM; Moraine Lake, Icf, Aug. 6, 1923, J. McDunnough, AFB; Nordegg, 

 3cr, 59, June 8-19, 1921, J. McDunnough, CNC; Rocky Mountain House, 

 2 9 , June 7, 1921, J. McDunnough, CNC; Shovel Pass, Jasper Park, 1 9 , July 1, 

 1915, CU; Waterton Lakes, 19, June 20, 1923, J. McDunnough, CNC; same 

 locaHty, 1 cf , 1 9 , May 29, 1922, C. H.Young, CNC. British Columbia: Clinton, 

 1 9 , June 14, 1938, J. K. Jacob, CNC; Duncans, Vancouver Is., 3 cT, 5 9 , May 18 

 through June, Henham, CNC, LACM, USNM; Hedley, 1<^, 19, July 19, 1923, 

 C. B. Garrett, CNC; Kathleen Mt., Peachland, 2 6^, May 23, 1936, A. N. Gartrell, 

 CNC; Mt. Lolo, Kamloops, 2cf, May 31 and July 2, 1938, G. S. Walley, CNC; 

 Paradise, 4cr, July 14, 1923, W. B. Anderson, CNC; Quamichara Lake, Vancouver 

 Is., Ic?, May 10, 1908, CNC; Royal Oak, 19, May 20, 1917, R. C. Treherne, 

 CNC; Sahtlam, So", May 18, 1925, E. H. Blackmoore, CNC; Wellington, Id", 

 G. W. Taylor, USNM. Labrador: Goose Bay, 1 9 , June 17, 1948, W. W. Judd, 

 CNC. Manitoba: Aweme, 1 d^, 69, May 15 tlirough 28, N. Criddle, CNC, 

 USNM; Riding Mt. Pk., ScT, 39, June 2-5, 1938, J. McDunnough, CNC. 

 New Brunswick: Waweig, 2cf, June 6, 1938, T. N. Freeman, CNC. North- 

 west Territories: Aklavik, Id", June 27, 1931, Bryant, USNM; Saw Mill Bay, 

 20 cf, 59, June 12, 1948, D. F. Hardwick, CNC, USNM. Nova Scotia: Mt. 

 Uniacke, 1 &, June 8, 1950, D. C. Ferguson (McDunnough slide. Gel. 2s), NSMS; 

 Bog, Prospect Road, Halifax, 19, June 4, 1954, D. C. Ferguson, NSMS; West 

 Dover, Halifax, 1 cf , June 16, 1954, D. C. Ferguson, NSMS. Ontario: Gerald- 

 ton, 1 9 , June 6, 1956, J. C. E. Riotte, AMNH; Smokey Falls, Mattagami River, 

 Icf, June 13, 1934, G. S. Walley, CNC. Quebec: Mare du Sault, Laurentides 

 Park, 2550 ft., 1 9 , July 10, 1954, Klots and Rindge, AMNH; Thunder River, 

 1 9 , June 18, 1930, W. J. Brown, CNC. White River, 1 cf , June 24, 1907, Knab, 

 USNM. Yukon Territory: Rampart House, Icf, May 31, 1951, C. C. Loan, 

 CNC. 



Discussion : The maculation of virgella is highly variable, with the 

 amount of white and intensity of the dark brown appearing somewhat 

 different in each specimen. However, as a variable species, the 

 maculation is stUl distinct from the other species of Lita. The 

 pattern of dark brown bars separated by lighter areas is unique in 

 the genus. 



Lita solutella (Zeller) 



Figures 2, 67, 143, 171, 172 



Gelechia solutella Zeller, 1839, Isis von Oken, p. 199. 



Lita solutella.— Busck, 1929, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 86, p. 573. 



Gelechia nigrobipunctatella Lucas, 1932, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 37, p. 168. 



Food plant: Sarothamnus (Spartium) scoparius L. and Genista spp. 



Types: solutella, BMNH; nigrobipunctatella, male, Museum 

 National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 



Distribution: Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Greece, Hungary, 

 Italy, Poland, Spain, Syria, and Turkey. 



Discussion: L. solutella is included in this treatment of the Nearctic 

 fauna to complete the picture of the genus inasmuch as it is the only 



