NO. 3547 NEARCTIC GELECHIIDAE — ^HODGES 61 



and at two-thirds of femur; tibia mainly pale buff, gray brown between 

 tibial spurs, outer tibial spurs dark gray brown medially, pale buff 

 basally and apically; apices of all tarsal segments pale buff. Abdo- 

 men: mottled pale buff and pale brown. Alar expanse: 11.0-12.5 mm. 

 Male genitalia: as in figures 117, 118, and 125 (RWH slides 3328 and 

 3330). Female genitalia: as in figure 165 (RWH slide 3331). 



Food plant: Acacia farnesiana Willdenow and Mimosa species. 



Type: Female, USNM. 



Specimens examined: 



UNITED STATES: Louisiana: New Orleans, 4d', 19, Oct. 17, 1904, 

 E.S.G. Titus (RWH slides 3328 and 3332), USNM. Texas: Brownsville, 

 7cf, 12?, Jan. 14-July 4, Barber, Piazza (AB slide Sept. 22, 1936; RWH wing 

 slides 77 and 78), CAS, USNM; Corpus Christi, Icf, iss. May 17, 1923, ex Acacia 

 farnesiana USNM; Los Borregos, Brownsville, 1 cT, June 5, 1904, H.S. Barber, 

 USNM; Mercedes, 1 cT, 19, Jan. 2, 1956, P.T. Riherd, H.L. Schamlzied, CPK, 

 USNM; Nueces River, 5 mi. SW Mathis, 1 cf , 3 9 , Aug. 12, 1963, Duckworth and 

 Davis, USNM; Richmond, Brazos River, 6cf, 59, June 22, 1917, J.C. Bradley, 

 CU, San Benito, 6cf, 99, April-Sept. 15 (AB slide Aug. 1, 1933), USNM; 

 San Diego, Id", May 23, 1895, E.A. Schwarz, USNM; Victoria, Qd", 10 9, June, 

 Caudell, Schwarz, Mitchell, Hinds, Bradley, AMNH, CU, USNM. 



MEXICO: Coahuila: 10 mi. N Monclova, 1500 ft., 1 cT, July 7, 1963, Duck- 

 worth and Davis, USNM. Hidalgo: 3 mi. E Zimapan, 6400 ft., 1 9 , July 31- 

 Aug. 1, 1963, Duckworth and Davis, USNM. Nuevo Leon: Anegade Arroya, 

 1250 ft., 16 mi. S Linares, ScT, 3 9 , July 19, 1963, Duckworth and Davis, USNM; 

 3 mi. E Galeana, 5000 ft., 1 9 , Aug. 7-9, 1963, Duckworth and Davis (RWH 

 sUde 3329), USNM. Tamaulipas: 4 mi. SW Ciudad Victoria, 1200 ft., 1 d', 5 9 , 

 Duckworth and Davis (RWH shde 3331), USNM; 6 mi. S Ciudad Victoria, 

 1050 ft., Aug. 6, 1963, Duckworth and Davis, USNM; El Salto Falls, 2000 ft., 

 26 mi. W Antiguo Morelos, 2 9 , July 11-14, 1963, Duckworth and Davis, USNM. 



Discussion: F. acaciella may be separated from cockerelli, caieta, 

 repentina, and nona by the fascia from the costa at one-third, from 

 lacticaput by the dark thorax; and from infracta by the outer margin 

 of the fascia being irregular, pointing to the tornus, whereas that of 

 infracta is rounded. 



In some specimens the fascia is buff brown; however, no other 

 characters are correlated with this feature, and gradients between this 

 condition and that given in the present description exist. 



Friseria infracta (Walsingham), new combination 



Figures 54, 114, 115, 128, 241, 242 



Gelechia infracta Walsmgham, 1911, in Godman and Salvin, Biologia Centrali- 

 Americana, vol. 42 (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, vol. 4), p. 61. 



Maculation: as in figure 54. Head: tongue missing on examined 

 specimen; maxOIary palpus greasy brown, pale basally; first segment 

 of labial palpus brown on outer surface, dorsal and inner surfaces 

 buff white, second segment brown with pale orange to buff white 



