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Ariz., early in this century. A few specimens of more recent date come 

 from Oak Creek Canyon and from the White Mountains, x\rizona. 



In coloration the form zvoodgatei closely resembles the typical form of 

 giliae, but it averages much smaller in size. Examples from Fort Wingate, 

 N. Mex. (Woodgate), are dated August 1-7, year and altitude not being 

 shown. Hairiness of the examples indicates an elevation of 9,000 to 10,000 

 feet, regions favored by Woodgate when collecting. The specimens col- 

 lected by Snow, Oak Creek Canyon, Ariz., August, 6,000 feet, are not so 

 hairy, thus reflecting the lower elevation. A pair collected in copulation, 

 Oak Creek Canyon, Ariz., August 9, 1932 (R. H. Beamer), duplicates the 

 Snow specimens. Both vitrina and zvoodgatei are represented in material 

 from the Wliite Mountains of Arizona collected at elevations of 8,000 to 

 10,000 feet. Along the highway from Springerville to Harrigan Meadows, 

 Apache County, Ariz., 8,500 feet, aegeriid larvae were found in the big, 

 spongy roots of Geranium caespitosiiin growing on a steep embankment. 

 These again failed to survive the winter. It is hoped that these investiga- 

 tions will be continued more successfully by western collectors. 



GARMENT A BASSIFORMIS (Walker) 



Aegeria bassiformis W.xlker, List of tlie specimens of lepidopterous insects in the 



collection of the British Museum, pt. 8, p. 39, 1856. — Beutenmuller, Bull. 



Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 24, 1893. 

 Trochilium bassiformis Morris, Sj-nopsis of the described Lepidoptera of North 



America, p. 331, 1862. 

 Sesi^ bassifonnis Boisduval, Histoire naturelle dcs insectes: Species general dc^ 



lepidopteres heteroceres, vol. 1, p. 434, 1874. — Beutenmuller, Bull. Amer. 



Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 8, p. 133, 1896; vol. 9, p. 219. 1897. 

 Trochilium lustrans Grote, Can. Ent., vol. 12, p. 213, 1880. 

 Aegeria consimilis Hy. Edw.\rds, Papilio, vol. 1, p. 194, 1881. — Beutenmuller, Bull. 



Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 173, 1892. 

 Aegeria corusca Hy. Edwards, Papilio, vol. 1, p. 193, 1881. 

 Aegeria eupatori Hy. Edwards, Papilio, vol. 1, p. 195. 1881. — Beutenmuller, Ann. 



New York Acad. Sci., vol. 5, p. 205, 1890 ; Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, 



p. 173, 1892. 

 Aegeria sexfasciata Hv. Edwards, Papilio, vol. 1, p. 193, 1881. — Beutenmuller, 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 173. 1892. 

 Aegeria imitata Hy. Edwards, Papilio, vol. 1, p. 196, 1881. 

 Aegeria lustrans Grote, New check list of North American moths, p. 12, 1882. — 



Weed, Amer. Nat., vol. 23, p. 1108, pi. 43, fig. 6, 1889.— Kellicott. Can. Ent., 



vol. 24, p. 46, 1892. — Beutenmuller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, 



p. 173, 1892; vol. 5, p. 25, 1893; vol. 6, p. 92, 1894. 

 Scsia corusca Beutenmuller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 8, p. 140, 1896; 



Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1. pt. 6, p. 299, pi. 31. fi?. 21, 1901. 

 Sesia imitata Beutenmuller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 8, p. 133, 1896. 

 Sesia bassiformis Beutenmuller, Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, pt. 6, p. 284, 



pi. 31, fig. 3, pi. 33, fig. 4, 1901. 

 Sesia bassiformis Hy. Edwards, Ent. News, vol. 19, p. 164, 1908. 

 Synanthedon bassiformis McDunnough. Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada 



and the United States of America, pt. 2, No. 8704, 1939. 



