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hindwing. Antennae with 22-30 segments. Abdomen extending 

 slightly beyond secondaries. 



Wings with basal two-thirds fuscous, with closely arranged, broad 

 scales; outer third or fourth of both wings translucent because of 

 sparse scattering of extremely slender, hairlike scales; marginal fringe 

 fuscous. Primaries with apical angle relatively acute; discal scales 

 (fig. 337) broad, 3-4 minutely lobed apices; M2 and 3 of both wings 

 either separate or connate. Wing expanse 16-22 mm. 



Male genitalia. — (Fig. 265.) Tegumen rather broad at base. 

 Vinculum somewhat gradually narrowing to slender saccus. 



Female. — Unknown. 



Case. — (Fig. 82.) Length 21 mm.; diameter 4-5 mm. Surface 

 of bag irregularly covered by short, closely appressed plant stems, 

 small pieces of bark. Fragments, for most part, laid longitudinally. 



Type. — In the American Museum of Natural History. 



Type locality. — Southern slopes of the Malinche Hills, state of 

 Puebla, Mexico. 



Recorded hosts. — None. 



Distribution. — (Map 7.) Presently reported only from the 

 states of Puebla and Guerrero in the Volcanic and the Sierra del 

 Sur Sections of Central Mexico. 



Material examined. — 2 cfcf, 1 case: 



MEXICO: GuEREERo: Ahucuipan(?), Tepecoacuilco, cf, Dec. 4, collected 

 by Dampf, USNM. Puebla: Cerro de la Malinche, c? with case, holotype, 

 collected by Hoffmann, AMNH. 



24. Astala polingi (Barnes and Benjamin), new combination 



Figures 22, 83, 266, 338; Map 4 



Eurukuttariis polingi Barnes and Benjamin, Contr. Nat. Hist. Lep. N. Amer., 

 vol. 5, no. 3, p. 186, 1924.— Jones, Ent. News, vol. 36, pp. 33-39, 2 pis., 

 1925.— Jones and Parks, Tex. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 382, pi. 31, figs. 15, 21, 

 1928.— Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., pars 34, p. 131, 1929.— McDun- 

 nough. Check List Lep. Canada and USA., pt. 2, no. 9531, 1939. — Vazquez, 

 Anales Inst. Biol., vol. 12, no. 1, p. 301, figs. 8-11; pi. 3, figs. G-H, 1941. 



Eurycytlarus polingi (Barnes and Benjamin) Gaede in Seitz, Macrolep. World, 

 vol. 6, p. 1180, pi. 169c, 1936. 



Male. — (Fig. 22.) Body relatively robust, abundantly clothed 

 with very light brown, almost whitish, hairs, becoming darker along 

 abdomen. Antennae approximately 29- to 30-segmented. Abdo- 

 men distinctly extending beyond hindmargin of secondaries. 



Wings fuscous, lighter in color toward outer margin (especially 

 in forewing) owing to nature of scaling; outer marginal fringe of both 

 wings white; discal scales (fig. 338) of primaries rather broad, mostly 

 w4th tridentate apices; scales in outer third forewing very narrow, 

 giving effect of much more sparsely scaled condition; apical angle 



