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relatively acute; M2 and 3 usually shortly stalked. Secondaries with 

 M2 and 3 either connate or shortly stalked. Wing expanse 19-22 mm. 



Male genitalia. — (Fig. 266.) As described for genus. Most 

 similar to A. edwardsi and A. tristis. 



Female. — Unknown. 



Case. — (Fig. 83.) Length approximately 35 mm. ; greatest diam- 

 eter 4 mm. Nearly cylindrical, tapering slightly posteriorally; 

 covering somewhat smooth in normal observation, but slight magni- 

 fication reveals mosaic of minute plant fragments firmly embedded 

 in silk, giving case rather tough texture; posterior end usually with 

 few larger fragments applied longitudinally; variously colored, 

 shades of grey and white. 



Type. — In the United States National Museum. 



Type locality. — Indian Oasis, Sells P. O., Arizona. 



Recorded hosts. — Possibly feeds on grasses or other low vegeta- 

 tion. Cases collected on "tar weed [Madia sp. ?]" (Barnes and 

 Benjamin, 1924). 



Distribution. — (Map 4.) Presently known only from Arizona 

 in the Basin and Range Province and Guerrero in the Sierra del 

 Sur Section of central Mexico. This species may also occur in the 

 Davis Mts., Texas (see A. edwardsi). 



Material examined. — 50 cfcf, 11 cases: 



UNITED STATES: Arizona: Baboquivari Mts., 11 cases, USNM. Indian 

 Oasis, Sells P. O., cf, holotype, April 1-15; 46 c? c?, April 1-30, USNM. 



MEXICO: Guerrero: Mexcala, Rio Balsas, cf, Dec. 13, USNM. Zumpango 

 del Rio, 2 cf cf, Dec. 15, USNM. 



25. Astala edwardsi (Heylaerts), new combination 



Figures 23, 84, 213, 267, 339; Map 1 



Manaiha edwardsi Heylaerts, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., Compt.-Rend., vol. 28, p. ci, 



1884.— Kirby, Cat. Lep. Heter., vol. 1, p. 602, 1892. 

 Platoeceticus edwardsii [sic] (Heylaerts) Dyar, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, no. 4067, 



1902 [1903] (synonym of P. gloveri Packard). 

 Eurukuttarus edwardsii [sic] (Heylaerts) Jones, Ent. News, vol. 36, p. 33, pis. 2, 



3, 1925. — McDunnough, Check List Lep. Canada and USA, pt. 2, no. 



9530, 1939. 

 Eurcyttarus edwardsi (Heylaerts) Gaede in Seitz, Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1180, 



pi. 169b, 1936. 

 Psyche carbonaria Packard, Ent. Ainer., vol. 3, p. 51, 1887. — Kirby, Cat. Lep. 



Heter., vol. 1, p. 515, 1892.— Dyar, Ent. News, vol. 4, p. 320, 1893.— 



Neumoegen and Dyar, Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc, vol. 2, p. 119, 1894. 

 Eurycyttarus carbonaria (Packard) Dyar, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, no. 4069, 1902 



[1903]. 

 Pachytelia [sic] carbonaria (Packard) Dyar, Insec. Inscit. Menst., vol. 11, p. 2, 



1923. 



