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of moths, the insect described above is probably new. Because of its 

 damaged condition, however, the species should not be named until 

 better specimens are available for study. 



Material examined. — 1 female: Guatemala: Volcan Sta. Maria, 

 1 9, Schaus and Barnes coll. (USNM). 



Bondia species, no. 1 



Figures 25, 88, 106, Map 11 



Adult (fig. 25). — Wing expanse: 9, 15-17 mm. 



Head: Fuscous, majority of scales with pale grayish aspices. 

 Antennae fuscous, banded with gray. Labial palpi of female relatively 

 short; second segment approximately 1.25 X length of third; sub- 

 ascending, fuscous; majority of scales with extreme apices slightly 

 paler, gray; inner surfaces of palpi mostly gray. 



Thorax: Fuscous, tips of most scales grayish; venter ot thorax 

 grayish to pale fuscous. Legs grayish, irrorated with fuscous; meta- 

 thoracic legs palest in color; apices of tibial and tarsal segments faintly 

 ringed with grayish white. Forewings fuscous, faintly irrorated with 

 pale gray to white; transverse band at wing base obscure but present; 

 outer margin of discal cell marked by a whitish, crescent-shaped patch 

 of scales; fringe fuscous, with a scattering of white-tipped scales. 

 Hindwings uniformly grayish to pale fuscous; veins 3 and 4 separate. 



Abdomen: Grayish to fuscous; sHghtly paler underneath than 

 above. 



Female genitalia (figs. 88, 106). — Ovipositor moderately long; 

 posterior apophyses approximately 1.5 X the length of anterior pair. 

 Lamella antevaginalis prominent, well sclerotized, somewhat funnel- 

 shaped; posterior margin irregularly rounded. Lamella postvaginalis 

 roughly quadrate; posterior margin moderately to relatively 

 deeply incised at middle, sometimes nearly truncate. Walls of antrum 

 thickened, finely reticulate, becoming more papillose toward con- 

 stricted part of ductus bursae. Ductus bursae largely membranous 

 with scattered papillae, gradually enlarging to form a relatively 

 small and membranous corpus bursae. Origin of ductus seminaUs 

 from membranous section of ductus bursae anterior of termination 

 of antrum. 



Host. — Pinaceae: "From Jeffrey Pine [Pinus ponderosa var. 

 jeffreyi Ysisey]" (from specimen label). 



Distribution (map 11). — Presently known only from the Sierra 

 Nevada Section of east-central California. 



Discussion. — Most probably this species is new but because no 

 male specimens have as yet been discovered no name has been pro- 

 posed. The labial palpi of this species is very similar to the females 

 of B.jidelis and B.fuscata in being relatively short and subascending; 



