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produced into a prominent, setigerous lobe; beyond sacculus, valve 

 constricted, with a relatively broad lobe, bearing a dense row of stout 

 spines, arising from ventral margin. Aedeagus relatively stout, not 

 greatly elongated. 



Female genitalia. — ^Apex of ovipositor spear-shaped; dorsal 

 ridge nearly obsolete, with serrations few in number. Apophyses 

 long and slender. Signum paired, reduced in size. Ductus bursa 

 of moderate length, approximately equalUng the free portions of the 

 anterior apophyses in length, 



Meseptola specca, new species 



Figures 43, 48, 56, 78, 102, 113, 128, 148; Map 16. 



Adult (fig. 78). — Wing expanse: male, 8-10 mm; female, 8-12 mm. 



Head: White; lateral (outer) surface of labial palpus usually pale 

 bro\vn, inner surface and most of apical segment white; second segment 

 with several brownish, hau'like scales concentrated toward apex. 



Thorax: White. Dorsal surface of primaries white, speckled with. 

 fuscous; fringe entirely white; undersurface uniformly pale fuscous. 

 Secondaries darker, pale fuscous, more thinly scaled than primaries; 

 scales relatively broad, approximately one-half the width of those in 

 fore wing. 



Abdomen: Pale broAvn above, white below; apex of seventh tergite 

 in female with a broad, uncinate process (fig. 113); abdomen of male 

 unmodified. 



Male genitalia (fig. 102). — ^As described for genus. Saccus only 

 moderately lengthened; combined length of saccus and vinculum 

 slightly exceeding that of valve. 



Female genitalia (figs. 128, 148). — Serrations of dorsal ridge very 

 minute, reduced in niunber to less than eight. Signum minute, 

 somewhat stellate, with a few, extremely short rays of uTegular lengths. 



Holotype. — Bog Spring Camp Ground, Madera Canyon, Santa 

 Rita Mts., 5100 feet, Santa Cruz Co., Ariz., female, July 10-26, 

 1964, D.R. Davis collector, USNM 67753; in the U.S. National 

 Museum. 



Paratypes.— Arizona: Santa Cruz Co.: Same locahty as holo- 

 type, 2 cT cf , 16 9 9, July 10-26, 1964, D.R. Davis collector (USNM). 

 Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., 4880 feet, 6 cf'cf , 63 9 9, July 2- 

 Aug. 23, 1959, R.W. Hodges collector (CU, RWH); c?^, 2 9 9, July 9- 

 Aug. 10, 1959, R.W. Hodges collector (USNM). Pena Blanca 

 Canyon, d', 9, Aug. 26, 1959, R.W. Hodges collector (CU, RWH); 

 9, July 27-28, 1964, D.R. Davis collector (USNM). California: 

 Orange Co.: El Toro, 9, May 17, 1938, collected by C. Dammers on 

 flowers of Nolina parryi (USNM) . New Mexico : Eddy Co. : Carls- 

 bad National Park, 9, June 24, 1939, A. Braun collector (AFB). 



