REVISION OF PEORIINAE AND ANERASTIINAE 17 



light brown, occiput dorsally and vertex white, legs white on inner 

 sides, outer sides clothed with white-tipped brown scales. 



Forewings v\dth white band anterior to cell tapering to point at 

 apex, sprinkled with reddish-brown scales, bordered posteriorly by 

 dark brown band of varying width, often extending to Ai fold, fre- 

 quently scattered with reddish-brown scales; reddish brown posterior 

 to Ai fold, A2 white traced and bordered with dark brown scales; 

 veins traced with white, very prominently so at lower outer angle of 

 cell; 11 veins; R.2 from cell close to base of or stalked with R3+4; M2+3 

 stalked. Hind wings light brown, darker toward apex; with 7 veins. 



Male genitalia with gnathos bearing apical digitate projection. 

 Juxta V-shaped. Vinculum flanged and thickened at apex. Valvae 

 pointed apically; costa sparsely setose; sacculus with fine hairs. Aedea- 

 gus with vesica bearing single serrate cornutus. 



Female genitalia \\dth ovipositor bearing numerous fine setae on 

 caudal margin, tip moderately setose. Apophyses curved, posterior 

 tapering to point. 



Type. — In the British Museum (Natural History) (from the Zeller 

 collection) . 



Type data. — In the original description Zeller notes: "^^aterland: 

 Texas (Boll, BeLfrage). Mehrere cf und 9 fing Belfrage in der ersten 

 Halfte des June, 2 9 am 8. und 9. Juli." 



Lectotype male, hereby designated, labeled: "10/6, Bosque Co 

 Texas, Tetradella Z. Texas [green label in Zeller's handwriting], Zell. 

 Coll. 1884, 6" genitaha sUde 6-II-1967 J. Shaffer No. 728." 



Lectoparatypes : One male and four females, all labeled Bosque 

 County, Tex. and bearing Zeller's personal type label; male dated 11/6 

 (June 11), two females dated 7/6, other two females dated 8/7 and 9/7. 



Recorded host. — Poaceae: Elymus canadensis L., borer in stem. 

 From specimen label, three males, Lafayette, Ind. 



The host occurs throughout most of the United States and southern 

 Canada. Hitchcock (1951) notes: "River banks, open ground, and 

 sandy soil, Quebec to southern Alaska, south to North Carolina, 

 Missouri, Texas, Arizona, and northern California." 



Specimens EXAMINED. — 22 cf , 41 9. 



Distribution (Map 6). — California to Texas, northeastward to 

 Ontario. 



UNITED STATES: California: Modoc Co., Canby, 2 &, July 20, 1927 

 [CU]; county unknown, "Mad R. ab. Maple Cr.," 1 c?, July 28-29, 1927 [CU]. 



Illinois: Putnam Co., 1 ? , Aug. 6, 1958 (M. O. Glenn) [MOG]; 1 cf, June 21, 

 1961; 1 &, July 10, 1961; 1 9 , July 12, 1961; 1 9 , July 17, 1961; 1 ? , June 24, 

 19G2; 1 ?, July 5, 1962; 1 d^, June 23, 1963; 1 ? , July 2, 1964. 



Indiana: Tippecanoe Co., Lafayette, 3 cT, 1916 (C. N. Ainslie) [USNM]. 



Kansas: Thomas Co., (3150 ft.), 1 cf , no date (F. X. Williams) [UK]. 



