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Type. — In the U.S. National Museum. 



Type data. — Holotype male, San Bernardino Ranch, Cochise 

 County, Ariz., 3750 ft., August, F. H. Snow; USNM 11855; genitalia 

 slide No. 568, J. Shaffer, Nov. 23, 1965. 



Specimens examined. — 18 cf, 2 9. 



Distribution (Map 7). — Southwestern United States, 



UNITED STATES: Arizona: Cochise Co., Douglas, 2 d', August (F. H. 

 Snow) [UK]; San Bernardino Ranch (3750 ft.), 5 cf , 1 ? , August (F. H. Snow) 

 [UK]. 



California: Inyo Co., Furnace Creek, Death Valley, 3 cf, Apr. 21, 1942 

 (George WUlett) [LACM]; Triangle Springs, Death VaUey, 1 ?, Apr. 14-15, 

 1942 (George Willett) [LACM]; 1 cT, Apr. 17, 1942. 



New Mexico: Sandoval Co., Jamez Springs (6200 ft.), 4 cf, July 16, 1950 

 (T. Cohn, P. Boone, M. Cazier) [AMNH]. 



Texas: Jeff Davis Co., Limpia Canyon, 2 cf , May 20, 1950 (E. C. Johnston) 

 [CNC]. 



Utah: Locality unknown, 1 cf , July 1900 (Poling) [USNM]. 



Discussion. — The five specimens from Death Valley entirely lack 

 brown or black markings on the forewings. 



Peoria approximella (Walker) 



Figures 14, 59, 81, 116, 154 



Eurhodope approximella Walker, 1866, p. 1722. 



Anerastia haematica Zeller, 1872, pp. 555-556. — Grote, 1879, p. 12, pi. 2, fig. 14 



Nephopteryx roseatella Packard, 1873, p. 270. 



Peoria haematica (Zeller). — Ragonot, 1889, p. 117. — Hulst, 1890, pp. 213-214. 



— Smith, 1891, p. 85. 



Peoria approximella (Walker). — Ragonot, 1901, p. 386. — Hulst, 1902, p. 439. 



— Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 149. — Grossbeck, 1917, p. 134. — 

 Forbes, 1923, p. 638. — McDunnough, 1939, p. 36. — Kimball, 1965, p. 251. 



Hypsotropa approximella (Walker). — Hampson, 1918, p. 77. 

 Hypsotropa cremoricosta Hampson, 1918, p. 74. — McDunnough, 1939, p. 36. 

 [New synonymy.] 



Diagnosis. — The presence of both a prominent white band anterior 

 to the cell and a fainter one posterior to vein A2 marks this species 

 as distinct within the genus. The gnathos is also unique in that it 

 bears a pair of short lateral finger-like processes. 



Description. — Frons conical, blood red to orange red; labial palpi 

 with basal segments varying white to light pink, second and third 

 segments somewhat rough scaled, blood red to orange red dorsaUy 

 and on outer sides, usually paler ventrally and on inner sides ; maxillary 

 palpi small; antenna with scape red on anterior and inner sides, light 

 pink to white on posterior and outer sides, shaft light brown, pink 

 toward base, laminate in male; occiput laterally, patagia, and tegulae 

 orange red, vertex light brown to white. 



Forewings with broad white band anterior to cell, narrowing to 

 point just short of apex, bordered anteriorly with black near wing 



