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base, bordered posteriorly with black, fading into blood red triangular 

 area extending to anal vein; brownish white posterior to anal vein; 

 anal and costal bands joined near wing base; fringe white. Venation 

 as in bipartitella. 



Male genitalia with gnathos weakly sclerotized, bearing pair of short, 

 lateral, subapical projections. Juxta scoop-shaped. Valvae with costa 

 terminating in free spine not attaining apex of bluntly rounded cuc- 

 culus; sacculus minutely pubescent. Aedeagus with vesica unarmed. 



Female genitalia with ovipositor tip moderately setose, caudal mar- 

 gin with numerous fine setae, sparsely setose laterally. Apophyses uni- 

 form, curved at base; posterior tapering to point at base, base not 

 flattened. 



Types. — E. approximella, A. haematica, and H. cremoricosta in the 

 British Museum (Natural History) ; A^. roseatella, in the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology (Harvard University). 



Type data. — E. approximella, Walker reports: "North America. 

 From Mr. Carter's collection." Type examined by Mr. Paul Whalley. 



A. haematica, Zeller in his description noted: ". . . New York und 

 aus Massachusetts . . . ." Type examined by Mr. Paul Whalley. 



A^. roseatella, two specimens, both from Massachusetts, and both 

 Type No, 14282, one from Dorchester, the other hereby designated as 

 lectotype and labeled male genitalia slide No. 540, J. Shaffer, June 24, 

 1965. In his description Packard indicated that he had two males and 

 noted: "Length of fore wing .37 of an inch. Dorchester, Mass. (F. G. 

 Sanborn)." 



H. cremoricosta, lectotype male, hereby designated, labeled as fol- 

 lows: "Type; Colorado Springs, Colorado. 97-278 June-Aug 1896; 

 Hypsotropa cremoricosta type cf . Hmpsn.; cf genitalia slide 1-4-1967 

 J. Shaffer No. 703." 



Specimens examined. — 562 cf , 302 9 . 



Distribution (Map 5). — Southern Canada west to Alberta, south- 

 ward in mountains to Utah and New Mexico, east to Tennessee and 

 Georgia, north to Nova Scotia; absent from Florida and the Gulf 

 Coastal Plain. 



UNITED STATES: Colorado: El Paso Co., Rock Creek Canyon, Colorado 

 Springs, 2 c?, Aug. 10, 1957 (Margot May) [CPK]; 1 d^, Aug. 13, 1957; 4 cf , Aug. 



14, 1957; 1 cf , Aug. 23, 1957; 2 cf, June 27, 1960; 1 cf , June 28, 1960; 1 d^, July 



15, 1960; 1 c?, July 9, 1961; 1 d", July 19, 1961; 6 cT, June 30, 1963; 2 cf, July 1, 

 1963; 1 cf, July 3, 1963; 2 <f, July 14, 1963; 1 cf, July 17, 1963; 1 d', July 18, 

 1963; 1 cf , Aug. 11, 1963; 1 c?, June 27, 1964; 3 cf , June 28, 1964; vie. Colorado 

 Springs, 1 9 , July 7, 1939 [AMNH]; Jefferson Co., Chimney Gulch, Golden, 1 cf , 

 Sept. 3, 1908 (Oslar) [ANS]; Larimer Co., Estes Park, 1 cf , Aug. 29, 1936 (Grace 

 H. and John L. Sperry) [AMNH]; Teller Co., Big Springs Ranch, Florissant, 1 cf, 

 July 13, 1960 (Thomas C. Emmel) [LACM]; 1 cf , July 21, 1960; 2 d', July 23, 

 1960; 2 cf , July 26, 1960; 1 d", July 29, 1960; 1 cf , July 30, 1960; 1 cf, July 31, 

 1960; 2 d", Aug. 2, 1960; 1 d', Aug. 3, 1960, 1 d', Aug. 4, 1960; 1 d', Aug. 8, 1960; 



