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p. 440. — Dyar, 1908c, p. 116. — Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 150. 



— Hampson, 1918, p. 90. — McDunnough, 1939, p. 36. — Rindge, 1955, 



p. 160. — Heinrich, 1956, pp. 315-316. 

 Anerastia conspersella Ragonot, 1901, p. 404. — Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, 



p. 149. — McDunnough, 1939, p. 36. 

 Rhinaphe conspersella (Ragonot). — Hampson, 1918, p. 86. 

 Nasutes venata Hampson, 1930, p. 54. — McDunnough, 1939, p. 28 [listed in 



Phycitinae]. — Heinrich, 1956, pp. 315-316 [Hsted as a synonym of 



cupidinelld\. 



Diagnosis. — This species may be recognized either by the absence 

 of hair brushes in the male, or by the presence of a basal yellow margin 

 on the costa of forewing of both sexes. 



Description. — Frons about as long as diameter of eye, light brown; 

 lateral scales of labial palpi with brown restricted to a subterminal 

 band; vertex, occiput, and thorax light yellow brown dorsally, occiput 

 and prothorax gray brown laterally; abdomen varying light brown to 

 brown. 



Forewing with costa abruptly yellow marginally at base to one-fifth 

 distance to apex; yellow to orange yellow between veins; discal cell, 

 area between cell and vein A2, and area posterior to vein A2 solid 

 yellow with no brown scales; fringe on outer margin of alternating 

 white and brown bands; brown beneath. 



Male genitalia with transtilla complete, weakly sclerotized medially. 

 Lateral knobs of juxta poorly developed. Vinculum bluntly rounded 

 anteriorly. Aedeagus tapering very slightly posteriorly, bluntly 

 rounded anteriorly. Eighth abdominal segment without lateral hair 

 tufts. 



Female genitalia with ovipositor setose. Ductus bursae broad. 



Types. — B. cupidinella, in the U.S. National Museum; N. venata 

 and A. conspersella, in the British Museum (Natural History). 



Type data. — B. cupidinella, lectotype male, hereby designated, 

 Colorado, Denver (Fernald collection), USNM 40074, genitalia slide 

 No. 575, J. Shaffer, Nov. 23, 1964. 



N. venata, in the original description Hampson reports: Colorado, 

 Boulder, 1 cf ; Cockerell; alar expanse 20 mm. Type examined by 

 Mr. Paul Whalley. 



A. conspersella, lectotype male, hereby designated, Colorado, Akron, 

 "11/9/83"; genitalia slide No. 705, J. Shaffer, Jan. 4, 1967. 



Specimens examined. — 36 cf, 2 9. 



Distribution (Map 4). 



UNITED STATES: Colorado: Boulder Co., Boulder, 2 cf , September 5 (Cocke- 

 rell) [USNM]; Denver Co., Denver, 2 cT, Sept. 1, 1904; 1 d', Sept. 3, 1904; 9 d^, 

 no date; Denver, 4 cf , no date [USNM]; Prowers Co., Lamar, 4 cf, 1 9 , Sept. 24, 

 1945 (B. C. Johnston) [CNC]; Pueblo Co., Pueblo, 1 cf , September 1899 [AMNH]; 

 no locaUty, 11 d" [USNM]. 



