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consist of a dark brown dot in middle of cell, oblique patch before cleft, two 

 spots on costa of first lobe, one at apex and one before, and a spot before apex 

 of second lobe. Fringes gray brown, approximately concolorous; whitish patches 

 before apices of both lobes, on costal margins, and occasionally on inner mar- 

 gins. Expanse 13-19 mm. 



The male genitalia are somewhat variable, and an average form 

 is figured. (Plate XLIX, fig. 19.) 



Distribution: Fla., Apr. Texas, Mar., May, June. Ariz. 



The type is a female from Clifton, Tex., May 16, now in coll. 

 Fernald. It is in excellent condition, aside from the lack of hind 

 legs, and is a inoderatcly pale example. We first made the acquaint- 

 ance of the species through our smallest and darkest specimen (from 

 Texas), and labelled pale specimens from Florida as a new species. 

 The type is nearer to the Florida specimens, but in spite of its gen- 

 erally light color, the dorsal stripes are quite noticeable, while in the 

 others they are very faint. The only series of reasonable size which 

 we have examined is in the Cambridge Museum. It contains twelve 

 specimens from Shovel Mt., Tex., and seven from Fedora, Tex., all 

 collected by Dr. Dietz. Several of these are being retained in the 

 Barnes collection. This series includes only the darkest form, which 

 we judge to be the most common. A number from Victoria, Tex., 

 in the National Museum are decidedly pale gray, and a single Arizona 

 specimen in our series is rather smoothly gray with darker fringes 

 and only the costal spots heavily marked. The species is not difficult to 

 recognize except in its paler forms which have faint dorsal stripes. 

 In some of these an examination of the structural characters of the 

 genus must be depended upon. 



We know nothing of the life history. 



Genus Adaina Tutt 



Orthotype Alucita mkrodaclyla Huebner 



Adaina Tutt, Ent. Rec. XVII, 2,7, 190S. 



Meyrick, Gen. Ins. C, 15, 1908. 



Id., Wagner's Lep. Cat. pars 17, 21, 1913. 



Barnes & McDunnough, Check List 151, 1917. 

 Very similar to Oidacmatophorns. Ocelli obsolete. Palpi moderate, as- 

 cending, slender. Primaries cleft from two-thirds or before; vein Cu^ from 

 near angle of cell, Cu^ and M, connate or stalked: R, absent, R, and R, stalked, 

 sometimes very shortly (see A. buscki). Hindwings trifid, third segment with- 

 out black scales in fringes; vein Cu from middle of cell, CUj absent. The 



