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1. Adaina bipunctata Moeschler. PI. XIJ, fig. 20. PI. XLIX, 



fig. 18. 

 Pterophorus bipunctatus Moeschler, Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges. XVI, 346, 1890. 

 Fernald, Bull. 52 U. S. N. M. 445, 1902. 



Grossbeck, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXXVII, 135, 1917. 

 Alucita bipunctatus Walsingham, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891, 496, 1892. 

 fLcioptilus microdactylus Hedemann, Stett. ent. Zeit. LVII, 9, 1896 (fide Fer- 

 nald). 

 tAdaina bipunctata Meyrick, Gen. Ins. C, 15, 1910. 



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

 Adaina bipunctatus Barnes & McDunnough, Check List 151, 1917. 

 Pterophorus siniplicius Grossbeck, Bnll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXXVII, 136, 

 1917. 



Entirely pale yellowish white. Head touched with pale brownish above 

 and on front. Palpi rather long, slender; second joint oblique, third almost 

 as long, slightly drooping. Fore and mid tibiae and femora with brown stripes. 

 Abdomen with a faint dorsal ochreous stripe. 



Primaries with a few brown scales and several brown spots, one at base 

 of cleft, one beyond on costa, followed by a second, one on inner margin of 

 first lobe before apex and two on inner margin of second lobe before apex. 

 Fringes slightly tinged with gray, similar to secondaries and their fringes. Ex- 

 panse 9-11.5 mm. 



The primaries frequently lack part of the spots mentioned, but we have 

 yet to see an immaculate specimen. 



The male genitalia are of the form found in Oidacmatophorus. 



Distribution : We have five specimens from various localities in 

 Florida, one dated April, and have seen a few others dated March 

 and May. The Cornell collection contains one from Biloxi, Miss., 

 Jime. Described from Porto Rico. 



The t_ype of bipunctata should be at Berlin. We have not verified 

 the identification by reference to the type but see no reason to doubt 

 that Moeschler's description applies to our Florida species. If an 

 examination of his specimen should show that this is not the case, 

 simpliciits Grossbeck will be applicable. The type of this species is 

 .5 mm. larger than any other specimen which we have seen, according 

 to the original description, but this is negligible. Mr. Frank E. Wat- 

 son of the American Museum has very kindly compared specimens 

 for us with the types of both of Grossbeck's species, and says that 

 "although not an exact match", he considers our specimen labelled 

 simpliciits to be the same species as Grossbeck's type. 



The life history is unknown. 



