NO. 3561 LOXOSTEGE—CAPPS 5 
TYPE-LOCALITIES.— United States: helvialis and thycealis. North 
America: apertalis. ‘Phil.’ [Philadelphia, Pa.]; citrina. 
Foop PLANTS.—Amaranthus, beets. 
DISTRIBUTION.—UNITED STATES: Massachusetts: Barnstable, Mar- 
tha’s Vineyard. New York: Long Island (Bellfort, Orient). New 
Jersey: Lakehurst, Oakland. District of Columbia. Florida: Miami, 
Sarasota, Siesta Key, Tavernier, Craig. Texas: Brownsville, Black 
Jack Springs, Mercedes, San Antonio, San Benito, Big Bend Nat. 
Park, and Montague Co. Oklahoma: Norman. canapa: Ontario: 
Chatham. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED.—72. 
In FiieHt.— March to October. 
REeMARKS.—Several species have heretofore been confused with 
helialis in collections. Six of these species are described as new 
herein, and some are reliably distinguished from helvialis only by 
examination of the genitalia. 
I am indebted to W. H. Tams and E. L. Martin of the British 
Museum (Nat. Hist.) for comparison of material with the Walker 
types; and to F. H. Rindge of the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory for information relative to the cotype of citrina. The male co- 
type of citrina could not be located in the material at the Philadelphia 
Academy of Sciences and appears to be lost; therefore, the female 
cotype at the American Museum of Natural History is designated 
lectotype of the species. 
Loxostege pseudohelvialis, new species 
Figures 9, 63, 106 
Mats (fig. 106).—Alar expanse 17-20 mm. Frons and antenna as 
in helvialis, but male differs otherwise as follows: Midtibia more in- 
crassate, hair-pencil well developed. Outer spur of hind tibia shorter, 
about one-third as long as inner. Outer margin of fore- and hindwing 
darker, concolorous with markings of wings (in helvialis, concolorous 
with ground color of wings). 
Genitalia (fig. 9): Similar to those of helvialis but with apex of uncus 
more sharply pointed; arms of bifid hook slenderer and more angulate 
distally; vinculum narrower and more attenuate midventrally. Aede- 
agus similar to that of helvialis but more slender. 
Frmatr.—Alar expanse 17-21 mm. Similar to male in color and 
maculation. Outer spur one-half as long as inner spur. Genitalia 
(fig. 63) similar to those of helvialis but with ventral margin of ostium 
a narrow, somewhat crinkled sclerotized band; sclerotized portion of 
ductus bursae between ostium and origin of ductus seminalis shorter, 
narrower, lateral margins subparallel. 
