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68. Chararica annuliferella (Dyar), new combination 

 Figures 189, 670 



Myelois annuliferella Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 7, 

 p. 33, 1905. 



Rhodophaea annuliferella (Dyar) Barnes and McDunnough, 

 Check list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 5516, 

 1917.— McDunnough, Check list, No. 6074, 1939. 



Forewing dark gray with a faint, pale ocherous shade 

 along inner margin; antemedial line well out on wing, 

 outwardly arched in cell to slightly beyond middle of 

 wing, intent from lower fold to inner margin, white, 

 bordered outwardly by a narrow black line; basal area 

 with veins black and faint intervenous whitish dusting; 

 subterming Hne rather near terminal margin, slightly 

 sinuous, fifne, white with a narrow, inner, black border; 

 some faint white dusting in median area, especially 

 along costa; usual discal dots at end of cell replaced 

 by small black obicular mark with a whitish center. 

 Hind wing hyaline white; veins not appreciably dark- 

 ened; a faint, small fuscous shade at apex and a very 

 faint, dark line along termen. Alar expanse, 19-22 mm. 



Genitalia of male with lateral arms of transtilla much 

 reduced, widely spaced, their spinelike hair tufts long. 

 Vinculum with terminal margin decidedly incurved at 

 middle. Female genitalia with transverse sclerotized 

 band on lower margin of genital opening narrow. 



Type locality: Gallinas Canyon, N. Mex. (type in 

 USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: New Mexico, Gallinas Canyon (July) ; 

 Arizona, Colorado Desert (Yuma County), "So. Ariz.," 

 Kingman (Oct.), Yavapai County. 



69. Chararica hystriculella (Hulst), new combination 

 FiGUBEs 190, 671 



Acrobasis hystriculella Hulst, Ent. Amer., vol. 3, p. 135, 1887. 

 Rhodophaea hystriculella (Hulst) Ragonot, Ent. Amer., vol. 5, p. 



114, 1889; Monograph, pt. 1, p. 73, 1893.— McDunnough, 



Check list, No. 6073, 1939. 

 Myelois hystriculella (Hulst) Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 



119, 1890. 



Forewing whitish gray with extreme base dark fuscous 

 and a similar fuscous shade over the outer area from 

 subterminal line on costa obliquely to inner margin near 

 antemedial line, and outward to termen; some black 

 streaking on upper and lower veins of cell and vein lb 

 before the antemedial line; antemedial line well out 

 towards middle of wing, twice angled outwardly, indi- 

 cated chiefly by a fine black outwardly bordering line; 

 subterminal line faint, with narrow dark inner and outer 

 borders, beginning as blackish dashes on costa; obicular 

 spot at end of cell conspicuous, black with a narrow 

 whitish center; terminal dots black, more or less con- 

 fluent. Hind wing hyaline white with a faint fuscous 

 shade at apex and a narrow dark line along termen, 

 these dark shadings very slight on the males, more ex- 



tended and stronger on some females ; veins occasionally 

 darkened on females, not darkened on males. Alar 

 expanse, 17-23 mm. 



Male genitalia with uncus narrowly triangulate; lat- 

 eral arms of transtilla rather long and their terminal 

 hair tufts correspondingly shortened, not so widely 

 spaced as those of annuliferella; terminal margin of 

 vinculum very slightly concave, nearly straight. Fe- 

 male genitalia with transverse sclerotized band on lower 

 margin of genital opening broad (at least twice as wide 

 as that of annuliferella) . 



Type locality: Texas (type, 9, in AMNH, ex Rut- 

 gers). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Texas, Blanco County (Sept.), Browns- 

 ville (May, June), Chisos Mts. (June), Cotula (Mar., 

 Apr., May), Devils River (May), Kenedy (May), Kerr- 

 ville (Aug.), Nueces River (Za valla County, Apr.), 

 Sabinal (Mar.), San Antonio (June, July), San Benito 

 (Mar.), San Diego (Apr., May, June); Florida, Coconut 

 Grove, Miami. 



70. Chararica bicolorella (Barnes and McDunnough), new 

 combination 



Rhodophaea bicolorella Barnes and McDunnough, Canadian Ent., 

 vol. 49, p. 404, 1917.— McDunnough, Check hst, No. 607(. 

 1939. 



Forewing with costal half of basal area black, streaked 

 and peppered with white, giving this area of the wing 

 a slate-colored appearance to the naked eye; outer area 

 of wing from subterminal line to outer margin and costa 

 to lower fold a similarly dark shade; remainder of wing 

 ocherous, shading outwardly to tawney or ruddy ocher- 

 ous; antemedial line obsolete except along outer margin 

 of blackish basal patch; subterminal line faint, narrowly 

 and weakly bordered inwardly and outwardly by black- 

 ish lines; obicular mark at end of cell very faint but 

 distinguishable on most specimens; terminal dots con- 

 fluent. Hind wing hyaline white with a very faint 

 ocherous line on outer margin for a short distance from 

 apex. Alar expanse, 20-24 mm. 



Genitalia essentially like those of hystriculella. 



Type locality: Christmas, Gila County, Ariz, (type 

 in USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Arizona, Christmas, Mohave County 

 (May, June, July, Aug., Sept.), Redington; Nevada, 

 Clark County (Apr.), "So. Nevada" (July); California, 

 San Bernadino County (Apr.) . 



A striking species easily distinguished by its color pat- 

 tern, but not structurally different from hystriculella. 

 The original type series consists of two males and two 

 females, not four males as stated by the authors. 



Both bicolorella and hystriculella have a strong hair 

 tuft on the metathorax of the male adjacent to the base 

 of the leg. This character is lacking in annuliferella. 



