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no diflference that woiild justify any doubt of the syn- 

 onymy proposed by Barnes and McDunnough (1918). 



141, Anadelosemia condigna, new species 

 Figures 245, 730 



Forewing similar to that of texanella except: Outer 

 black border of antemedial line nearer middle of wing, 

 nearly vertical and more denticulate; sub terminal line 

 with a discontinuous, blackish outer border; some red- 

 dish spotting in the postmedial area near inner margin; 

 costa at base not black, but a transverse black marking 

 at extreme base; discal spots confluent, forming a black- 

 ish or reddish brown line along discocellxilar vein. Hind 

 wing semihyaline white with a narrow fuscous shade 

 along termen. Alar expanse, 15-18 mm. 



Male genitalia similar to those of senesciella, but dif- 

 fering in the shapes of uncus, harpe, and vinculum; penis 

 armed with a narrow, flat, bladelilie cornutus similar 

 to that of senesciella. Female genitalia without signum, 

 similar to that of texana except for the shape of the 

 eighth-segment collar (fig. 730). 



Type locality: Prescott, Ariz, (type in USNM, 

 61329; paratypes in Cornell Univ. and BM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Described from male type from the type locality 

 (July) and seven male and four female paratypes from 

 the Baboquivari Mts., Pima County, Ariz., collected by 

 O. C. Pohng, May 1-15, 1924. 



33. Genus Dasypyga Ragonot 



Dasypyga Ragonot, N. Amer. Phycitidae, p. 5, 1887; Monograph, 

 pt. 1, p. 206, 1893.— Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 138, 

 1890. 



Tongue well developed. Antenna weakly pubescent. 

 Labial palpus upcurved, reaching to vertex (female) or 

 nearly to it (male) ; third segment half as long as second, 

 acuminate. Maxillary palpus small, squamous. Fore- 

 wing with some raised scaling on basal area (probably 

 only a specific character); 11 veins; vein 2 from before 

 but near lower outer angle of cell; 3 from the angle, 

 closer to 4-5 than to 2 ; 4 and 5 shortly stalked ; 6 from 

 below upper angle of cell, straight; 10 from the cell, 

 closely approximate for some distance with the stalk of 

 8-9; male without costal fold. Hind wing with vein 2 

 from near lower outer angle of cell; 3 from the angle, 

 connate with the stalk of 4-5; 4 and 5 long stalked (for 

 about two-thirds of their lengths) ; 7 and 8 closely ap- 

 proximate or contiguous for a short distance beyond 

 cell; cell one-third the length of wing; on male with anal 

 angle folded into a thickened pocket containing a hair 

 tuft. Eighth abdominal segment of male with sternite 

 developed as a narrow, sclerotized pocket. 



Male genitalia similar to those of Anadelosemia ex- 

 cept: Sacculus of harpe strongly sclerotized and for half 

 its length developed as a free arm extending across 

 harpe; cornutus well developed; a pair of hair tufts from 

 intersegmental area adjacent to outer surfaces of the 

 sacculi at their bases. 



Female with signum a small patch of scobinations ; 

 ductus bursae considerably longer than bursa, tubular 



and strongly sclerotized for about one-fifth its length 

 from genital opening, and for over half its remaining 

 length sclerotized, sUghtly flattened and bent (sinuate) ; 

 ductus seminalis from biu^a near its junction with 

 ductus bursae. 



A distinct genus distinguished from the other genera 

 with similar transtillae and venation by its stout, greatly 

 produced sacculus and sclerotized ductus bursae. Con- 

 tains one North American species. 



142. Dasypyga alternosquamella Ragonot 

 Figures 12, 247, 719 



Dasypyga allernosquamella Ragonot, N. Amer. Phycitidae, p. 5, 

 1887; Monograph, pt. 1, p. 206, 1893.— Hulst, Phycitidae 

 of N. Amer., p. 138, 1800.— Heinrich, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 57, p. 84, 1920 (larva, pupa, life history). — Essig, 

 Insects of western North America, p. 709, 1926. — McDun- 

 nough, Check list, No. 6145, 1939. 



Dasypyga alternosquamella stictophorella Ragonot, N. Amer. 

 Phycitidae, p. 5, 1887; Monograph, pt. 1, p. 206, 1893. 



Forewing pale salmon pinls; basal area black dusted 

 with white, this black area (from the upper vein of cell 

 to inner margin) extending almost to middle of wing; 

 the black and white scahng coarse and more or less 

 raised in base and along outer margin of antemedial 

 line which cuts the black areas as a narrow, pale (och- 

 raceous red), obliquely curved line; subterminal line 

 absent, but along termen a rather broad border of coarse 

 black and whitish scales; on most specimens a clear 

 white line extends outward from lower angle of cell 

 along vein 5 towards and sometimes to the dark terminal 

 border and usually enclosing a detached patch of black 

 scales forming a discal spot at end of cell; above this 

 (below vein 6) a fine red line rims to near outer dark 

 margin and thence angles sharply to ape.x; on well 

 marked and fresh specimens traces of a similar red line 

 on the lower fold in outer area. Hind wing very pale, 

 shining, smoky fuscous with a faint dark line along 

 termen. Alar expanse, 19-24 mm. 



Genitalia as given for the genus ; figured from reared 

 examples ; cornutus of male penis about half as long as 

 aedeagus, somewhat flattened, twisted, and bluntly 

 pointed ; penis also minutely scobinate towards apex. 



Type locality: California (type in Paris Mus.). 



Food plant: Razamqfskya cryptopoda. 



Distribution: United States: California, Lake 

 AiTowhead (May); Arizona, Mohave County (Sept.), 

 Williams (June); Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Monu- 

 ment (May, June, Aug.); Washington, Bellingham 

 (June), Seattle. Canada: British Columbia, Kaslo 

 (June). 



A species that can be at once recognized by its pecu- 

 liar markings and coloration. The white longitudinal 

 line on forewing is of varying length on different speci- 

 mens but is present on all that I have seen, though 

 sometimes weak. Its presence is the characteristic 

 feature given by Ragonot for his variety stictophorella. 

 It is presumably absent from the type of alternosqua- 

 mella. I suspect that the latter is an individual variant. 

 Notes on the life history and descriptions of larva and 

 pupa are given in my paper. 



