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Loma Linda, Calif. (May, June); one female, Clare- 

 mont, Calif. (Baker, no date); and one female, San 

 Diego, Calif. (H. G. Dyar, May 22, 1924). These are 

 from a series of 85 specimens in the U. S. National 

 Collection from the following localities : United States : 

 Colorado, Beulah (June), Denver, Golden (May); New 

 Mexico, Alamogordo, (May), Jemez Springs (Apr., 

 May), Pecos; Arizona, Phoenix (Apr.). "Southern 

 Arizona"; California, Claremont, Loma Linda (Mar., 

 Apr., May, Jime), "Los Angeles County" (May), Mir- 

 age Lake (San Bernardino County, Apr.) , Olancha (Apr., 

 May), Palm Springs (Mar.), San Diego (Mar., May), 

 "Shasta County," "Sierra Nevada"; Oregon, Baker 

 (June) ; Washington, Copalis (a gray specimen with very 

 dark hind wings, reared under Special Survey No. 

 26286, Mar. 27, 1945, from Laihyrus sp.), Palouse Falls 

 (May), Pullman (May, June, Jiily, Aug.), Walla Walla 

 (June, July), Yakima (May). 



212. Pima fosterella Hulat 

 Figures 300, 783 



Pima fosterella Hulst, Ent. Amer., vol. 4, p. 114, 1888. 



Pima albiplagiaiella Hulst (not Packard), Phycitidae of N. Anaer., 



p. 164, 1890. 

 Epischnia albiplagiatella Ragonot (not Packard), Monograph, 



pt. 1, p. 518, 1893. 

 Epischnia fulvirugella McDunnough (not Ragonot), Canadian 



Ent., vol. 70, p. 178, 1935. 

 Epischnia fosterella (Hulst) McDunnough, Check list, No. 6252, 



1939. 



A large, pale species similar in general appearance to 

 typical eastern albiplagiatella, but without any trace of 

 a dark shade in lower fold ; the dark shade along lower 

 border of the white stripe also paler, a light drab brown; 

 a single small black spot on basal third of vein lb, but 

 no white spot and seldom any further dark shading on 

 lb, but more or less gray dusting along outer two-thirds 

 of inner margin; white costal streak usually obliterated 

 before apex, rarely reaching apex; lower discal dot 

 usually well contrasted, but minute, blackish. Hind 

 wing whitish ocherous or pale smoky fuscous. Alar 

 expanse, 27-35 mm. 



Male genitalia with harpe somewhat longer in pro- 

 portion to tegumen and uncas than in preceding species; 

 sclerotized costa broadened and forked at apex, the 

 prongs of the fork pointed. Cornuti spaced apart; 

 neither one appreciably flattened or ribbed towards 

 base; the longer slightly less than one-third the length 

 of aedeagus. 



Female genitalia with little or no sclerotization of 

 bursa except immediately about junction of bursa and 

 ductus bursae. The extreme of sclerotization is shown 

 in figure 783, from an Arizona female; the female type 

 shows none except about the junction with ductus. 

 Bursa finely scobinate over entire inner surface. Duc- 

 tus bmsae produced at apex into a projecting shield, 

 its apical margin variable, pointed to evenly rounded. 



Type locality: Colorado (type in AMNH, ex 

 Kutgers). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Disteibution: United States: Colorado, Baileys 



(Jidy), Denver (June), Durango (June), Golden (June), 

 Gunnison County (near Altmont, July); Arizona, 

 Williams; Utah, Eureka (May), Park City (July); Mon- 

 tana. Miles City. Canada: Nordegg (June). 



A distinct species easily recognized by its female 

 genitalia. The type (9) at Rutgers bears only a number 

 label ("43") but is obviously a Colorado specimen and 

 an authentic type. A male paratype matching it is 

 in the National Museum. It and one other male and 

 two females labeled only "Colo." AU Colorado exam- 

 ples are larger specimens. The Nordegg specimen (c?) 

 had been received from Dr. McDunnough and formed 

 part of the series he had treated as Julvirugella in his 

 1935 paper. It and a male from Eureka, Utah, show 

 some black scaling on the outer veins. They are super- 

 ficially very much like some specimens of the western 

 race of albiplagiatella and except for their genitalia 

 could easily be confused with them. 



213. Pima vividella (McDunnough), new combination 

 FiGTJHES 302, 780 



Epischnia vividella McDunnough, Canadian Ent., vol. 67, p. 

 179, 1935; Check list, No. 6256, 1939. 



Forewing salmon pink below costal white stripe, 

 shading below and towards tornus into pinkish ocherous; 

 some gray dusting along outer two-thirds of inner 

 margin; a black dot, followed by an obscure white one, 

 on vein lb at basal third ; white costal stripe attenuated 

 by smoky costal scaling on its outer half and obliterated 

 before apex. Hind wing pale sm.oky with a faint 

 ocherous tint. Alar expanse, 27-30 mm. 



Male genitalia with apex of costa of harpe forked as 

 in fosterella; but upper prong somewhat longer and 

 sharper than the lower one. Cornuti closely approxi- 

 mate; the longer one with flattened but not ribbed 

 basal part, a trifle longer than one-third of the aedeagus. 

 Female genitalia resemble those of fosterella except: 

 Bursa proportionally smaller, with two pitted and 

 sclerotized patches; sclerotization at junction of bursa 

 and ductus bursae serrate along one edge. 



Type locality: Lethbridge, Alberta (type in Ca- 

 nadian Nat. Coll.). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Manitoba, Aweme (June); Saskatche- 

 wan, Saskatoon (June); Alberta, Lethbridge (June). 

 Also recorded by McDunnough from Beulah, Manitoba 

 (June) and Indian Head, Saskatchewan (July). 



A good species, close to but distinct trom. Josterella; 

 easily identified by its male cornuti, female genitalia, 

 and salmon-colored forewings. 



214. Pima albocostalialis (Hulst), new combination 

 Figures 301, 778, 779 



Ephestia albocostalialis Hulst, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, 

 p. 64, 1886. 



Epischnia albocostalis (Hulst), Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 163, 

 1890. (Emended spelling). 



Epischnia boisduvaliella albocostalis (Hulst) Ragonot, Mono- 

 graph, pt. 1, p. 520, 1893. 



Epischnia albocostalialis (Hulst) McDunnough, Canadian Ent., 

 vol. 67, p. 178, 1935; Check list, No. 6254, 1939. 



