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specimens a diffuse oblique shade from upper part of 

 subterminal line obliquely across wing toward inner 

 margin, and on a few of the more contrastingly marked 

 specimens a faint ocherous shading along the lower 

 fold; terminal dots along outer margin more or less 

 confluent, obscure on many specimens. Hind wing 

 white, translucent; faintly shaded with pale brown at 

 apex and along outer margin for a short distance from 

 apex. Alar expanse, 19-26 mm. 



Male genitalia with vinculum rather abruptly nar- 

 rowed from middle to a truncate terminal margin. 

 Female genitalia with sclerotized portion of ductus 

 bursae at genital opening produced and broadened, its 

 terminal margin and lateral angles concave. 



Ttpe localities: "Colorado" [sic] (odiosellus, in 

 AMNH, ex Rutgers) . Ormsby County, Nevada {haker- 

 ella, in USNAI); Yuma County, Ariz, {yumaella, in 

 USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Texas, Blanco County [?]; Arizona, 

 Mohave County (July, Sept.), Yavapai County, Yuma 

 County; Colorado; Utah, Bellevue (May, June, July); 

 Nevada, Ormsby County (July), Pyramid Lake, Reno; 

 California, Jacumba (May), Mexican Wells (Clarke 

 Mts., Sept.), Morongo VaUey (May). 



The types of odiosellus, bakerella, and yumaella are all 

 males with identical genitaha. That of yumaella is a 

 small, somewhat suiffused specimen with the black 

 markings less strongly contrasted than those of typical 

 Nevada examples. In our series there is a complete 

 intergradation between the extreme forms. 



Barnes and McDunnough (1916) called attention to 

 the confused citations of the type locahty of odiosellus. 

 Hulst gives Colorado in his original description, but in 

 his 1893 paper cites "Texas." The type at Rutgers is 

 labeled "Blanco Co., Texas." I suspect that this is a 

 mislabeUng, for Colorado seems a more likely locality 

 than central Texas. In my paper on the cactus-feeding 

 Phycitinae (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 86, p. 389, 1939) 



1 misapplied the Hulst name to a species described by 

 Dyar as Ozamia clarejacta. This error is discussed 

 further under the treatment of clarejacta (p. 258). 



63. Salebriaria, new genus 



Type of genus : Salebria ademptandella Dyar. 



Tongue well developed. Male antenna pubescent with 

 strong scale tuft in sinus at base of shaft. Labial palpus 

 obliquely upturned, reaching above vertex, smoothly 

 scaled; second segment on male grooved to hold the 

 maxillary palpus, appressed to face; third segment mi- 

 nute and hidden in scaling of second on male, somewhat 

 longer and partially exposed on female, acuminate. 

 MaxiUary palpus of male in the form of an aigrette; of 

 female subsquamous. Forewing smooth; 11 veins; vein 



2 from before but near lower outer angle of cell; 3 

 usually somewhat nearer to 4 than to 2, sttaietimes equi- 

 distant from them; 4 and 5 shortly separated at base, 

 rarely (in smaller specimens) closely approximate; 6 

 from below upper angle of cell, straight; 8 and 9 stalked 



for well over half their lengths (except in jructetella) ; 

 male without costal fold; on underside of male wing a 

 streak of appressed, black sex-scaling along basal third 

 of costa. Hind wing with vein 2 from before, but 

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

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

 imately half their lengths (for sUghtly over half in 

 jructetella) ; 7 and 8 approximate beyond cell (except in 

 pumilella and jructetella where they are contiguous or 

 weakly anastomosed for a short distance) ; cell slightly 

 less than half the length of wing. Eighth abdominal 

 segment of male with compound ventral scale tufts. 



Male genitaha with uncus sub triangulate (apex rather 

 broadly rounded). Apical process of gnathos a short 

 hook, slender (except on jructetella). Transtilla absent. 

 Harpe with apex of sclerotized costa produced as a short 

 free spine before apex of cucullus. Anellus a semitubu- 

 lar shield. Penis armed with a single, strongly sclero- 

 tized, moderately long cornutus. Vinculum stout, sub- 

 triangulate, slightly longer than greatest width. 



Female genitalia with much of inner surface of bursa 

 covered with a dense matting of fine spines (especially 

 towards distal end); bursa also sometimes partially 

 sclerotized (pumilella, jructetella) ; ductus bursae shorter 

 than biu-sa, strongly sclerotized (at least towards genital 

 opening), partially flattened (ribbonlike in pumilella); 

 ductus seminalis from lobe of bursa adjacent to the 

 junction of bursa and ductus bursae. 



This genus is a further restriction from Salebria. It 

 is a compact group of very closely related species; in its 

 smooth forewings and male genitalia markedly distinct 

 from typical Salebria; closest to Salebriacus from which 

 it is at once distinguished by the compound scale tufts 

 on eighth abdominal segment of the male and the place 

 of departure of the ductus seminalis from bursa in the 

 female. How many vaUd species are represented by the 

 several names in our North American lists and definitely 

 referable to the genus cannot be exactly determined 

 until larger series of reared specimens are available. 

 The genitaha (except for those of pumilella and jruc- 

 tetella) offer httle or nothing in the nature of trust- 

 worthy specific characters. The maculation and color 

 differences on forewings that have been used by previous 

 authors seem to be equally unreUable. 



235. Salebriaria turpidella (Ragonot), new comhination 

 Figures 323, 802 



Salebria turpidella Ragonot, Nouv. Gen., p. 19, 1888; Monograph, 

 pt. 1, p. 346, 1893.— Forbes, Cornell Mem. 68, p. 625, 

 1923.— McDunnough, Check list. No. 6196, 1939. 



Salebria ademplandella Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 10, p. 114, 1908.— McDunnough, Check Hat, No. 6198, 

 1939. (New synonymy.) 



Forewing powdery gray, the ground color variable, 

 ranging from pale ash gray (ademptandella) to a more 

 suffused pale brownish gray; basal area usually some- 

 what paler than median area; the transverse lines but 

 little paler than the ground color, indicated chiefly by 

 their dark margins; the latter narrow, blackish, well 

 contrasted, especially on the paler examples; antemedial 



