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Forewing almost uniformly "suffused dark grayish fus- 

 cous (blackish gray on some examples) ; on some speci- 

 mens the basal and terminal areas paler by contrast 

 and the antemedial line indicated, but very faint, nearly 

 vertical ; on occasional specimens a paler brownish shade 

 in the cell; faint blackish streakings on the veins in 

 terminal ai'ea (especially on specimens with pale outer 

 area) and more or less of a black streak on lower vein 

 of cell; subterminal line very faint, often completely 

 obscured, when distinguishable indicated chiefly by a 

 broken black shading forming its inner border; discal 

 dots obscured. Hind wing pale to dark gray-brown; 

 the cilia whitish. Alar expanse, 29-36 mm. 



Male genitalia figured from type and a typical speci- 

 men from Dividend, Utah, to show extent of individual 

 variation. Uncus not so evenly tapering as in edward- 

 sialis; its lateral margins slightly angled at middle. 

 Aedeagus less stout and the single long cornutus on penis 

 more slender than those of edwardsialis; no supplemental 

 patch on penis. 



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



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: Utah, Dividend (Apr.) ; California, 

 San Diego (Jan.); Idaho, Malta; Washington, Kamiack 

 Butte (Feb.), Pullman (Apr.). 



Easily confused with smaller specimens of edwardsialis, 

 and all specimens in the National Collection had been so 

 identified; but otherwise distinguished by its genitalia. 



Hulst in his Phycitidae of North America (1890) 

 made pullatella a synonym of his excantalis and it has 

 since appeared as such in our lists. Since the type of 

 excantalis is a female, the synonjTny is doubtful, to say 

 the least. 



328. Sarata punctella (Dyar), new combination 



Figure 398 



Megasis punctella Dyar, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 47, p. 404, 

 1915. 



Forewing pale brownish gray with a slight rufous tint 

 through the cell; antemedial line indicated by an outer 

 border of three black dots, one below costa, a second on 

 lower vein of cell, and a third on vein lb; subterminal 

 line obscure but usually distinguishable, a whitish spot 

 on costa, preceded and followed by blackish dots and, 

 below, bordered inwardly by short blackish streaklet on 

 veins; on typical specimens some faint, blackish streak- 

 lets on the veins of outer area (following the subterminal 

 line) ; a row of very faint blackish dots along termen ; 

 discal dots obsolete or very faint. Some specimens 

 show little or no trace of the blackish markings. Hind 

 wings pale brownish gray ("mouse gray") ; the cilia but 

 slightly paler, a narrow dark line along termen. Alar 

 expanse, 25-30 mm. 



Male genitalia with uncus elongate, slightly and 

 evenly tapering to rounded apex. Apical process of 

 gnathos appreciably shorter than in preceding species, 

 slender. Elements of transtilla long, slender. Penis 

 armed with two cornuti — one stout, slightly bent or 



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sinuate, about half as long as aedeagus; the other a 

 slender, flattened spine, as long as aedeagus. 



Type locality: Tehuacdn, Mexico (type in USNM). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Distribution: M:fixico: "Las Vigas" [probably Las 

 Viagas, Vera Cruz], Tehuacan (Oaxaca, Sept.), Uruapdn 

 (Michoacdn, Mar.). Also three specimens labeled sim- 

 ply "V.5." One of the latter was before Dyar when he 

 described his species. It had been identified by Druce as 

 "Zophodia inomatella Rag." 



Dyar's short original description is thoroughly ade- 

 quate and accurate for the type but takes no account 

 of suffused examples which lack the characteristic 

 blackish markings. 



329. Sarata punctella septentrionaria, new race 



Like typical punctella but larger; the Arizona, New 

 Mexico, and Colorado examples a suffused pale gray- 

 brown with the usual dark markings obsolete or nearly 

 so ; the Wyoming example more gi-ayish with most of the 

 veins faintly streaked with blackish scaling. The 

 genitalia agree with those of the type of punctella. Alar 

 expanse, 32-35 mm. 



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

 61357). 



Food plant: Unknown. 



Described from male type from the type locality, 

 "Apr. 1-7," and one male paratype from each of the 

 following localities: Fort Wingate, N. Mex. (Apr. 14, 

 1908); Golden, Colo., Dyar and Caudell, No. 16259; 

 Medicine Bow, Wyo. July 4, 1936, I. H. Blake, No. 

 "321-11." 



Possibly a distinct species but probably only a larger 

 northern variety of punctella. When collections are 

 made in the poorly explored areas of northern Mexico 

 the species should show a continuous distribution. 



330. Sarata incanella (Hulst), new combination 



Figure 399 



Epischnia incanella Hulst, Canadian Ent., vol. 27, p. 56, 1895.^ 



McDunnough, Check list, No. 6257, 1939. 

 Megasis aridella Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc, Washington, vol. 7, p. 



35, 1905.— McDunnough, Check list. No. 6263, 1939. (New 



synonymy.) 



Forewing gray heavily dusted with white especially 

 in outer area and along costa at base and middle; the 

 median area between the transverse lines darker than 

 remainder of wing; dark shading also on basal area below 

 costa; black strealdng on the veins, especially pro- 

 nounced in outer area, on vein lb and upper and lower 

 veins of cell; transverse lines white, distinctly outlined ; 

 antemedial line zigzag, nearly vertical, with some black- 

 ish shading along outer margin; subterminal line sharply 

 indented at veins 6 and lb; discal dots separated, black- 

 ish; terminal dots faint but distinguishable, separated. 

 Hind wing whitish with a faint smoky tint ; a very faint 

 dark line along termen; cilia concolorous with wing. 

 Alar expanse, 31-36 mm. 



Male genitalia with uncus as long as greatest width; 

 its apical margin broadly rounded. Apical process of 



