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Parsons — Statira 
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Types: from Mexico: Jalapa in Vera Cruz and Yolos in Oxaca; 
Guatemala: San Geronimo in the British Museum. 
Range: This rare species occurs in southeastern Arizona: Aug. 6, 
1948, Geronimo, Graham Co. (C.T.P.) ; July 1 - 1 5 , 1923, Babo- 
quivari Mts. (H.C.F.) ; July 18, 1948, Sonoita River, Patagonia, 
Santa Cruz Co. (A.M.N.H.) ; at light July 7, 1957 and at light 
July 26, 1948, Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mts. (C.T.P., 
C.A.F.) ; Texas: July 20, 1956, 2 miles west of Ft. Davis (H.F.H., 
G.N., C.T.P.) ; July 26, 1956, Limpia Canyon near Ft. Davis 
(C.U.) ; Mexico: July 14 and 15, 1947, Camargo and 15 miles east 
of Parrah in Chihuahua (A.M.N.H.) ; also the above type localities. 
Habitat: H. & A. Howden took a series at Ft. Davis on willow. 
Werner and Nutting took a series at light in the sycamore-oak- 
mesquite association in Sabino Canyon and the Geronaimo, Arizona 
specimen in willow-mesquite-cottonwood association. 
Statira opacicollis Horn 
Statira opacicollis Horn, 1888, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 15: 30. 
Types: lectotype cf no. 8017 collected by Morrison in Arizona 
(A.N.S.P.). Two evident cotypes are in the Leconte coll. (M.C.Z.) 
Range : This rare species is known definitely from southeastern 
Arizona in Gila Co.: Sierra Ancha Mts. (C.U.) and Cochise Co.: 
Chiricahua Mts. A series of 67 specimens were taken by M. Statham 
May 3-19, 1956 at 5400 ft. five miles west of Portal, Cochise Co., 
Arizona (A.M.N.H., C.T.P., C.A.F.) 
Statira huachucae Schaeffer 
Statira huachucae Schaeffer, 1905, Science Bull, of the Museum of the 
Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences 1(7) : 176. 
Types: cotype J 1 and cotype $ both no. 42558 (U.S.N.M.), both 
labelled “type” in Schaeffer’s writing. They were collected by 
Charles Schaeffer June 13, 14 in the Huachuca Mts. Arizona. 
Range: This rare species is known from southeastern Arizona: July 
14, 1952, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts. in Pima Co., George 
Bradt (A.M.N.H.) ; July, Palmerlee, Cochise Co. (C.T.P.) ; and 
the following records from the Huachuca Mts.: July 1905 (C.T.P.) ; 
July 14, 1928, 6000 ft., A. A. Nichol (C.U.) ; July 14, 1928, 6000 
ft., A. A. Nichol (C.U.) ; June 24 and July 13 (C.U.). 
Champion (1889, p. 30) described Statira alternans based on a 
unique male from Tepansacualco, Mexico. It is possible that hua- 
chucae and alternans are identical. A specimen that is questionably 
alternans was taken June 4, 1948 at 8000 ft. at Gaborachie, Chihua- 
hua, Mexico by George Bradt (A.M.N.H.). 
