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Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
Literature Cited
Barnes, W. & J. H. McDunnough. 1913. Contributions to the natural history of
the Lepidoptera of North America 2(1): pis. 1-21. Guenee, A. 1852. Species General des Lepidopteres, Noctuelites 1: I-XCVI +
1-407 pp. Holland, W. J. 1903 and later editions. The moth book. Doubleday, Page & Co.,
New York. 479 p., 48 pis.
STAPHYLUS AZTECA, NEW RECORD FOR THE UNITED STATES (HESPERIIDAE)
Staphylns azteca (Scudder, 1872)
Type locality. Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Distribution. Mexico: Mante, Tamaulipas, June 1967 (H. A. Freeman); Ciudad Valles (Hotel Covadonga), San Luis Potosi, June, July, August 1966-1975 (H. A. Freeman); Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi, June 1967 (H. A. Freeman); San Bias, Nayarit, September 1966 (W. S. McAlpine); Comala and Colima, Colima, March, April 1967 (Robert Wind); and Catemaco, Veracruz, August 1967 (H. A. Freeman). Guatemala, Salvador, and Costa Rica (various records in the British Museum and American Museum of Natural History, New York).
On 2 June 1940 I collected a female specimen of Staphylus at Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, approximately 11 mi. N of town. This specimen was sent to Mr. E. L. Bell at the American Museum of Natural History for determination. In response Mr. Bell wrote that this specimen being a female was not possible to identify as it was not like any they had in the museum and could possibly represent a new species. After searching for males for many years in that general area north of Alpine with no results I finally gave up and left the specimen unidentified in my Texas collection. Recently I re-examined the specimen and compared it with my Mexican Staphylus and found it to be azteca (Scudder). This represents a new Hes-periidae record for the United States.
Hugh Avery Freeman, 1605 Lewis Drive, Garland, Texas 75041.