Iphone back up in library folder, but not on itunes - pls help

using iphone 4 and mb pro..  i am trying to restore from a back up. most recent back up says corrupted, so i'm trying to use the one before that (relatively recent) also.  i'm not using icloud. 
the back up i want doesn't appear in my itunes preferences choices to select, but the one i want to use does appear in my library/mobilesync folder... can anyone walk me thru how to get the one from the mac folder to appear in the itunes preferences or an appropriate solution?   thank you...

I backed up my computer - but not my iphone on time machine.  Will the backup file on time machine be from the last iphone backup?  or from my last iphone sync? (I won't have access to my time machine drive for a few days, and am stressing out trying to find another way to retrieve the lost info)

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