Why can't iTunes find all of my iPhone backups?

This has happened to me a few times, but the story is this: I back up my phone to my computer and yet when I then wipe the phone and try to restore from backup, iTunes cannot find the backup. I have an iPhone 5 and a mid-2012 Macbook Pro with Retina Display. The list of backups in Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup includes the backup I want to use, but iTunes just doesn't see it. This is what the Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup folder has in it:
3d91fca9e1ef559f5fd5ac236fda1f9bbd68bb00
3d91fca9e1ef559f5fd5ac236fda1f9bbd68bb00-20130918-161854
3d91fca9e1ef559f5fd5ac236fda1f9bbd68bb00-20130918-162244
3d91fca9e1ef559f5fd5ac236fda1f9bbd68bb00-20140320-131013
3d91fca9e1ef559f5fd5ac236fda1f9bbd68bb00-20140320-131702
3d91fca9e1ef559f5fd5ac236fda1f9bbd68bb00-20140508-191124
3d91fca9e1ef559f5fd5ac236fda1f9bbd68bb00-20140916-153119
3d91fca9e1ef559f5fd5ac236fda1f9bbd68bb00-20140916-161645
I am trying to restore from today's backup (20140916-153119) from before I restored my phone. The second one from today (20140916-161645) is from after I wiped the phone. Unfortunately, iTunes gives me the option to restore from every backup in this list except for the one I want. Why is this happening and how can I get iTunes to see my backup?

HI THanks for this helpful post. I will try this. I have 2 iPods. One is 3rd Gen. I love the little small square, so I bought it on ebay. Then I got a little iPod nano ( again a tiny square shape)
So I tried to sync them today and update them.
This is the response I got.
I get a message that the original file cannot be found and asks if I want to try and locate file. I locate the file and it's empty?!
This freaked me out because I have all this music I love. The only thumb drive is my back up drive which is not a thumb. Will the back up drive have my music files too?
Thanks-Peace Out

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