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Ornix inusitatumella Chambers. 



Ornix inusitatumella Chambers, Can. Ent., V, 47, 1873; Dietz, Trans. 

 Am. Ent. Soc., XXXIII, 289, 292, 1907; Dyar, List N. A. Lep., No. 

 6392, 1902. 



Mr. Chambers' original description of this species is incor- 

 rect and was probably made from a rubbed specimen, as hi^ 

 type has been pronounced identical with O. cratacgifoliella 

 Clem. A series of bred specimens of inusitatumella shows 

 that it is not even closely related to crataegifoliclla, the niost 

 marked differences being the uniform ground color of the 

 wings and the three entire ciliary lines. 



Mine of Ornix inusitatumella Chamb. 



Cocoon Ornix iniisitatumella Chamb. 



Palpi whitish, the tip of the second joint and a broad annulus black- 

 ish. Head grayish fuscous, with the tufts, especially behind, tinged with 

 brown. Thorax and forewings dark brown, the latter, especially to- 

 ward the base tinged with purple. Eight costal striae, of which the 

 last seven are distinct and whitish on the costa ; the eighth stria very 

 short, the three preceding ones extended nearly to the dorsal margin: 

 the fifth, sixth and seventh from the apex angulated in tin- middle of the 

 wing and thence extending to the dorsal margin as a purple shade. In- 

 terstrial spaces conspicuously darker. Plical spots almost obsolete ; the 

 first broader but more indistinct than the second, which is a narrow 

 black dash. Subplical space not paler than the rest of the wing. Cilia 

 fuscous at their base, whitish beyond with three entire lines. Expanse 

 7.5 8 mm. 



