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9. ZENILLIA BLANDA (Osten Sacken) 



Eworista blanda Osten Sacken, Can. Ent, vol. 19, pp. 1G2-163, 18S7. — Wjxliston, 

 Scudder's Butterflies of Eastern United States and Canada, vol. 3, p. 1918, 

 pi. 89, fig. 11, 1889. 



Eworista blanda proscrpina Williston, Scudder's Butterflies of Eastern United 

 States and Canada, vol. 3, p. 1919, 1889. 



Eworista boarmiae Coquiixett (partiin), U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. 

 Bull. 7, pp. 13, 95, 1897. 



Eusisyropa blanda (Osten Sacken) Townsend, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 

 51, No. 2, p. 97, 1908; U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent., Tech. Bull. 12, pt. 6, 

 p. 116, 1908; Manual of myiology, pt. 4, p. 245, 193G. — Coquiixett, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 37, p. 543, 1910. 



Eusisyropa boarmiae of Smith (nee Coquillett), Catalogue of New Jersey insects, 

 p. 780, 1909. 



Eworista boarmiae of Howard and Fiske (nee Coquillett), U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Bur. Ent., Bull. 91, pp. 93, 145, 147-149, 1911. 



Zenillia blanda (Osten Sacken) Axdrich and Webber (partim), Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 63, art. 17, pp. 37-40, 1924.— Bottimer, Journ. Agr. Res., 

 vol. 33, pp. 800, 814, 1926— Essio (partim), Insects of western North 

 America, p. 581, 1926. — Burgess and Grossman, U. S. Dept. Agr. Dept. 

 Bull. 1469, p. 14, 1927. — Johnson, Biological survey of Mount Desert region, 

 insect fauna, pt. 1, p. 201, 1927. — West, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Stat. 

 Mem. 101, p. 814, 1928. — Sellers, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol 23, pp. 569- 

 576, 1930. — Aldrich, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 80, art. 20, p. 2, 1932. — 

 Schaffner and Griswold, U. S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Publ. 188, p. Ill, 1934. 



Zenillia blanda blanda (Osten Sacken) Aldrich and Webber, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 63, art 17, pp. 37-40, 1924. 



In 1930, when the identity of Zenillia blanda (Osten Sacken) was 

 explained, the writer had not seen the type material of Exorista 

 boarmiae Coquillett. An examination showed that the original ma- 

 terial, other than the type specimen boarmiae, included some speci- 

 mens of Exorista blanda Osten Sacken. As explained, Exorista 

 blanda of Coquillett (nee Osten Sacken) equals Zenillia virilis Aid- 

 rich and Webber. 



The recognition of boarmiae Coquillett as a valid species creates a 

 certain amount of confusion in the bibliography of the species blanda 

 and boarmiae that is unavoidable. 



Type locality. — Unknown. 



Distribution. — Maine 9, New Hampshire 3, Massachusetts 40, 

 Rhode Island 11, Connecticut 2, New York 7, New Jersey 11, Penn- 

 sylvania 2, Texas 1, Arizona 2, Peru 2, Bolivia 1. Published records 

 not duplicated above: New York 4 (West), New Jersey 4 (Smith), 

 British Columbia (Hines). Questionable records : Texas (Bottimer), 

 Colorado (Aldrich and Webber). 



Type.— Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachu- 

 setts. 



Hosts. — Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) 1, Erynnis brizo (Boisduval 

 and LeConte) 1, Isturgia truncataria (Walker) (Coquillett listed as 



