REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 115 



aniiulus and apex black; head frequently suffused above with fuscous; 

 spot above base of antenna brown; tuft below eye pink. Antenna 

 brown, darker basally than apically. Thorax and ground color of 

 fore wing whitish ochreous; posterior tuft on thorax yellowish ochre- 

 ous; light base of fore wing diffused along costa to apex, sparsely irro- 

 rated with black scales; beyond light base a dark ochreous shade, 

 which covers posterior two-thirds of wing but becomes lighter toward 

 termen. The whole surface of wing more or less irrorated with black 

 scales ; on costa, slightly beyond middle a sooty cloud ; at basal third, 

 two black spots obliquely one above the other sometimes edged by a 

 few dark reddish-ochreous scales ; between the outer of these two spots 

 and inner margin a small dark reddish-ochreous spot; at the end of 

 cell a cream-colored discal spot edged with dark reddish ochreous and 

 preceded by a dark reddish-ochreous spot. Sometimes the latter 

 spot and the reddish-ochreous scales of the outer discal spot are con- 

 fluent, forming a dash ; cilia whitish ochreous strongly suffused with 

 reddish fuscous, especially toward apex. Hind wing light yellowish 

 fuscous; cilia yellowish, banded with light fuscous. Legs whitish 

 ochreous overlaid with fuscous and tinged with carmine. Abdomen 

 light ochrex)Us above, whitish ochreous beneath; a row of black spots 

 on each side ventrolaterally. 



Male genitalia. — Harpe long, slender, tapering into a long, pointed 

 cucullus ; moderately covered with hairs ; clasper very stout, somewhat 

 dilated distally, nearly reaching costa ; sacculus short, strongly sclero- 

 tized. Anellus broader basally than apically, broader than long; pos- 

 terior edge convex; hairy, lateral lobes well developed. Aedeagus 

 stout, slightly narrower in middle, nearly straight, pointed; vesica 

 armed with a large patch of spinulate cornuti. Vinculum rounded. 

 Transtilla a narrow sclerotized band with large hairy lateral lobes. 

 Gnathos a spined oval knob. Socii hairy, fleshy flaps. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate moderately broad, sclerotized ; an- 

 terior edge slightly produced. Ostium round; situated about middle 

 and occupying less than half the length of the genital plate. Ductus 

 bursae membranous; inception of ductus seminalis just before ostium. 

 Signum distinctly 4-pointed, with slender anterior and posterior points ; 

 teeth small and scattered. 



Alar expanse, 18-22 mm. 



Type.—\\\ the British Museum. 



Type locality. — "Europe." 



Food plants. — Genista, Qu-ercus (f), Lahiuvmm, and Cytisus scopa- 

 rius (L.) Link. 



Distrihution.—'ExtvQmQ northwestern United States, southwestern 

 and eastern Canada and Europe. 



