REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE CLARKE 93 



red scaling basally, especially above. Head, thorax, and <i;i-ound color 

 of fore wing yellow, mottled and overlaid with brick red and irrorated 

 and shaded with fuscons and black; at basal third two black cliscal 

 spots, the one nearer the inner margin less distinct than that toward 

 eosta ; discal spot at end of cell absent or very indistinct ; replaced by 

 a snbtriangular fuscous shade; before termen a poorly defined dark 

 band not attaining costa; along costa and around termen a series of 

 indistinct blackish spots; cilia light fuscous, tinged with red. Hind 

 wing grayish fuscous with terminal edge narrowly blackish fuscous; 

 cilia light fuscous with narrow subbasal and subterminal bands. Legs 

 whitish ochreous suffused and mottled with brick red and fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish ochreous strongly overlaid with fuscous above; be- 

 neath sparsely irrorated with fuscous and black and with a row of 

 black spots on each side. 



Male genitalia. — Harpe elongate, clothed with fine hairs, cucullus 

 pointed; clasper short, stout, straight. Anellus oval, slightly longer 

 tlian broad, posterior edge truncated; lateral lobes w^eak, clothed with 

 short hairs. Aecleagus stout, slightly curved ; vesica with an elongate 

 patch of fine, spiculate cornuti. Vinculum rounded. Transtilla a 

 broad sclerotized band with large lateral lobes. Gnathos an elongate, 

 oval, spined knob. Socii large, hairy, fleshy flaps. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate broad; area posterior to ostium 

 with two small sclerotized patches. Ostium oval, near center of plate. 

 Ductus bursae long, membranous, dilated at point of inception of 

 ductus seminalis. Bursa copulatrix with minute signum. 



Alar expanse, IJ— 20 mm. 



r^/z^e.— Lost? 



Type locality. — ^Massachusetts ? 



Food plants. — Hohinia psexidoacacia L. ; Saniculaf 



Distribution. — Northeastern United States and eastern Canada. 



TJyiited States records 



Illinois: Oconee, $ (July 1-7). 



Maine: Freedom, S (J- C. Purlin) ; Salisbury Cove (July 27; ace. Procter). 



Maryland: Plummers Island, 2 S S (August 1903, A. Busck ; 2-VIII-20, H. S. 

 Barber). 



Massachusetts: Manchester, $ (Beutenmiiller coll.) ; Marthas Vineyard, 5 S S , 

 2 ? $ (July and August, F. M. Jones) ; Vineyard Haven, $ ("VII-13," 

 F. M. Jones) ; Woods Hole {$, 19-VII-1919; $, l.WIII-1014, W. T. M. 

 Forbes ) . 



New Hampshire: Hampton, 3 9 9 (VII-2-05, VII-8--08, S. A. Shaw). 



New York: Bedford, 2 5 5 (ir)-VII-34, A. B. Klots) ; Ithaca (5 $ S , July and 

 August dates, W. T. M. Forbes ; S , 8-VIII-33, E. C. Hodson ; S , ll-VII-1928, 

 S, 22-VII-1928, A. B. Klots; 5, 27-VII-1929, A. G. Richards) ; Mattituck, 

 Long Island, 5 (4-VI-1933, Roy Latham) ; New Windsor, $ (June 1891) ; 

 Orient, Long Island, 8 $ S, 8 5 5 (April to October dates, 1933-1934, Roy 

 Litham) ; Rochester, 5 (31-VII-33, A. B. Klots) ; Southold, Long Island, 

 2 (August, Roy Latham). 



