REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 79 



of thorax and tegula suffused and irrorated with reddish. Fore wing 

 deep crimson-red sparsely irrorated with black and cinereous scales; 

 costa, nearly to apex, broadly tawny-red with veins 9 to 12 strongly 

 indicated by cinereous and irrorated with black scales and with poorly 

 defined fuscous spots on extreme edge; discal spots white; first discal 

 spot at basal third edged with carmine; second at end of cell preceded 

 by a few carmine scales; cilia reddish fuscous edged with carmine. 

 Hind wing light fuscous, darker apically than basally; cilia light 

 fuscous with whitish irrorations and pale pink suffusions. Legs pale 

 cinereous overlaid and irrorated with fuscous, except at joints, and 

 suffused with reddish. Abdomen pale grayish fuscous above ; beneath, 

 pale cinereous with two black longitudinal lateral stripes. 



Male genitalia. — Harpe moderately clothed with fine hairs, tapering 

 gently to a pointed cucullus; clasper short, stout, straight, scarcely 

 exceeding middle of harpe, slightly rugose on exterior edge. Sacculus 

 narrow, moderately sclerotized. Anellus longer than broad, concave 

 on posterior edge, narrowed basally, with well-developed, sparsely 

 hairy lateral lobes. Aedeagus stout, curved, much narrower in distal 

 than proximal half; vesica armed with numerous spinulate cornuti. 

 Vinculum rounded. Transtiila a narrow, lightly sclerotized band with 

 moderately well developed, hairy lateral lobes. Gnathos a spined oval 

 knob. Socii fleshy, hairy flaps. Tegumen terminating in a moderately 

 long, pointed process. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate broad, lightly sclerotized. Ostium 

 round, opening at posterior edge of genital plate; the area around 

 ostium slightly raised above the remainder of surface of plate. 

 Ductus bursae long, membranous; ductus seminalis opening well 

 before ostium. Bursa copulatrix large with small signum situated 

 about middle. 



Alar expanse, 20-22 mm. 



Type. — In the British Museum. 



Type localities. — Orono, Maine; Wisconsin. 



Food plants. — Myrica asplenifolia L. and Myrica carolinensls Mill. 



Distiihutian. — Eastern United States and Canada. 



United States records 



Connecticut: East River, $ (August .j-13, Chas. R. Ely). 



Maine: Bar Harbor, 8 S$, 2 (May to November dates, 1934-193S, A. E. 



Brewer) ; Kennebunkport, 2 $ $ (September 24-30) ; Orono, 9. 

 Massachusetts: Springfield (a series of 4 5 5 and 3 2 9 reared from Myrica 



asplenifolia by Dimmock). 

 New Hampshire: Hampton, 8 S S (March and April dates; S. A. Shaw, coll.). 

 New York: Albany. 



Pennsylvania: Hazel ton, $ ("9-12-04"). 

 Wisconsin: (Ace. Forbes.) 



