REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 77 



termen a series of blackish-fuscous blotches and spots; cilia light 

 ochreous-fuscous. Hind wing light fuscous; cilia somewhat lighter 

 with a dark basal band. Legs whitish ochreous suffused and mottled 

 with blackish fuscous except at joints ; at joints the ochreous is strongly- 

 tinged with pink. Abdomen grayish ochreous above ; beneath whitish 

 ochreous with broad blackish-fuscous longitudinal lateral lines and 

 two rows of blackish-fuscous spots between the lateral lines. 



Male genitalia. — Harpe broad, clothed with fine hairs; clasper 

 straight, slender, reaching well beyond middle of harpe; cucullus 

 bluntly pointed. Anellus a large oval plate, longer than broad, with 

 concave posterior margin, narrow biramous, strongly sclerotized me- 

 dian area and well developed hairy, lateral lobes. Aedeagus slender, 

 sharply curved, pointed; vesica with large spinulate patch. Vincu- 

 lum rounded. Transtilla a moderately broad, sclerotized band, with 

 well developed, hairy, lateral lobes. Gnathos an oval, spined knob. 

 Socii large, sparsely hairy, fleshy flaps. 



Female genitalia. — Ostium small, near posterior margin of genital 

 plate. Genital plate very broad, produced anteriorly and deeply and 

 narrowly cleft o\\ median anterior edge. Ductus bursae long, mem- 

 branous, gradually tapering into the large bursa copulatrix ; inception 

 of ductus seminalis very near ostial opening. Signuni a large, dia- 

 mond-shaped, spined plate; posterior and anterior points curled. 



Alar expanse, 18-24 mm. 



Type. — In the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Tyfe locality. — "Illinois." 



Food plants. — Solidago and Urtica. 



Distribution. — Eastern United States and Canada. 



United States records 



Connecticut: East River, 5 (September 3, 1908, Chas. R. Ely). 



District of Columbia: Washington, 3 5 5, 9 (IV-21-85) ; S (IV-7-1900) ; 



S (IV-21-1900). 

 Louisiana: Natchitoches, $ (August, G. Coverdale). 

 Maine: Orono, 2 S $ (October 8, '88, one, no date). 

 Maryland: Plummers Island, 17 $ S , 4 9 9 (March, April, and September dates, 



collected by H. S. Barber, A. Busck, E. A. Schwarz). 

 Massachusetts: Chilmark, $ (IX-3-1935, George D. Eustis) ; Cohasset, 9 (May 



11, '07, Owen Bryant) ; Framingham, 5 (April 21, 1905) ; Springfield, $ 



(nodate, G. Dimmock) ; Winchendon, S (IX-28-02). 

 Missouri: (One specimen, no date.) 

 ISTew Hampshire: Hampton, 6 (IV-30-04, S. A. Shaw). 

 Few Jersey: Denville, 5 ("X-14") ; Essex County, 9 (IV-20-09, W. D. 



Kearfott). 

 Nev/ York: Ilion, $,2 99 (IX-3-11, H. McElhose) ; 9, same (IX-2-12) ; 



Ithaca (many $ $ and 9 9 , various dates in coll. CornellUniv. ) . 

 Ohio: Athens, 2 9 9 (29^1-40, R. C. Barnes). 



Pennsylvania: New Brighton, c5 , 9 (IX-27~02, X-^S-OT, II. D. Merrick). 

 Virginia: Vienna, 9 (February 14, 1915, R. A. Cushman). 

 Wisconsin: Cranmoor, V/ood County, $ (IV-22-08, C. B. Hardenberg). 



