REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 71 



reddish fuscous; cilia whitish with basal and two subapical bands 

 fuscous. Legs yellowish white strongly overlaid with blackish fus- 

 cous except at joints; the latter suffused with pink. Abdomen light 

 brownish ochreous, lighter on posterior margins of segments; beneath, 

 yellowish white with broad, blackish-fuscous longitudinal, lateral 

 stripes and two rows of similarly colored spots between. 



Male genitalia. — Harpe broad basally but abruptly narrowed be- 

 yond clasper; moderately clothed with hairs; clasper long, slender, 

 slightly bent, not quite reaching costa. Anellus a sclerotized plate, 

 longer than broad, concave on posterior edge, constricted anteriorly, 

 with prominent hairy lateral lobes. Aedeagus stout, slightly curved, 

 pointed, with large spinulate patch in basal two-thirds of vesica. 

 Transtilla a narrow sclerotized band with well developed, hairy, 

 lateral lobes. Gnathos an elongate, oval, spined knob. Socii large 

 fleshy, hairy flaps. 



Female genitalia. — Ostium large, near posterior edge of genital 

 plate. Genital plate very broad, produced anteriorly; anterior 

 edge deeply cleft, the cleft semicircular, the anterior points nearly 

 touching. Ductus bursae long, membranous, gradually tapering to 

 form the large oval bursa copulatrix; inception of ductus seminalis 

 just anterior to ostium. Signum a large diamond-shaped, spined 

 plate. 



Alar expanse, 18-24 mm. 



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



Type locality. — Pennsylvania, 



Food plants. — Bidens frondosa L., Myrica asplenifolia L., Eupa- 

 torium sp. 



Distribution. — Eastern United States and Canada. 



United States records 



Connecticut: $ ^ Beutenmiiller, coll.). 



District of Columbia: W^ashington, S (X-25-02). 



Illinois: Flosmoor, S, $ (no date or collector) ; Evanston, $ ("4-99"). 



Massachusetts: Cummington, $ (no date or collector) ; Dover, $ (8-7-33, no 



collector) ; Marthas Vineyard, $ ("1-3," George D. Eustis) ; Winchendon, $ 



(IX-2S-02, no collector). 

 New Hampshire: Hampton, 3 $ $ (V-10-13, S. A. Shaw). 

 New Jersey: Cedar Grove, $ (IV-9-24, F. M. Schott). 

 New York: Ilion, $, ? (V-3-13, H. McElhose) ; Ithaca, ? (X-24-35, J. G. 



Franclemont) ;2 3 $ (12-V-31, 5-V-31, A. B. Klots) ; Liberty, 9 (no date or 



collector) ; New Windsor, 2 $ $ (13-VIII-'93; 23-VIII-'97, E. L. Morton). 

 Pennsylvania: New Brighton, 4$$ (IX-7-02, IX-27-02, V-25-06, IX-29-06, 



H. D. Merrick). 

 Vermont: Clarendon, S (W. D. Kearfott). 

 "Wisconsin: Cranmoor, Wood County, ? (IV-22-0S, C. B. Hardenberg) ; 



Madison, $ (XI-10-23, S. B. Fracker). 



