REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 67 



Dcpressaria clarkei (Keifer) Gaede, in Bryk, Lepidopterorum catalogus, pt. 92, 

 p. 315, 1939. 



Labial palpus liiteous ; second segment irrorated with fuscous out- 

 wardly and in brush; third segment somewhat darker than second 

 with poorly defined blackish-fuscous basal and subterminal annuli. 

 Antenna fuscous with narrow, darker annulations, the latter obscured 

 below. Head, thorax, base and cost a of fore wing luteous, the head 

 infuscatecl above; thorax infuscated particularly anteriorly; costa 

 with fuscous spots and dashes throughout its length; beyond luteous 

 basal patch deeply infuscated, this color rapidly fading; at middle a 

 dark blotch from costa; first and second discal spots minute, black, 

 obliquely one above the other; third discal spot at end of cell whitish 

 followed by a black scale or two ; all discal spots practically obsolete ; 

 cilia fuscous tipped with luteous. Hind wing luteous, darker api- 

 cally; cilia with a fuscous basal band. Legs luteous overlaid and 

 suffused except at joints ; posterior legs somewhat lighter. Abdomen 

 luteous, darker above than below; on each side, beneath, a blackish- 

 fuscous line. 



Male genitalia. — Harpe heavily clothed with long hairs; cucullus 

 bluntly pointed, sacculus moderately sclerotized, narrow; clasper 

 long, slender, straight, nearly reaching costa. Anellus a simple 

 sclerotized plate with deeply excavated lateral, and convex posterior 

 edges; longer than broad; hairy lateral lobes well developed. Vin- 

 culum evenly rounded. Aedeagus short, stout, strongly bent; vesica 

 armed with many small spinules. Transtilla a narrow sclerotized 

 band with well-developed hairy lateral lobes. Socii large, hairy, 

 fleshy flaps. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate broad, moderately sclerotized, 

 anterior margin cleft. Ostium small, situated near posterior edge 

 of plate. Ductus bursae membranous, moderately long ; inception of 

 ductus seminalis just before ostium. Bursa copulatrix large, with a 

 large, strongly sclerotized, toothed signum. Lobe of ovipositor with 

 a few long, strong hairs and numerous moderately long stout spines. 



Alar expanse, 18-20 mm. 



Type.—V.S.l^M. No. 52092. 



Type local'itij. — Missouri Flat, Placerville District, Calif. 



Food plant. — Artemina vulgaris L. var. 



Remarks. — Keifer has discussed and figured this species in his 

 paper, but I have refigured it for completeness' sake. 



I have before me the specimens from Aweme, Manitoba, which 

 Keifer discusses, but I do not believe these represent a different 

 species. Although they could possibly be considered as a race, they 

 differ from the typical specimens only in the slightly paler pink 

 coloration in the cilia of the fore wing and in the apparently slightly 



