REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 161 



roseate tinge. Hind wing shining grayish fuscous, darker toward 

 margin and with a fine fuscous terminal line; cilia pale grayish 

 fuscous, with subbasal and terminal bands fuscous. Legs yellowish 

 white heavily overlaid with blackish fuscous except at joints and on 

 hind tibiae. Abdomen light fuscous narrowly annulated with pale 

 yellowish fuscous at posterior ends of segments ; anal tuft yellowish 

 fuscous. 



Male genitalia. — Harpe narrow, long ; costa gently and evenly con- 

 cave; cucullus bluntly pointed; sacculus narrowly but strongly 

 sclerotized; clasper long, slender, curved inwardly, attaining or 

 slightly exceeding costa. Anellus a subrectangular plate with convex 

 lateral edges; posterior edge concave, basolateral lobes indicated by 

 a few hairs. Aedeagus stout, curved, moderately long, bluntly 

 pointed; vesica armed with a single stout, curved cornutus. Vincu- 

 lum broadly rounded. Transtilla indicated only by a weak mem- 

 brane; lateral lobes absent. Tegumen rounded. Socii moderately 

 well developed hairy lobes. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate moderately broad, strongly sclero- 

 tized. Ostium large, oval, with a narrow, strongly sclerotized an- 

 terior edge. Ductus bursae membranous in posterior half, strongly 

 sclerotized, convoluted and broadened in anterior half; inception of 

 ductus seminalis well before ostium. Bursa copulatrix large, round; 

 signum a small toothed plate. 



Alar expanse, 24—31 mm. 



Type. — In the United States National Museum. 



Type locality. — New Brighton, Pa. 



Food plant. — Unknown. 



Distribution. — Northeastern United States and eastern Canada. 



United States records 



New York: Ithaca, Big Indian Valley (ace. Forbes). 



Ohio: Cincinnati, 2 $ (27-III-1903, A. F. Braun). 



Pennsylvania: New Brighton, 20 5 (J , 16 $ $ (March and April dates, 1901- 



1905, H. D. Merrick); Oak Station, Allegheny County, 9 5 5 , 10 9 5 



(March and April dates, 190S-1914, Fred Marloff). 



Canadian records 



Alberta: Red Deer, 4 S S, 2 5 $ (16-24 April, 1922-1923, K. Bowman). 

 Manitoba: Aweme, $ (3-V-1924, N. Griddle) ; Cartwright, $ (no date, E. F. 



Heath). 

 Ontario: Constance Bay, 2 $$ (26-IV-1935. W. J. Brown; 26-IV-193.'>, 



J. McDunnough) ; Ottawa, 5 9 9 (26-IV-1909. l-V-1906, C. H. Young). 



Rcnmrks. — The specimens from Canada, which I have before me, 

 are considerably darker and, for the most part, are less conspicu- 

 ously marked than the specimens from the United States, owing to 



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