REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 171 



Canadian records 



British Columbia: Vernon (2 $ 5, 6-VI-1926; 2 , 12-VII-1927, E. P. Venables). 



DEPRESSARIA PALOUSELLA, new species 



Plate 48, Figure 284 



A distinct, medium-sized moth resembling yakimae but smoother in 

 appearance. 



Labial palpus with second segment shining white with much black 

 scaling exteriorly ; the white scales show a faint pinkish iridescence ; 

 third segment white with black basal and subapical annulations. An- 

 tenna with basal segment blackish fuscous with a few whitish scales 

 mixed; remainder grayish with blackish-fuscous annulations. Head 

 light fuscous, the scales white tipped. Thorax, base of tegula, and 

 base of fore wing black. The posterior two-thirds of tegula, the costa 

 to middle of fore wing and the major portion of the thorax strongly 

 marked with cinereous. Ground color of fore wing a light brownish 

 fuscous, darker basally and faintly irrorated with cinereous; in the 

 cell a strongly marked, longitudinal black dash edged anteriorly with 

 cinereous; veins, especially 9, 10, and 11 strongly marked with black 

 and around termen a series of indistinct, blackish spots at ends of veins ; 

 cilia light brownish fuscous. Hind wing light grayish-fuscous but 

 darker at extreme apex and around termen ; cilia light brownish fus- 

 cous, darker basally. Legs blackish fuscous irrorated with white. 

 Abdomen grayish fuscous above, blackish fuscous with much white 

 scaling below. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate broad, moderately sclerotized, not 

 appreciably produced ventrally around ostium. Ostium oval, trans- 

 verse. Posterior fourth of ductus bursae broadly expanded with the 

 major portion of this section strongly sclerotized and armed with 

 small teeth ; the remainder of the ductus is membranous. Inception 

 of ductus seminalis on the posterior margin of the sclerotized part 

 of the ductus bursae. Bursa copulatrix moderately large with a small 

 but well-defined signum. 



Alar expanse, 19-20 mm. 



Type and paratypes. — U.S.N.M. No. 52074. 



Type locality. — Pullman, Wash. 



Remark.^. — Described from the $ type (26-VI-30) and 1 9 para- 

 type (20-IX-30), both collected by the author. 



DEPRESSARIA CINEREOCOSTELLA Clemens 



Plate 38, Figures 205, 205a ; Plate 48, Figure 281 



Depressaria cinereocostella Cij:mens, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, vol. 2, p. 

 422, 1864.— Robinson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hi.st. New York, vol. 9, p. 155, pi. 1, 

 fig. 6, 1869. — Clemens, in Stainton, Tineina of North America, p. 245, 1872. — 



