REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 201 



inwardly, irrorated with blackish fuscous. Antenna ochreous, annu- 

 lated with fuscous. Head pale whitish ochreous. Thorax and fore 

 wing reddish ochreous, sparsely irrorated with blackish fuscous; at 

 basal third, in cell, a blackish-fuscous spot followed by a similar one 

 at the end of cell ; on vein Ic, about equidistant from both discal dots, 

 a third blackish- fuscous spot; from costa, about middle, a row of 

 blackish-fuscous spots to vein 7 then sharply angulated to inner margin 

 at about two-thirds; around termen a series of small, blackish-fuscous 

 spots; cilia ochreous. Hind wing fuscous with reddish cast; cilia 

 ochreous with a fuscous subbasal band. Legs ochreous, heavily over- 

 laid with fuscous except at joints. Abdomen ochreous, irrorated and 

 suffused with blackish fuscous. 



Male genitalm. — Harpe long, narrow, slightly clothed with hairs; 

 cucullus rounded; clasper small, stout, pointed; sacculus narrowly 

 folded. Anellus with lateral projections well developed. Gnathos 

 large, spined. Aedeagus large, stout; vesica armed with numerous 

 strong cornuti. Socii undeveloped ; uncus broad, spoon-shaped. 



Female genitalia. — Bur^a copulatrix without signum. Ductus 

 bursae membranous except just before ostium, there sclerotized. 



Alar expanse, 19-28 mm. 



Types. — In the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia {ten- 

 toriferella) ; in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, 

 Mass. (?) {fernaldella) ; in the British Museum {confertella). 



Type localities. — Unknown ( tentorifcrella) ; Maine {fernaldella) ; 

 Nova Scotia {confertella). 



Food plants. — Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh., Oephalanthics 

 occidentalis L., Syrlnga vulgaris L., apple, cherry, elm, hazel, hickory, 

 oak. 



Distribution. — Eastern United States and eastern Canada. 



United States records 



District of Columbia: Washington, 7 $S (17-IX-1884, no collector; 16-10- 

 82, no collector; 1-6-XI-1914 and 27-IX-1933, A. Busck). 



Iowa: Iowa City, 2 (September 1917, A. W. Lindsey) ; Sioux City, $ (Septem- 

 ber 3, 1921, A. W. Lindsey). 



Maine: 2 5 2 (one September 28, 1909; the other without date or collector). 



Maryland: Plummers Island, 3 $ $ (29-IX-1905, A. Busck) ; $ (October 4, 

 1932, George P. Engelhardt). 



Massachusetts: Cambridge, $ (no date or collector) ; Newton Highlands, $ (no 

 date) ; Springfield, 2 5 5 (9-IX-1897 and 30-VII-1897, George Dimmock, 

 Nos. 1204, 1208). 



Michigan: St. Clair County, $ (September 1, 1927; no collector). 



New Hampshire: Canobie Lake, 2 (14-IX-1892, George Dimmock, No. 10.54). 



New Jersey: Elizabeth, 2 ("9-19," A. J. Weidt) ; Essex County, 2 2 2 (27-IX- 

 1902, W. D. Kearfott) ; Montclair, $, 2 (lO-IX-1899, 2o-IX-1899, W. D. 

 Kearfott) ; Woodside, S ("9-19", A. J. Weidt). 



