REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 211 



Remarks. — This species is unknown to me, but I am retaining the 

 name for the present in anticipation of the rediscovery of the species. 



It appears to be nearest to, if not synonymous with, obsoletella. 

 For the sake of completeness I give a copy of the original description : 



"Third joint of the palpi black, with a narrow longitudinal white 

 line on each side. Second joint pale yellow with a narrow longi- 

 tudinal black line beneath. Antennae pale yellow, checkered above 

 with black and with a narrow longitudinal black line on each side 

 of the basal portion. Head, thorax and base of the anterior wings 

 dull reddish-orange; anterior wings to the naked eye, pale golden, 

 with the lustre of "watered" silk, produced by a multitude of trans- 

 verse, narrow, wavy, dark brown lines, as seen under the lens; six 

 small dark brown spots in a row around the apex, to the naked eye 

 appearing like a narrow marginal line. Ciliae pale fuscous, with a 

 silvery lustre and a somewhat darker hinder marginal line at their 

 base. Hind wings yellowish-white with a silky lustre." 



PSILOCORSIS DUBITATELLA (Zeller) 



Cryptoleclila (Psilocorsis) dwbitatella Zellee, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross., vol. 13, p. 262, 

 1877. 



Cryptolechia duMtatella (Zeller) Metteick, in Wytsman, Genera insectorum, 

 fase. 180, p. 197, 1922.— McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of 

 Canada and the United States of America (Part 2, Mierolepidoptera ) , No. 

 8469, 1939. 



Psilocorsis dulitatclla (Zeller) Busck, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 5, p. 206, 

 1903. — Keaefott, in Smith, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, 

 No. 6393, 1903.— Busck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 35, p. 197, 1908.— Barnes 

 and McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 

 6429, 1917.— FoEBES, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Stat. Memoir. 68, p. 236, 1923. 



Cryptolechm quercicella Walsingham [not Clemens], Ins. Life, vol. 2, p. 151, 

 1889. — Riley, in Smith, List of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 5223, 

 1891.— Busck, in Dyar, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, No. 5851, 1903. 



Alar expanse, 16 mm. (3%'"'). 



Type. — Zoological Museum, Berlin. 



Type locality. — "North America." 



Food plant. — Unknown. 



Remarhs. — I do not know this species. Following is a copy of the 

 original description : 



"Capillis et thorace ochraceis, palpis linea longitudinali nigra sig- 

 natis; alls ant. subelongatis, ochraceis, obsolete transverse strigulatis, 

 puncto venae transversae obsoleto f usco, nebula cinerea inferius addita, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris superius majusculus, ciliis fusco-cinereis. 

 ?." 



There seems to be considerable difference of opinion regarding the 

 proper placement of this species. Walsingham considers it a synonym 

 of quercicella and Forbes suggests its synonymy with ohsoletella. I 



