REVISION OF THE OECOFHORIDAE — CLARKE 215 



Alar expanse, 18-23 mm. 



Type. — In Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 

 {fagineUa) ; in British Museum {ferruginosa) . 

 Type localities. — Kentucky {fagineUa) ; Ohio {ferruginosa). 

 Food plant. — Fagiis grandifoliu Elirh. 

 Distribution. — Eastern United States. 



United States records 



Delaware: Lowes, $ (8-8-35, Donald McCreary). 



Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish, 2 2 9 (24-VIII-1923, T. H. Jones and 



W. G. Bradley). 

 Maine: Augusta, 3 5 5 , 2 $ 2 (February 1931 [indoor record?] ) ; Aurora, 3 $ $ , 



4 2 2 (13-16-VI-32; 6-4-31 [Gip. Moth Lab. No. 12164-S185] ) ; Bar Harbor 



(June 2-12). 

 New Hampshire: Dublin, 2 (A. Busck) ; Hampton, 2 (VI-25-1907, S. A. 



Shaw). 

 Ohio: Cincinnati, 2 (VIII-11-1917, A. F. Braun). 

 Vermont: One male; no further data. 



Remarks. — I have placed ferruginosa as a synonym of fagineUa^ 

 since, aside from the coloration {fenmginosa is lighter than fagineUa) 

 there are no differences between the two. Both have the same food 

 plant and distribution. 



PSILOCORSIS CARYAE, new species 



Plate 22, Figtjee 132 ; Piate 40, Figure 219 



Psilocorsis crypt olechiella Beimley (not Chambers), The insects of North Caro- 

 lina, p. 304, 1938. 



Labial palpus with the second segment sordid whitish ochreous 

 shaded with grayish fuscous exteriorly; a fuscous longitudinal line 

 beneath, narrowly bordered laterally with whitish; third segment 

 fuscous with a whitish tip, and a narrow whitish line on each side. 

 Face, head, and basal segment of antenna above dark yellow-brown 

 to light fuscous ; underside of basal segment of antenna fuscous with 

 two longitudinal whitish lines; remainder of antenna checkered 

 with white and fuscous, less distinctly so and lighter toward the 

 extremity. Thorax and base of fore wing deep brown. Fore wing 

 light j^ellowish fuscous strongly overlaid with deep brown. Thorax 

 and fore wing with a purplish luster; inner and outer discal spots 

 and an indistinct row of spots around termen blackish fuscous; cilia 

 light fuscous. Hind wing shining yellowish fuscous (with a brassy 

 appearance), darker apically; cilia light fuscous with a darker sub- 

 basal band. Legs whitish ochreous suffused with light fuscous. Ab- 

 domen yellowish fuscous above, whitish ochreous beneath. 



First abdominal segment simple. 



