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Inga spa7-siciliella (Clemens) Busck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.„ vol. 35, p. 200, 

 1908. — Baenes and McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal 

 America, No. 6483, 1917. — Fokbes, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Stat. Memoir 08, 

 p. 243, 1923 ; in Leonard, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Stat. Memoir 101, p. 546, 

 1928. — Bkimley, The insects of North Carolina, p. 304, 1938. — McDunnough, 

 Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America 

 (Part 2, Microlepidoptera), No. 8466, 1939. 



MacMmia sparsiciliella (Clemens) Meybick, Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol. 3, 

 p. 471, 1928. 



Cryptolechia contrariella Waxkek, List of the specimens of lepidopterous 

 insects in the collection of the British Museum, vol. 29, p. 771, 1864. — 

 Walsingham, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880, p. 85. — Keaefott, in Smith, 

 Check list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 6385, 1903. 



Inga contrariella (Walker) McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of 

 Canada and the United States of America (Part 2, Microlepidoptera), 

 No. 8466, 1939 (cited as synonym of /. sparsiciliella (Clemens) ). 



Inga atropicta (Zeller) McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada 

 and the United States of America (Part 2, Microlepidoptera), No. 8466, 

 1939 (cited as synonym of /. sparsiciliella (Clemens)). 



CryptolecJiia inscitella Walker, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in 

 the collection of the British Museum, vol. 29, p. 772, 1864. 



Cryptolechia atropicta Zellek, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 25, p. 343, 1875. — 

 Riley, in Smith, List of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 5216, 1891. 



Ground color of labial palpus, basal fourth of antenna, head, tho- 

 rax, and fore wing white. Basal half of labial palpus outwardly 

 blackish fuscous. Outer three-fourths of antenna brownish fuscous. 

 Base of costa, and extreme edge to beyond middle, inner angle, discal 

 spot at basal third and a conspicuous large costal spot reaching middle 

 of wing, black or blackish fuscous. From the middle outer edge of 

 the large costal spot a broken, outwardly curved, narrow, blackish - 

 fuscous line to vein 6, then the line is inwardly curved to inner margin 

 at outer third; cilia with some brownish scales mixed. Hind wing 

 and cilia brownish fuscous. Legs brownish fuscous. 



Male genitalia. — Portion of harpe beyond clasper as long as that 

 before; clasper dilated distally, nearly attaining costa and clothed 

 with short stout spines in distal half. Anellus broad with a deep 

 V-shaped median excavation; lateral lobes weak; a well developed, 

 pointed, dorsoanterior process. Aedeagus long, slender; vesica with 

 an elongate, narrow, weakly sclerotized bar. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate membranous; ostium round; duc- 

 tus bursae membranous except for a narrow sclerotized band just 

 before ostium. Inception of ductus seminalis well before ostium. 

 Bursa copulatrix large, oval, with smooth or very finely spiculate inner 

 surface. 



Alar expanse, 14-19 mm. 



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

 siciliella) ; in British Museum {contrariella^ inscitella, atropicta). 



