REVISION OF THE OECOPHORIDAE — CLARKE 251 



Vinculum rounded. Aedeagus slender, slightly dilated basally. 

 Uncus pointed. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate broad, strongly sclerotized; an- 

 terior edge convex. Ostium margined posteriorly with broad, finely 

 scobinate prominences. [Ductus bursa and bursa copulatrix missing 

 in only specimen available for study.] 



Alar expanse, 9-11 mm. 



Types. — In United States National Museum {edithella) ; in collec- 

 tion of Dr. A. F. Braun, Cincinnati, Ohio {amplicincta) . 



Type localities. — Center Harbor, N. H. {edithella) ; Cincinnati, 

 Ohio {amplicincta) . 



Food plant. — Unknown (probably lichens). 



Distrihution. — Eastern United States. 



United States records 



Kentucky: Powell River, 5 (June 26, A. F. Braun). 

 New Hampshire: Center Harbor, $ (July 22, 1902, H. G. Dyar), 

 Ohio: Cincinnati, 2 $ $ (June 5, June 13, 191S, A. F. Braun). 

 Pennsylvania: Delaware Water Gap, 9 (no date or collector). 

 Virginia: Great Falls, $ (June 13, 1919, A. Busck). 



Remarks. — Through the courtesy of Dr. Braun I was able to obtain 

 a paratype of her species. There is no doubt about the synonymy. 

 Although the species is rare in collections it is probably common. 



SCHIFFERMiJLLERIA LUCIDELLA (Busck) 



Plate 20, Figures 121, 121a ; Plate 39, Figuke 215 



Epicallima hwidella Busck, Ent. News, vol. 23, p. 170, 1912. — Baknes and Mo 

 DUNNOUGH, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 6495, 1917. — 

 Braun, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 49, p. 118, 1923. 



Schiffermuelleria lucidella (Busck) RIeteick, in Wytsman, Genera insectorum, 

 fasc. 180, p. 26, 1922. 



SchiffermuUeria lucidella (Busck) Forbes, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Stat. Memoir 

 68, p. 247, 1923. — McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and 

 the United States of America (Part 2, Microlepidoptera ) , No. 8359, 1939, 



Much like the foregoing species, but with the median longitudinal 

 streak much darker and wider and extending to apex of wing. 



Male genitalia. — Costa of harpe slightly convex, with a sharp, tooth- 

 like projection near apex; cucuUus bluntly pointed; sacculus broad, 

 lightly sclerotized. Lateral extensions of anellus very long, slender, 

 sharply pointed. Vinculum rounded. Aedeagus slender, dilated 

 basally. 



Female genitalia. — Genital plate strongly sclerotized, broad, con- 

 cave posteriorly and broadly forked anteriorly. Ostium small, round. 



Alar expanse, 10-12 mm. 



Type. — In the United States National Museum. 



