BAGWORM MOTHS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 87 



31. Basicladiis travyi (Jones), new combination 



Figures 29, 86, 87, 162, 179, 218, 273, 273a, 343, 377; Map 3 



Eurycttarus [sic] tracyi Jones, Ent. News, vol. 22, p. 193, pi. 6, 1911. 

 Platoeceiicus tracyi (Jones) Barnes and McDunnough, Check List Lep. Boreal 



Amer., no. 4802, 1917. 

 Pachytclia traccyi [sic] (Jones) Dyar, Insec. Inscit. Menst., vol. 11, p. 2, 1923. 

 Eurukuttarus tracyi (Jones) Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., pars 34, p. 131, 



1929. 

 Eurukuttarus iraceyi [sic] (Jones) McDunnough, Check List Lep. Canada and 



USA, pt. 2, no. 9527, 1939. 

 Exirycyttarus tracyi (Jones) Gaede in Seitz, Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1179, 



pi. 169b, 1936. 

 Psyche cacocnemos Jones, Ent. News, vol. 33, p. 131, pis. 7-8, 1922 (new synonymy). — 



Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., pars 34, p. 114, 1929. 

 Pachytclia [sic] cacocnemos (Jones) Dj^ar, Insec. Inscit. Menst., vol. 11, p. 2, 1923. 

 Eurycyttarus cacocnemos (Jones) Gaede in Seitz, Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1180, 



pi. 169b, 1936. 

 Eurukuttarus cacocnemos (Jones) McDunnough, Check List Lep. Canada and 



USA, pt. 2, no. 9529, 1939. 



Male.- — (Fig. 29.) Body rol3ust, densely hairy, vesture consisting 

 mostly of light brown hairs witli slight admixture of greyish white. 

 Antennae with 28-34 segments. Legs of varial^le length. Abdomen 

 with caudal segments somewhat widely tufted laterally. 



Wings fuscous. Primaries with apex reduced, strongly rounded. 

 Secondaries with Rs variable, fused with Sc+Ri for short distance as 

 in B. celibatus or touching at point or connected to it by oblique vein 

 as in AHala. Wing expanse 16-19 mm. 



IVTale GENITALIA. — (Fig. 273.) Internal apodemes of valves 

 relatively short and stout. Saccus long with apex dilated or simple. 

 Furcal arms of eighth sternite (fig. 218) variable, sometimes stouter 

 than illustrated, with distinctly clubbed tips. 



Case.— (Figs. 86, 87.) Length 25-30 mm., width variable, de- 

 pending upon amount of extraneous material applied, usually 6-8 mm. 

 Covering of case usually consisting of grass or sedge leaves and stems, 

 attached anteriorally, applied longitudinally in overlapping fashion. 

 Blades usually cut short, but may surpass length of bag. 



Types.- — In the United States National Museum (Psyche cacocne- 

 mos and Eurukuttarus tracyi). 



Type locality. — Jacksonville, Florida (P. cacocnemos) ; Biloxi, 

 Mississippi (E. tracyi). 



Recorded hosts. — ^"Sarraceniaceae: Sarracenia sledgei Macfarl. 

 (flower petals); Poaceae: grasses," Jones (1911). "Grasses, sedges, 

 and rushes" (Jones, 1922). "Arecaceae: palm," (from specimen 

 label). 



Distribution. — (Map 3.) Found through parts of the Atlantic 

 Plain from North Carolina to Mississippi. 



