BAGWORM MOTHS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 89 



Euruhuttarus celibaia (Jones) McDunnough, Check List Lep. Canada and USA, 

 pt. 2, no. 9528, 1939. 



Male. — (Fig. 30.) Moth of small size, rather slender body; light 

 brown body hairs about equally mixed with much paler, whitish hairs. 

 Antennae 23- to 24-segmented. 



Wings brownish fuscous. Primaries with apex slightly less rounded, 

 more extended than in B. tracyi. Secondaries with Rs fusing to Sc+Ri 

 for short distance, producing relatively short subcostal cell; Rs 

 usually arising separate from Sc + Ri at discal cell, may be staU^ed 

 with latter vein in rare instances; Ma and M3 usually separate, occa- 

 sionally connate or shortly stalked. Wing expanse 10.5-12.5 mm. 



Male genitalia. — (Fig. 274.) Valves with apodemes relatively 

 longer, more slender than in B. tracyi. Saccus shorter, more tapering. 

 Lateral margins of eiglith sternite (fig. 217) not deeply excavated; 

 furcations gradually tapering to pointed apex. 



Case. — (Fig. 88.) Length 11-15 mm.; diameter 2-3 mm. Bag 

 slender, roughly cylindrical; exterior overlaid with thin flakes of pine 

 bark, usually with number of elongate sections of pine needles or 

 small plant stems arranged longitudinally. 



Type. — In the United States National Museum. 



Type locality. — De Funiak Springs, Walton County, Florida. 



Recorded hosts. — Ericaceae: Vaccinium corymbosum L., from 

 specimen labels. Probably a general feeder on low vegetation. Cases 

 usually are found attached rather low to the trunks of such trees as 

 oaks and pines (Jones, 1922). 



Distribution.— (Map 4.) Through the Atlantic Plain from North 

 Carolina to Florida. 



Discussion. — No adult females of this species are known but F. M. 

 Jones has reared more than 40 males from an even greater number of 

 cases gathered at De Funiak Springs. Jones concluded from the 

 scarcity of females that perhaps female larvae sought out different 

 situations for pupation (hence the specific name "celibata"). This 

 difference in habit between the sexes has been noted for certain 

 European species (Hofmann, 1860). 



Material examined. — 26 d'cf, 46 cases. 



UNITED STATES: Florida: specific locality unknown, 2 cases, BM. De 

 Funiak Springs, cf, holotype, June 21; 23 cT cf , June 3-28, 35 cases. USNM. 

 Paradise Key, case, USNM. Walton County, cf, June 20, PAS. North 

 Carolina: Ammon, cf with case, July 7, USNM. Wilmington, cf, 8 cases, 

 USNM. 



15. Coloneura, new genus 



Apierona, CochlioOteca Rehelia, in part, of authors. 



Type of genus. — Apteronafragilis Barnes and McDunnough, 1916. 

 Male. — Moths of small size, slender body. Antennae (fig. 378) 



