382 CONNECTICUT OEOL. AXI) NAT. HIST. SURVEY [Bull. 



win<is folded inciiinbent over the hack and with the body tilted at a 

 strong angle to the support. The earl}' stages are spent in rich or- 

 ganic iniul. 



Key to Species 



1. Wings of both sexes narrow, widest opposite the central half angustuia 



Wings broader, especially in the male, where the widest point is just hehiiul 

 the termination of vein 2nd A (Fig. 43, L) fuscovaria 



Limnophila (Picranophrafim/i) angustuia Alex. 



11)2*.). IZ/niiiopJiila {Dicranophr(i(/))i(i) anqustula Alexander; Bull. 

 Brooklyn Ent. Soc, 24 : li)0-191. 



Allied and generally similar to the next species, differing espec- 

 ially in the narrow wings of both sexes. Head and thorax brownish 

 gray, the praescutal interspaces variegated with dark brown. Hal- 

 teres and legs pale yellow. Wings snbhyaline. with an abnndant dotted 

 and spotted bnnvn pattern, including about five major areas along 

 the costal Held, the third and foui-th, in cases, more or less confluent 

 behind, i. L. 4.5-5.5 mm.; w. 4.8-7 mm. 2. I^. 5-6 mm.; w. 5-6 

 mm. 



(Mid-June-Sept.) Me., N. H., Vt., Mass.. Ct., N. Y., westw. to Mich., southw. to 

 Tenn., N. C. and Fla. 



Connecticut.— Bloomfield, Aug. 6, 1929 (C. P. A.): Bolton, Tulv 4, 1931 (\V. H. R.): 

 Cornwall Bridge, Aug. 19, 1931 (C. P. A.): Kent Falls. Tunc UA?, 1931 (C. P. A.). 



L. (DicranopJnrK/ma) fuscovaria O. S. (P"ig. 43, L). 

 1850. Limnophila {r>irr(ino))hra</ma) f?/5<:?orffrm Osten Sacken ; Proc. 

 Acad. Xat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1859 : 240. 



Figs.— Needham, 23rd Kept. N. Y. St. Ent. for 1907, pi. 18. fig. 1 (ven.) : 1908. 

 Alexander, Cfls. N. Y., 1, pi. 39, fig. 139 (wing); 1919. Dickinson, Cfls. Wise, p. 

 203, fig. 96 (wing 9 ) : 1932. 



Antennae short- in both sexes, the }>asal segments yellow, the outer 

 segments darkei-. Mesonotum brownish gray, the inters])aces var- 

 iegated by dark brown spots and dashes; pleura clearer gray, lined 

 longitudinally with dark brown; a circular dark spot on sternopleurite. 

 Legs yellow, with conspicuous erect setae. Wings with an abundant 

 dotted and spotted brown pattern, including about five costal areas, 

 the third and fourth widely separated; costal fringe {$) conspicuous. 

 $. L. 4.5-5.5 mm.; w. 6-6.5 mm. 9. L. 6.5-7 mm.; w. 7 mm. 



(June-Aug.) Out.. Que., Me., N. H., Vt.. Mass., N. Y., Pa., westw. to Wise, and 

 Mo., southw. to X. C, S. C, Tenn. and Fla. Cool woodlands. 



Connecticut.— Canaan, June 12. 1931 (C. P. A.): Danburv, June 15, 1909 (C. W. T. ) : 

 East River, Julv 8, 1910 (Elv) ; Granby. June 8, 1929 (C. P. A.) ■ Hartland, June 9. 

 1929 (C. P. A.): Kent Falls, June 12-13, 1931, Julv 23-24, 1931 Aug. 19. 1931 

 (C. P. A.): Riverton. Julv 23, 1931 (C. P. A.); Saptree Run State Park. June 14. 

 1933 (C. P. A.): Tunxis State Park, Julv 23-24, 1931 (C. P. A.); Tvler Lake. June 

 13, 1931 rC. P. A.); Westford, June 14, 1933 (C. P. A.); W. Granbv, Tune 8, 1929 

 (C.P.A.). 



