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Editors 

 Samuel E. Cassino, 

 Louis W. Swett 



Publisher 



Samuel E. Gassing 



Salem, Mass. 



\\n.. II 



June 25, 1918 



No 6 



Xanthotype crocataria Fabricius 



With descriptions of new species. 

 By L. W. Swett, Lexington, Mass. 



(Continued from page 39) 



The organ in the middle of the valvae called the harpe, 

 is rather short and blunt in crocataria. A glance 

 at the penis and ceros of typical crocataria will separate 

 it from all other forms. The minor characters of crocataria 

 are the prominent ampulla;, broad rounded valvae and serrate 

 lower costa, or in some species smooth. 



The female genitalia ccxisists of an elongated bag or bursa 

 and a round, doughtnut-shaped body called the signum, which 

 rests at about the center of the bag. 



I will discuss the genitalia further and the important parts 

 under some of the other species. 



The life histories and notes will be given at the end of 

 this article so I will not include them here. 



Typical crocataria occurrs around Washington, D. C, New 

 Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illin- 

 ois, and undoubtedly in most of the Atlantic Coast States, 

 possibly as far south as Georgia, but I .have no other re- 

 cords than those above. A series of typical crocataria will 

 be figured later in this article as the plates of the other 

 forms were made first, and the markings are not so im- 

 portant as the genitalia. 



Copyright, 1918. b; Samue £. Cawino. All ri(bti rcierrtd. 



