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Distribution. — Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. 



Alar expanse. — 10-12 mm. 



Types.— 'In Academy National Sciences {lautana) ; Museum Com- 

 parative Zoology {perfluana) . 



Type localities. — Virginia {lautana)-, Texas (perfluana). 



9. Genus GRAPHOLITHA Treitschke 



(Fig. 7) 



Orapholitha Treitschke, Schmet. Eur., vol. 7, 1829, p. 232 {=8tigmonota 

 Guenee). 



Genotype. — Pyralis dorsana Fabricius (Europe). 

 Euspila Stephens, Syst. Cat. Brit. Ins., 1829, p. 103. 



Genotype. — Tinea compositella Fabricius (Euroije). 

 Ephippiphora Dttponchel, Hist. Nat. L§pid. France, vol. 9, 1834, pp. 22, 

 304. 



Genotype. — Phalaena Tinea jungiella Clerck (Europe). 

 Opadia Guenee, Eur. Microlepid, Index Method., 1845, p. 48. 



Genotype. — GraphoUtha funehrana Treitschke (Europe). 



Thorax smooth.- 



Fore wing smooth; termen straight or convex, or with a very 

 slight concavity at vein 6; 12 veins, all separate (in aberrant speci- 

 mens 7 and 8 are occasionally short stalked, but this character does 

 not seem to hold even for species) ; 7 to termen; 11 from cell at or 

 a trifle before middle; 9 and 10 well sejDarated; upper internal 

 vein of cell from between 10-11 ; 3, 4 and 5 well separted at termen; 

 2 from cell before %, straight or very slightly bent; male without 

 costal fold. 



Hind wing with normal pecten; 8 veins; 6 and 7 approximate 

 towards base ; 3 and 4 connate or very short stalked ; inner margin 

 simple in male. 



Hind tibia of male smooth scaled. 



Male genitalia with harpe simple ; outer surface unspined ; cucul- 

 lus well defined, finely and evenly spined; neck incurvation usually 

 pronounced; neck smooth or very weakly spined; sacculus simple, 

 weakly spined. Tegumen a rather narrow band. Uncus absent. 

 Socii absent. Gnathos a simple, weakly chitinized band. Aedoea- 

 gus straight or very slightly curved; rather long; stout or mod- 

 erately so and evenly tapering; cornuti a cluster of three or more 

 spines, one or two fixed, the rest deciduous, rarely all fixed. 



Sternite of eighth abdominal segment (in male) developed as a 

 narrow, chitinized band at the lateral extremities of which are a 

 pair of long heavy hair tufts (fig. 7.). 



Female genitalia with two signa developed as thorn like spines; 

 signa rarely absent. Ductus bursae short; strongly chitinized and 

 often scobinate near genital opening. 



