60 BUL.LETIN 132, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



28. LASPEYRESIA AMERICANA (Walsingham) 

 (Figs. 158, 336) 



Grapholitha americana Walsingham, lllus. Lepid. Heter. Brit. Mus., vol. 



4, 1879, p. 67. 

 Enarmoma americana Fernald, in Dyar List N. Amer. Lepid., no. 5276, 



1903 ; not Kearfott, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 1905, p. 362. 

 Laspeyresia americana Barnes and McDunnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. 



Amer., no. 7244, 1917. 



A large Pacific coast species superficially resembling Epibleina in- 

 felix Heinrich. May be readily recognized by its genitalia and the 

 large clear white dorsal spot upon an otherwise dark purplish fus- 

 cous fore wing. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 short stalked. Aedo- 

 eagus extremely stout at base and tapering evenly to a very narrow 

 apex ; cornuti a longitudinal row of a half a dozen short stout fixed 

 spines. 



Genitalia figured from specimens in National Collection from 

 Colfax, Calif. (A. H. Vachell, "V-1"). 



Distribution. — California, Washingion, British Columbia. 



Alar' expanse.^^— 13.5-19 mm. 



Type. — In British Museum. 



Type locality. — Mendocino County, Calif. 



29. LASPEYRESIA FLAVICOLLIS (Walsingham) 



(Fig. 149) 



Cydiaf flavicollis Walsingham, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 130. 



There is a perfect female of this beautiful species in the Kearfott 

 collection at the American Museum. It is labeled " Everglades, 

 Florida, April 8-15." This is our first North American record. 



Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked. 



Genitalia figured from specimen in American Museum. 



Alar expanse. — 15 mm. 



Type. — In " Museum Hedemann " ( ? ) . 



Type locality. — St. Thomas, British West Indies. 



30. LASPEYRESIA NINANA (Dyar) 

 (Figs. 148, 335) 



Carpocapsa ninana Riley, in Smith's List Lep. Bor. Amer. no. 5025, 

 1891. — Barnes and McDunnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 

 7273, 1917. 



Cydia ninana Dyar, List N. Amer. Lepid., no. 5298-1, p. 471. 



Although this species is attributed to Riley in the Smith list, the 

 first description is by Dyar and it must therefore be credited to him. 

 Like flavicollis, it is probably of tropical origin. Both sj^ecies may 

 eventually have to have a different generic designation ; but at 



