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Avith pale costal markings somewhat more distinct than on upper 

 surface; underside of hind wing blackish, dusted with whitish on 

 disk and toward apex. Abdomen black above. Hairy vestiture of 

 abdomen and legs mixed black and grayish ocherous. 



Genitalia figured from type and paratype from the type locality. 



Alar expanse. — 16-20 mm. 



Type and paratypes. — Cat. No. 28024, U.S.N.M. Paratypes also in 

 American Museum, Canadian National, and Barnes collections. 



Type locality. — Reno, Nev. 



Food plant. — Pinus. 



Described from male type; 4 male and 1 female paratypes from 

 the type locality (labeled: "In pine cones, issued 1-24—11, J. B. 

 Smith ") ; 1 male and 2 female paratypes from Ureka, Calif, (reared 

 under Hopk. U. S. No. 11413 and 10889a, February 10-16, 1912, 

 and March 2, 1914, from larvae in cones of Pinus je-ffreyi^ J. M. 

 Miller) ; 2 male paratypes from Pine Valley, Calif, (reared under 

 Hopk. U. S. No. 13276, August 27, 1915, from cones of P. jejfreyi, 

 F. P. Keen) ; 1 female paratype from Mona National Forest, Calif. 

 (Hopk. U. S. No. 12557ff-, issued February 22, 1915, from cones of 

 P. jeffreyi) ; and 1 male paratype from Ashland, Oreg. (Hopk. U. S. 

 No. 12539 k, issued August 26, 1914, from cones of P. ponderosa, 

 P. D. Sergent). These are from a large series reared by the Forest 

 Insect Division of the Bureau of Entomology. In addition to the 

 above, we have reared specimens from several other California 

 localities and two examples (a male and female) labeled "From 

 pine cones. North Carolina." 



This species occurs in the same localities and has the same life 

 history and habits as piperana Kearfott, and seems to be even more 

 abundant and destructive than the latter. Its larvae feed in pine 

 cones. The favorite food plant appears to be P. jefreyi, though 

 cones of P. po7iderosa and other pines are occasionally attacked. It 

 seems to hybridize with L. piperana (see p. 65). 



13. Genus MELISSOPUS Riley 



(Figs. 2, 9, 36, 113) 



MeUssopus Riley, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci., vol. 4, 1881, p. 322. 



Genotype. — Carpocapsa latiferreana Walsingham (North America), 



Thorax smooth. 



Fore wing smooth ; termen slightly concave ; 12 veins all separate ; 

 7 to termen; 11 from cell just before middle; 10 remote from 9; 

 upper internal vein of cell from between 10-11 ; 3, 4, and 5 somewhat 

 approximate at termen; 2 from cell before %, straight; no costal 

 fold in male. 



