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yellowish red. Expanse : 16-17 mm. Distribution : Missouri, Texas, 

 North Carolina, Pennsylvania. Reared specimens from acorns. 



Riley's type of aurichaZceana goes here. 



Var. G (fig. 31). — Tegumen with long, straight, roughened, horn- 

 like j)osterior projections; aedoeagus simple. Color reddish brown 

 or reddish ocherous. Expanse: 15-17 mm. Distribution: Penn- 

 sylvania, Missouri, Florida, Mexico. Reared specimens from acorns. 



In all these forms the female genitalia also show some slight vari- 

 ations. Varieties A (fig. 113), and E (fig. 112) exhibit the extreme 

 differences. Between these there is a gradual intergradation in the 

 other varieties. 



Alar expanse. — 11-20 mm. 



Types. — In British jSIuseum {latifen'eanus) ; National Collection 

 {aurichaZceana) ; American Museum {inquilina). 



Tvpe localities. — Medocino County, Calif, {latiferreanus) ; Kirk- 

 wood, Mo. {aurichalcea^m) ; San Francisco, Calif, {inquilina). 



Food plants. — Oak acorns, beech nuts, chestnut burs. 



14. Genus CARPOCAPSA Treitschke 



(Figs. 37, 160) 



Carpoca2)sa Treitschke, Schmet. Eur., vol. 8, 1830, p. 160 {=Cydia Wal- 

 singham not Hiibner). 



Genotype. — Phalaena Tinea pomonella Linnaeus (Europe). 



Thorax smooth. 



Fore Aving smooth; termen straight; 12 veins, all separate; 7 to 

 termen; 11 from cell slightly beyond middle; 9 and 10 well sepa- 

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

 nearly parallel beyond cell, not approximate at termen ; 2 from cell 

 before %, straight; no costal fold in male. 



Hind wing with pecten from lower median vein, in male de- 

 veloped as a long slender black hair pencile inclosed in a shallow 

 pocket along vein Ic; 8 veins; 6 and 7 approximate toward base, 

 3 and 4 stalked; 2 form cell at outer % in male; inner margin in 

 male simple. 



Hind tibia of male smooth scaled. 



Male genitalia with outer surface of harpe unspined; cucuUus 

 well defined, finely and evenly spined; neck incurvation slight; a 

 short, thornlike projection from neck near cucullus (a similar de- 

 velopment is also found in a few species of Laspet/resiu), otherwise 

 smooth; sacullus weakly spined. Tegumen a rather narrow chiti- 

 nized band. Uncus absent. Socii absent. Gnathos a simple wealdy 

 chitinized band. Aedoeagus moderately long, stout, slightly taper- 

 ing; cornuti a cluster of short, stout fixed spines (6-8). 



Abdomen of male simple. 



