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3. HEDIA VARIEGANA (Hiibner) 



(Figs. 262, 418) 



Tortrix vQ,riegana Hubnee, Samm. Europ. Schmet. Tort., 1814, fig. 14. 

 Olethreutes variegana Staudinger and Rebel, Cat. Lepid., vol. 2, uo. 



1872, 1901. — Pierce and Metcalfe, Genitalia Brit. Tort., 1922, p, 



43, pi. 15. 

 Argyroploce variegana Kennel, Palaeark, Tort.. Lfg. 3, Zoologica, vol. 21, 



Heft 54, 1913, p. 379. 



A few examples of this species have been in our collections for 

 several years either unidentified or under consanguinana Walsing- 

 ham. There is no appreciable difference between American and 

 European specimens. 



Male and female genitalia figured from specimens in National 

 Collection from Providence, R. I. (reared under Quaintance No, 

 1636, May 22, 1916, from plum, J. F. Collins). 



Distribution. — Rhode Island, Nova Scotia, British Columbia. 



Alar expense. — 17-20 mm. 



Type. — Location unknown. 



Type locality. — Europe. 



Food plants. — Plum (in Europe: Pyrus, Sorhus, Prunus, Betula, 

 Myrica^ Quercus). 



4. HEDIA CHIONOSEMA (Zeller) 



(Figs. 261, 419) 



Penihina chionosema Zeller, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 25, 1875, 

 p. 265. — Murtfeldt, Bull. 23, Div. Ent. (old series), U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 1891, p. 51. 



Olethreutes chionosema Fernald, in Dyar List N. Amer. Lepid., no. 5047^ 

 1903. — Wellhouse, Cornell Univ. Memoir, 56, 1922, p. 1077. — Forbes, 

 Memoir 68, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., 1924, p. 456. 



Argyroploce chionosema Barnes and McDunnough, Cheek List Lepid. 

 Bor. Amer., no. 6847, 1917. 



A striking species easily distinguished by the character given in 

 the key. 



Male and female genitalia figured from specimens in National 

 Collection from Vienna, Va. (Cushman, "■1-30-12," male) and un- 

 known locality (female, labeled: "on apple"). 



Distribution. — Missouri, Kansas, North Carolina, Virginia, Penn- 

 sylvania, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, 

 Vermont, Ontario, Quebec. 



Alar expanse. — 1^18 mm. 



Type. — In collection B-ossler. 



Type locality. — North America. 



Food plants. — Apple, Crataegus., Amelanchier. 



