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5. HEDIA CYANANA (Murtfeldt) 



(Figs. 259, 41.')) 



Penthina cyanana Mtjrtfelut, Amer. Ent., vol. 3, ISSO, p. 14 



Oletlireutes cijanava Feunald, in Dyar List N. Amer. Lepid., no. 5039, 



1903. — Heinrich, Ins. Ins. Mens., vol. 7, 1919, p. 66. — Forbes, Memoir 



68, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., 1924, p. 458. 

 Argyroploce cyanana Barnes and McDunnougii, Check List Lepid. Bor. 



Amer., no. 6828, 1917. 



A dark semilustrous bluish-purple species with pattern mark- 

 ings faint and more brownish; similar in general appearance to 

 Olethreutes agilana Clemens and Esia approxiniana Heinrich but 

 structurally different. 



Male genitalia figured from specimen in National Collection from 

 Missouri (Murtfeldt, "6-25") ; female from specimen in American 

 Museum from unknown locality. 



Distribution. — Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, New Jersey, 

 Manitoba. 



Alar expanse. — 8-15 mm. 



Type. — In collection Cornell University. 



Type locality. — Missouri. 



Food plant. — Rose, 



6. HEDIA (?) LJNEANA (Fernald) 



(Fig. 260) 



Eucosma lineana Fernald, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 9, 1901, p. 501 ; 

 in Dyar List N. Amer. Lepid., no. 5116, 1903. — Barnes and Mc- 

 DuNNOUGH, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 6952, 1917. 



This species does not fit into any of the genera we have, and is 

 only temporarily referred here. In the absence of a male I do not 

 feel justified in proposing a new genus, but have no doubt that one 

 must eventually be erected. In female genitalia characters (the 

 two thorn-like signa) lineana would go easily enough into Hedia; 

 but the wing shape and venation are wrong ; the fore wing termen is 

 concave, vein 2 is strongly bent, running up to termen parallel to 

 3, and the upper internal vein of cell is from between 9 and 10. 

 The pattern, on the other hand, suggests Exarienia. 



Aside from the female type (without abdomen) I have seen only 

 one other specimen, a female from Porto Bello, Panama (August 

 Busck, March, 1911), also in the National Collection. Genitalia of 

 this latter figured. 



Alar expanse. — 15-16 mm. 



Type. — In National Collection. 



Type locality. — Palm Beach, Fla. 



Food plant. — Anona laurifolia. 



