180 BULLETIN 132, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Type localities. — Europe (cespitana) ; England (flavofasciana) ; 

 Virginia {histrutana) \ Ohio {poana). 



Food plants. — Clover, grass, horse chestnut (in Europe, Spar- 

 tium) . 



16. OLETHREUTES CAROLANA (McDunnough) 



(Figs. 243, 438) 



Argyroploce carolana McDunnough, Can. Ent., vol. 54, 1922, p. 46. 

 Olethreutes carolana Forbes, Memoir 68, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., 

 1924, p. 451. 



A distinct species. Represented only by the type material in the 

 Canadian National Collection. 



Genitalia figured from type (male) and paratype (female) from 

 Trenton, Ontario ("ll-(>-ll, Evans"). 



Alar expanse. — 14 mm. 



Tyjye. — In Canadian National Collection. 



Type locality. — Ottawa, Ontario. 



17. OLETHREUTES POLLUXANA (McDunnough) 

 (Figs. 244, 445) 



Argyroploce polluxava McDunnough, Can. Ent., vol. 54, 1922, p. 45. 

 Olethreutes polluxana Forbes, Memoir 68, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., 

 1924, p. 452. 



Male genitalia figured from paratype in collection Barnes from 

 the type locality ; female from specimen in National Collection from 

 Mount Washington, N. H. 



Bursa of female with signum a scobinate patch. The ductus 

 Bursae is chitinized for a considerable part of its length, rather 

 an unusual character for this genus. 



Distrihution. — Alberta, Ontario, New Hampshire. There is also 

 a male from Peru, N. Y., in the Cornell University Collection. 



Alar expanse. — 18-19 mm. 



Type. — In Canadian National Collection. 



Type locality. — Nordegg, Alberta. 



18. OLETHREUTES BIPARTITANA (Clemens) 

 (Figs. 249, 435) 



Antithesia bipartitana Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 1860, 



p. 346.— Packard, Guide Study Ins., 1869, p. 333. 

 Penthina similisana Walker, Cat. Lepid. Heter, Brit. Mus., vol. 28, 1863, 



p. 373. — Walsingham, IUus. Lepid. Heter. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1879, 



p. 34. 

 Sericoris caesialbana Zellek, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 25, 1875, 



p. 285.— Feiinald, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 10, 1882, p. 34. 



