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distad of middle of eighth sternum; ductus bursae heavily sclerotized 

 for proximal three-fifths; corpus bursae with two signa. 



Chrysopeleia purpuriella has the habitus of species of Aeaea; how- 

 ever, the male and female genitalia are very distinct from the latter, 

 and for this reason I am treating them as separate genera. Only one 

 species of Chrysopeleia is known, and it may be an offshoot from Aeaea. 



Chrysopeleia purpuriella Chambers 



Figures 25, 25a, 25b, 42, 65 



Chrysopeleia purpuriella Chambers, 1874, Canadian Ent., vol. 6, p. 73. — Riley, 

 in Smith, 1891, List of the Lepidoptera of boreal America, p. 108. — Dyar, 

 1902 [1903], U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, p. 540.— Kearfott, in Smith, 1903, 

 Check list of the Lepidoptera of boreal America, p. 118. — Barnes and Mc- 

 Dmmough, 1917, Check hst of the Lepidoptera of boreal America, p. 152. — ■ 

 Forbes, 1923, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem., no. 68, p. 329.— 

 Fletcher, 1929, Mem. Dep. Agric. India, Ent. Ser., vol. 11, p. 49.^McDun- 

 nough, 1939, Mem. Southern California Acad. Sci., vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 63. 



Aeaea purpuriella, Chambers, 1878, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., vol. 4, 

 p. 128; 1879, Canadian Ent., vol. 11, p. 9; 1880, Psyche, vol. 3, p. 64.— Hagen, 

 1884, Papilio, vol. 4, p. 154. 



Chysopeleia [sic] purpuriella, Chambers, 1874, Canadian Ent., vol. 6, p. 73 (lapsus 

 calami) . 



Maculation: as in figure 65; labial palpus dark fuscous-black with 

 deep purple reflections, dorsal surface of second and third segments 

 and apex of third segment shining pale gray; head, thorax, forewings, 

 legs, and abdomen dark fuscous-black with deep purple reflections, 

 most scales unicolorous; undersurface of scape of antenna shining 

 pale gray, forewing sometimes with pale, oblique fascia starting at 

 four-fifths, angled at fold. Hind wing: pale fuscous. Matathoracic 

 tibia with white fascia on outer sm'face at middle and outer tibial 

 spurs; apices of tarsal segments white. Male genitalia: as in figure 

 25 (JFGC slide 10225). Female genitaha: as in figure 42 (RWH 

 slide 1160). Alar expanse: 6-8 mm. 



Food plant: Chambers (1880) has reared one adult from Bobinia 

 pseudo-acacia L.; however, he did not separate the larva from those 

 of Lithocolletis robinieUa Clemens when the leaves were gathered. 

 Chapman has reared the adults of C. pur^puriella from cocoons which 

 were attached to the smaller branches of apple; but, even though 

 the cocoons were very abundant, no feeding larvae were found. 



Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Type locality: Kentucky. 



Specmiens examined: Illinois: Putnam Co., 1 cf. May 17, 1959, 

 M. O. Glenn (RWH slide 2038), MOG. Kentucky: no further 

 locality, 2 d^. Chambers (RWH shde 871), MCZ, USNM. new 

 YORK: Geneva, 2 cf, 1 9, emerged March 29, 1961 (RWH slides 

 1657-1659), USNM; Ithaca, 1 9, June 25, 1931, A. B. Klots (RWH 



