166 WILLIAM T. M. FORBES 



2. No complete fascia; head yellow 1. gutted. 



1. Fore wing powdery gray or brown (Parornix). 14 

 2. Fringe at apex pale tipped. 



3. Palpus with third segment banded with dark fuscous. 



4. Ground nearly even ( 4. ) innotata. 



4. Inner margin whitish, contrasting with ground. 



5. Expanse 10 mm.; inner margin with blackish spots at base and before 



anal angle 6. dubitella. 



5. Expanse about 8 mm.; inner margin almost evenly pale. 



5. cratccgifoliella. 

 3. Palpus with third segment bearing, at most, smaller fuscous spots. 



4. Costal striae regular 9. melanotella. 



4. Outer costal stria stronger and more conspicuous. 



5. Last stria complete, crossing both fringes 7. conspicuella. 



5. Dorsal portion of last stria obsolete H. arbitrella. 



2. Fringe at apex black-tipped. 



3. Palpus with third segment broadly, but often obscurely banded. 



4. Lines in fringe stopping abruptly at apex; costal fringe with two white, 



radiating bars, with a fuscous bar between them 4. anglicella. 



4. Lines in fringe extending around apex. 

 5. Ground color of fore wing uniform. 



G. A slight yellow tint on head and base of fringe of hind wing. 



16. inusitatumella. 



6. No yellow tint 10. geminatella. 



5. Ground toward inner margin mixed with white. 



6. Plical spots not reaching inner margin 11. quadripunctella. 



6. Plical spots large, reaching inner margin. 



7. Costal striae moderate, extending a third way across wing. 



12. ricinella. 



7. Costal striae much reduced, mere spots 13. sorbivorella. 



3. Third joint of palpus with faint spots or none. 



4. Fifth costal stria, counting from apex, forming a long oblique line run- 

 ning to anal angle 14. arbutifoliella. 



4. Fifth stria not characteristic. 



5. Ground practically uniform 4. anghcelia. 



5. Whitish areas on inner margin 15. obliterella. 



1. P. guttea Haworth. First costal and dorsal spots opposite each other. Head 

 and collar pale. Fore wing dark brown, with pinkish gloss; typically with four 

 or more costal spots, but the outer ones sometimes minute, and two dorsal spots. 

 Variety solitariella Dietz has the fourth costal spot large; three dorsal spots 

 and a white sector in the fringe. 1013 mm. 



One brood, flying in May. Larva translucent, yellow, with black cervical marks 

 only, as usual in Parornix; narrowly turning under the edge of a leaf; on apple. 

 New Hampshire to District of Columbia; westward to the Pacific. 



2. P. kalmiella Dietz. Golden brown; the three dorsal spots farther out tlian 

 the corresponding costal ones, and the one in fringe larger. 8 mm. 



''Maxillary palpi whitish ; antennae brown above, annulate, paler below ; fore wing with 

 numerous striae, tbe costal striae often more obscure toward base, and more oblique than 

 the outer ones ; last stria curved, usually crossing both fringes and enclosing a blackish 

 apical spot; ground color toward costa usually dark; usually two antemedial and medial 

 dark patches (the plical spots) in the fold; inner margin whitish, mostly white at base; 

 three dark lines in apical fringe (rarely four). Fore and middle legs blackish fuscous, 

 displayed; femora white, spotted; tips of tibiae white; tarsi annulate; hind legs whitish, 

 the joints annulate with darker. There are two broods, the moths flying in May and in 

 August. 



