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6. L. interstinctana Clemens. Deep brown, about eight white costal striae, on 

 the outer three-fourths of costa; two larger curved striae at middle of inner 

 margin, reaching about up to cell; a lead-colored bar before anal angle. Hind 

 wing solid black-brown. 9 mm. 



Common in May and June; and again in late July and August. Larva (the 

 clover seed caterpillar) in flower heads of clover, damaging the seed. 



Generally distributed. New York: Newport, Ithaca, Big Indian Valley, New 

 York City. 



7. L. angleseana Kearfott. Basal half chocolate brown; outer half brown with 

 strong golden iridescence. Costa with nine white striae, the first two, fourth, 

 seventh, and ninth forming the end of short lead-colored bars; the third weaker. 

 Three lead-gray bars on inner half of wing, the area between the first two strigose 

 with black; the speculum lying between the outer two, barred with black. Outer 

 margin blackish. Hind wing solid dark. 10 mm. 



End of May to June; August. Locally common. 

 Anglesea, New Jersey; Massachusetts. 



8. L. saundersana Kearfott. Black-brown. Costa with about 10 white striae, 

 more oblique than in L. angleseana; several of them ending in lead-colored bars. 

 A vague pale crescent beyond middle of inner margin, extending half way to 

 costa, formed of four pale striee which end above in a lead-colored spot. A single 

 lead-gray bar in position of speculum. 10 mm. 



Toronto, Ontario. New York : Karner ( Forbes ) . 



9. L. fana Kearfott. Black-brown; costal marks about like L. angleseana. Mid- 

 dle of inner margin with a white spot, formed of two thick and partly fused 

 white striae. Speculum chocolate brown with four black bars, the lead-gray bar 

 beyond it much shorter than the one before, being cut off below by the edge of the 

 wing. 7^-10 mm. 



May to August. Larva amber colored; a bud- worm on Meibomia (Kearfott). 

 New Jersey to Ohio. 



10. L. eclipsana Zeller. Deep brown; costal striae as in L. angleseana, but all 

 distinct, strongly oblique, the lead-gray stripes silvery and conspicuous, and the 

 striae which do not end in lead-gray streaks, running into shorter luteous ones. 

 Speculum with the lead-colored bars rather close together, the black showing as 

 spots rather than bars; or, speculum filled largely with black; with faint traces 

 of a pale half-crescent on middle of inner margin, ending in a lead-colored spot 

 at middle of wing. Hind wing white; the apical third blackish. 12 mm. 



April to May. Larva on grape. 



New Jersey and Ohio to Texas. New York: Ithaca. 



11. L. youngana Kearfott. Fuscous, broadly banded with lead-color except 

 toward base. The two median bands complete but irregular, and very broad, the 

 outer ones narrower and more or less broken; all starting from slight pale costal 

 spots. Speculum hardly paler, with four black bars, and with a lead-gray spot 

 below it, as well as the bars before and beyond; a distinct narrow yellow terminal 

 line before the black line in the fringe, but no other yellow. Line in fringe 

 heavily cut with white at notch. 8-11 mm. (perstructana Walker?). 



Larva in center of cones of Picea alba, hibernating as a larva and emerging in 

 the spring. 



Ottawa, Ontario. 



12. L. nigricana Stephens. Black-brown, with some pale striation on outer 

 part of costa; the two lead-colored stripes narrow and broken, the upright part 

 outlining the speculum perpendicular to the inner margin, and separate from 

 the costal part, which runs obliquely across the apex. Speculum with black 

 bars, the series quite obscurely continued to costa, forming an oblique series 

 between the two lead -colored stripes. Hind wing blackish brown, hardly paler 

 at base, the fringe contrasting, white, with a gray line in the base. 12 mm. 

 (novimundi Heinrich). 



