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20. E. pergandeana Fernakl. Pearl white, with pale gray striation, mostly longi- 

 tudinal, but oblique on the costa except toward the apex, where the striae converge 

 toward the top of the speculum as usual, and are finely defined with black. 

 Speculum of two vertical rows of two or three black points, with faint vertical 

 silver bars before, between, and beyond them. Base of fringe dusted with black. 

 Hind wing concolorous. 16 mm. 



June and July. 



Massachusetts to North Carolina, west to Colorado. Xew York : Peru ; Lynbrook, 

 Long Island, Gay Island (Long Island Sound). The paler race Havana Kearfott, 

 occurs in Arizona. 



20%. E. comatulana Zeller. Buff -brown, coarsely necked with clay -color; costo- 

 apical portion of wing vertically barred, and speculum filled with the clay-color. 

 Lines mostly obscure; a strong lead-colored line from beyond middle of costa to 

 below apex, separating the vertically barred region of the wing from the speculum. 

 Speculum with three black bars, partly broken into dots, but not crossed by a lead- 

 colored bar, the speculum with a vertical lead-colored bar on inner side and an 

 oblique one on outer. 15-18 mm. 



May and August. 



Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to southern California; rare in the East. 



21. E. pallidipalpana Kearfott. Light brown, more or less mixed with white; 

 with brown and white costal striae; and several round, pale yellow patches on 

 basal two-thirds, two or three of them at the base fused into a larger irregular 

 patch; all edged with white; speculum a silvery patch, divided by an irregular 

 broken black line. Line in fringe nearlv continuous. 10 mm. 



July. 



Connecticut to North Carolina, west to Iowa. 



22. E. bipunctella Walker. Bright yellow; a brown dot at end of cell; fringe, 

 abdomen, and hind wing brown. The yellow portion occasionally is suffused with 

 pale dull brown except along the costa toward the base. Probably the largest and 

 heaviest of our Tortricidae. 35 mm. (ivorthingtoniana Fernald). 



June and July. Larva in roots of Silphium. 

 Chicago, Illinois; Kansas and vicinity. 



23. E. juncticiliana \Valsingham. Light dull gray-brown; a nearly straight 

 line from middle of costa to inner margin just before the anal angle; the ground 

 before it much darker than beyond; sometimes with a blackish dot on this line 

 at end of cell. Outer part with a large vague triangular dark shade resting on 

 the outer margin. No definite line in fringe. 15 mm. 



July and August. Larva boring in goldenrod. 



Maine to Florida and California. New York: Otto, Ithaca. 



24. E. dorsisignatana Clemens. Dark ash-gray, with r very slight violet gloss. 

 Markings, dark brown, even-edged, and finely outlined with a narrow pale line. 

 Dorsal antemedial patch strongly contrasting, half -elliptical, and reaching up to 

 the cell. Postmedial patch contrasting and sharply defined below, but vague on 

 the inner side at costa, elliptical; almost reaching the innef margin where it 

 .sometimes joins a brown dot on the inner margin just before the anal angle. A 

 faint brown fascia from costa to outer margin above anal angle, and a slight 

 brown apical dot. No speculum. Line in fringe faintly darker. 12-20 mm. 



September. Larva in roots of goldenrod. 



New Hampshire to British Columbia and Texas. New York : Essex County, 

 Dansville, New Windsor, Pine Island, New York City, Staten Island. 



Variety diffusana Kearfott is on the average smaller and darker, with the ante- 

 medial dark patch alone contrasting, narrow, about twice as high as wide, oblique, 

 and in many cases concave on the outer side. 



Massachusetts to Illinois, North Carolina, and Tennessee. New York : Coram, 

 Long Island. 



