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on dorsal half of wing. Fringe on costal half nearly white, with faint basal line; 

 on dorsal half dark gray, cut with white at anal angle. Hind wing dull gray 

 with broad white fringe; basal half whitish. 12 mm. 



June and July. Larva purple, a leaf roller on Spirsea. 



Maine and Ontario to Pennsylvania. 



48. 0. nubilana Clemens. Dull fuscous, sometimes with a distinct reddish tint; 

 with clearly denned but not contrasting darker brown markings. Basal markings 

 slight, the most distinct a streak in fold; median band broad, deeply dentate on 

 outer side, ending in a right-angled point between fold and A; a subterminal 

 spot rather above the middle of wing; usually also a right triangle in shape, 

 but sometimes oblique and narrower; a slight spot at anal angle. Outer margin 

 of the fore wing often perceptibly concave. Hind wing concolorous. 15-20 mm. 



June to August. 



Distribution uncertain. There are one or two closely related undescribed 

 species, one of which has been taken at Ithaca, besides the following. 



49. 0. infuscata Heinrich. Wing form as in 0. const ellatana, with outer margin 

 of fore wing nearly straight, but apex more rounded than in 0. nubilana; hind 

 wing more or less trapezoidal, with outer margin sharply bent near middle. Dark 

 fuscous brown, a little powdery looking. Median fascia vague and slightly 

 darker; subterminal bar across apex darker, a little more distinct; some dark 

 shading at apex; and a series of dark spots along costa, separated by short paired 

 pale striae, all inconspicuous. Hind wing concolorous, with slightly paler fringe. 

 22 mm. 



Ithaca, New York. 



30. PHsECASIOPHORA Grote 

 (Sciaphila; Sericoris; Olethreutes, in part) 



General structure and pattern as in Olethreutes. M 3 and Cu, of hind wing con- 

 nate. Hind tibia of male with dense masses of long hair above, and between 

 spurs below; hind metatarsus with long dense hair above. 



1. P. confixana Walker. Ground light olive-brown, rarely red-brown, striate with 

 pale luteous; typically blackish with longitudinal pale striae toward the base. 

 Antemedial band a bundle of striae, strongly excurved, and breaking up toward 

 inner margin; postmedial usually of two stronger partly fused striae, outwardly 

 oblique to beyond the cell, tangent to a white spot at the end of the cell, then 

 sharply curved and inwardly oblique to the fold, and curving out again to the inner 

 margin; some paired subterminal striae on costa, and blackish terminal dots. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown. Fore wing sometimes, especially in the female, of a 

 warmer red : brown tint, with the basal portion concolorous. Outer striae of the 

 antemedial, and basal striae of the postmedial line meeting just above the inner 

 margin, in clearly marked specimens separating the darker median area from 

 the margin. 18 mm. 



May to August. 



New Hampshire to Virginia and western Pennsylvania. "New York" (Grote). 



2. P. niveiguttana Grote. Hind tibia but little enlarged. Ground red-brown, 

 cut into irregular spots and patches by bands of pinkish ochreous edged with 

 yellowish white; the brown areas denned with black. The most continuous brown 

 area a median fascia, deeply notched on the outer side above the cell and on the 

 inner side below the cell, and extended out at end of cell, where it con- 

 tains a white discal bar. Subterminal patch usually large and forked below, 

 patch at anal angle small. Hind wing mouse gray. 17 mm. (Olethreutes auct.). 



Late May. Larva on sassafras and hamamelis. 

 Massachusetts to Florida. "New York." (Fernald). 



