NORTH AMERICAN EUCOSMINAE. 135 



Male genitalia figured from typical specimen in National Collec- 

 tion. 



All specimens in National Collection, American Museum, and col- 

 lection Barnes from Hastings, Florida. 



Alar expanse. — 12-16 mm. 



Type. — In American Museum. 



Type locality. — Hastings, Florida. 



Food plant. — Unknown. 



125. EUCOSMA CATACLYSTIANA (Walker). 



(Figs. 5, 156.) 



Paedisca cataclystiana Walkek, Cat. Lepid. Heter .Brit. Mus., vol. 28, 1863, p. 



378. — Walsingham, Illus. Lepid. Heter. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1879, p. 46. 

 Steganoptycha ? ochreana Clemens, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vol. 3, 1864, p. 520. 

 Eucosma cataclystiana Fernald, in Dyar List N. Amer. Lepid., no. 5096, 1903. — 



Keaefott, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 1905, p. 353. — Baknes and McDun- 



NOTJGH, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 6924, 1917. 



A common and well-known species in the eastern United States, 

 readily recognized by its reddish ochreous color and peculiar vena- 

 tion. It is the only species in the country with reddish ochreous 

 head, thorax, antenna, and fore wing, in which veins 3 and 4 of fore 

 wing fuse before reaching termen. The apex of the fore wing is 

 acutely produced and the termen distinctly concave. 



Male genitalia figured from specimen in National Collection from 

 Kentucky ("August Busck, Aug."). 



Distribution according to specimens in National Collection, Ameri- 

 can Museum and collection Barnes : Kentucky, Kansas ,Colorado, 

 Manitoba, New Mexico, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, New Jersey, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, 

 Pennsylvania. The National Collection also contains a single speci- 

 men (male) from Mexico City, Mexico, collected by Senor Roberto 

 Miiller. This Mexican record is new. 



Alar expanse. — 12-19 mm. 



Types. — In British Museum {cataclystiana) ; Academy Natural 

 Science, Philadelphia {ochreana) . 



Type localities. — " North America " {cataclystiana) ; Virginia 

 {ochreana). 



Food plant. — Unknown. 



126. EUCOSMA CONSPICIENDANA, new species. 

 (Fig. 157.) 



Antennae, head, thorax, and fore wings reddish ochreous. Wing 

 pattern and markings as in cataclystiana^ except that the lines from 

 costa near apex are finer, and w^iite rather than silvery. The apex of 

 fore wing is acutely produced and termen is concave, but appreci- 



