NORTH AMERICAN EUCOSMIFAE. 139 



27. Ground color of fore wing pale sordid oclireous or ochreous fuscous 28 



Ground color grayish white or ashy gray 29 



28. Ground color ocheous fuscous (4) abruptana. 



Ground color pale sordid ochreous somewhat clouded with grayish fuscous 



and with a grayish fuscous patch in cell near base (5) numerosana. 



29. Basal patch on fore wing indicated by its outer blackish fuscous margin. 



(6) grossbecki. 

 Fore wing without any such indication of a basal patch 30 



30. Ground color of fore wing ashy gray, rather dark (9) deflexana. 



Ground color of fore wing grayish white, very pale 31 



31. A conspicuous dot on fore wing over vein Ic, one-third from base. 



(7) praesumptiosa. 

 No such brown dot on fore wing (8) var. separationis. 



1. EPIBLEMA BOXCANA (Kcarfott). 



(Fig. 254.) 



Eucosma boxcana Keaefott, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 33, 1907, p. 87.— 



Barnes and McDunnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 6975, 1917. 

 Eucosma aspista Meykick, Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. 48, 1912, p. 35. 



There appear to be two species or at least two distinct forms among 

 the cotypes of this species. The typical hoxcana has a distinct black 

 patch on dorsum of fore wing just before tornus and bordering the 

 mid-dorsal white spot, also a blackish shade to basal patch. It be- 

 longs in the strenuana group and is very close to that species but 

 distinct. 



Male genitalia figured from cotype in National Collection, from 

 Kerrville, Texas. 



Distribution according to specimens (typical) in National Collec- 

 tion, American Museum, and collection Barnes ; Ohio, Texas, Illinois, 

 New Jersey. 



Alar expanse. — 14^18 mm. 



Type, — In American Museum. 



Type locality. — Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Food plant. — ^Unknown. 



2. EPIBLEMA SERANGIAS (Meyrick). 



(Fig. 256.) 



Eucosma vomonana Keakfott, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 33, 1907, p. 90. — 



Baenes and McDunnotjgh, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 6997, 1917. 

 Eucosma serangias Meykick, Eut. Mo. Mag., vol. 48, 1912, p. 35. 



In this case we are again able to use a Meyrick substitute for one 

 of Kearfott's "nonsense" names, as vomonana is preoccupied by 

 womonana Kearfott, the synonymous letters v and w being the only 

 difference between the two. 



This species is distinguished from the others of the strenuana group 

 by the lack of any ocellus in the fore wing. 



Male genitalia figured from type. 



