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15. EPIBLEMA SCUDDERIANA (Clemens) . 



(Pig. 271.) 



Hedya scudderiana Clemens, Proc Acad. Nat. Sci. PMla., 1860, p. 358. 

 Euryptychia saligneana Clemens, Proc. Ent. Soe. Phila., vol. 5, 1865, p. 141, 

 Paedisca affusana Zeller, Verh. Zool-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 25, 1875, p. 307. 

 Paedisca scudderiana Kellicott, Can. Ent., vol. 14, 1882, p. 161. — Waxsing- 



HAM, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1884, p. 140. 

 FAicosma scudderiana Feknald, in Dyar List N. Amer. Lepid., no. 5139, 1903. — 



Keabfott, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 1905, p. 354 ; Can. Ent., vol. 37, 1905. 



p. 208. — Barnes and McDunnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 7014, 



1917. 



A common and well known species. The larva is a stem borer and 

 gall maker in golden rod. 



Male genitalia figure from reared specimen in National Collection 

 from Boston, Massachusetts ("May, 1908"). 



Distribution according to specimens in National Collection, Ameri- 

 can Museum, and collection Barnes : Massachusetts, New York, New 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, North Carolina, 

 Indiana, Iowa, Manitoba, Ontario. 



Alar expanse. — 15-21 nmi. 



Types. — In Academy National Science, Philadelphia {scud- 

 der'iana) ; ? (saligneana) ; ? (affusana). 



Type localities. — Massachusetts (scudderiana') ; Eock Island, 

 Illinois (scudderiana) " North America " (affusana). 



Food plant. — Solidago. 



16. EPIBLEMA KENNEBECANA (Kearfott). 



(Fig. 272.) 



Epinotia kenneJ)ecana Keakfott, Can. Ent., vol. 39, 1907, p. 157. 

 Enarmonia kennehecana Barnes and McDtjnnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. 

 Amer., no. 7164, 1917. 



A small apparently distinct species, known to me only from the 

 type. It looks like a small scudderiana except that the basal patch 

 of fore wing is outwardly angulate and that neither the mid dorsal 

 nor the ocelloid white patches extend to costa. 



Male genitalia figured from type. 



Alar expanse. — 13 mm. 



Type. — In American Museum. 



Type locality.. — Kennebunk Port, Maine. 



Food plant. — Unknown. 



17. EPIBLEMA DISCRETIVANA (Heinrich). 



(Fig. 273.) 



Eucosma discretivana Heinrich, Journ. Agr. Res., vol. 20, 1921, p. 823. 

 Male genitalia figured from type. 



