148 BUULETIN 123, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



A reared series (type and paratypes) in National Collection from 

 Texas. 

 Alar expanse. — 13-16 mm. 

 Type. — In National Collection. 

 Type locality. — Sheldon, Texas. 

 Food plant.— ^' Wild myrtle." 



18. EPIBLEMA OBFUSCANA (Dyar). 



(Fig. 274.) 



Paedisca obfuscata Riley, Proc. Ent. Soc, Wash., vol. 1, 1888, p. 33. 



Eucosma oJ)fuscana Dyar, List N. Amer. Lepid., nos. 5140-1, 1903. — Kearfott, 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 23, 1907, p. 157. — Barnes and McDun- 



NOUGH, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 7016, 1917. 



The naming of this species will have to be credited to Dyar, as the 

 few remarks of Eiley's in the Proceedings of the Washington Ento- 

 mologist Society can not possibly be construed as a description. 

 The species is quite distinct from both scudderiana and desertana. 

 From the latter, which it most closely resembles, it is at once sepa- 

 rated by the uncus of the male genitalia as well as the less obvious 

 color character given in our key. 



The larva is a stem borer in golden-rod. 



Male genitalia figured from specimen in National Collection from 

 Ames, Iowa (" Osborn, 5-30-81"). 



Distribution according to specimens in National Collection, Ameri- 

 can Museum, and collection Barnes : Iowa, District of Columbia, 

 Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, New York. 



Alar expanse. — 15-21 mm. 



Type. — In National Collection. 



Type locality. — District of Columbia. 



Food plant.- — Solidago. 



19. EPIBLEMA DESERTANA (Zeller). 



(Pig. 275.) 



Paedisca desertana Zeller, Verh. Zool-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 25, 1875, p. 306. 

 Eucosma desertana Fernald, in Dyar List. N. Amer, Lepid., no, 5140, 1903. — ■ 

 Barnes and McDunnoxjgh, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 7015, 1917. 



The larva of this species is also a stem gall maker in golden-rod. 



Male genitalia figured from specimen in National Collection from 

 Wellington, Kansas. 



Distribution according to specimens in National Collection, Amer- 

 ican Museum, and collection Barnes : New York, New Jersey, Penn- 

 sylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Texas, Florida, Kansas. 



Alar expanse. — 11-18 mm. 



Type. — In Museum Comparative Zoology. 



Type locality. — Dallas, Texas. 



Food plant. — Solidago. 



