154 BULLETIN 123, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



29. EPIBLKMA OTIOSANA (Clemens). 



(Fig. 283.) 



Monosphragis otiosana Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 354. 



Paedisca incUnana Zelleb, Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien., vol. 25, 1875, p. 301. 



Paedisca otiosana Wat.singham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1884, p. 140. 



Eucosma otiosana Fernald, in Dyar List N, Amer. Lepid., no. 5142, 1903. — 

 Keabfott, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 1905, p. 355.— Barnes and Mc- 

 DuNNouGH, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 7062, 1917. 



A very variable species as to size of individual specimens but 

 rather constant in pattern. It has been confused somewhat with 

 constrictana Zeller, but the latter is generically distinct. The larva 

 is a stem borer in various weeds. 



Male genitalia figured from specimen in National Collection from 

 Tryon, North Carolina ("Fiske, 6-30-'04")- 



Distribution according to specimens in National Collection, Ameri- 

 can Museum, and collection Barnes : Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, 

 Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, District 

 of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts. 



Alar expanse. — 12-20 mm. 



Types. — In Academy Natural Science Philadelphia {otiosana) ; 

 Museum Comparative Zoology {incUnana) . 



Type localities. — Pennsylvania {otiosana) ; Dallas, Texas {in- 

 clinana) . 



Food plants. — Bidens frondosa^ Polygonum, AmJbrosia. 



30. EPIBLEMA BRIGHTONANA (Kearfott), 



(Fig. 284.) 



Eucosma brightonana Keabfott, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 33, 1907, p. 23. — 

 Babnes and McDunnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 6977, 1917. 



Male genitalia figured from cotype in National Collection. 

 Specimens in National Collection, American Museum, and collec- 

 tion Barnes from Pennsylvania. 

 Alar expanse. — 13-16 mm. 

 Type. — In American Museum. 

 Type locality. — New Brighton, Pennsylvania. 

 Food plant. — Unknown. 



31. EPIBLEMA TANDANA (Kearfott). 



(Pig. 289.) 



Eucosma tandana Keabfott, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 33, 1907, p. 23. — 



Barnes and McDunnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 7032, 1917. 

 Eucosma trapesitis Meyuick, Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. 48, 1912, p. 34. 



Male genitalia figured from specimen in American Museum from 

 Montclair, New Jersey (Kearfott). 



