212 BULLETIN 123, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



26. EPINOTIA ALBANGULANA (Walsingham). 



(Fig. 361.) 



Paedisca albmiffulana Walsingham, Illus. Lepid. Heter. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 



1879, p. 40. 

 Eucosma alhangulana Feenald, in Dyer List N. Amer. Lepid., no. 5120, 1903. — 



Barnes and McDunnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. Aiuer., no. 6966, 1917. 



Another very variable species, superficially much like nisella but 

 radically different in genitalia. It is apparently confined to the far 

 west. 



Male genitalia figured from specimen in National Collection from 

 Ashland, Oregon, (reared from larva feeding in catkins of Alnu8 

 oregona^ May 22, 1915, under Hopk. U. S. no. 13200a, by J. M. 

 Miller). 



Distribution according to specimens in National Collection, Ameri- 

 can Museum, and collection Barnes: California, Oregon, Washing- 

 ton, British Columbia, Idaho. 



Alar expanse. — 14-16 mm. 



Type. — British Museum. 



Type locality. — Mendocino County, California. 



Food plant. — Alnus. 



27. EPINOTIA WALKERANA (Kearfott). 



(Fig. 360.) 



Eucosma walJcerana Keaefott, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 33, 1907, p. 89. — 

 Barnes and McDunnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 6979, 1917. 



In the vicinity of Washington, District of Columbia, a common 

 hazel species. The larvae feed in the catkins. 



Male genitalia figured from specimen in National Collection from 

 Glencarlyn, Virginia (reared under Hopk. U. S. no. 12105a, May 27, 

 1914,Heinrich). 



Distribution according to specimens in National Collection, Ameri- 

 can Museum, and collection Barnes: Maryland, Virginia, Pennsyl- 

 vania, District of Columbia. 



Alar expanse. — 10-12 mm. 



Type. — In American Museum. 



Type locality. — District of Columbia. 



Foot plant. — Corylus americana. 



28. EPINOTIA MOMONANA (Kearfott). 



(Fig. 359.) 



Proteopteryx monionana Kearfott, Can. Ent, vol. 39, 1907, p. 125. — Barnes and 



McDunnough, Check List Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 7127, 1917. 

 Proteopteryx sanifica Meyrick, Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. 48, 1912, p. 36. 



Very close to walkerana Kearfott, but apparently distinct. The 

 socii of the genitalia are broader in proportion to their length in 



