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and terminal margin darker. Alar expanse, 15-28 mm. 



Genitalia as given for the genus. 



Type localities: S|icily (zinckenella, in Hungarian 

 Nat. Mus., Budapest; etiella); California (schisticolor, 

 in BM); Colorado (mllosella, in AMNH, ex Eutgers); 

 Florida (ruhribasella, in AMNH, ex Rutgers) . 



Food plants : Pods and seeds of various Leguminosae 

 (Astragalus, Cajanus, Colutea, Crotolaria, Dolichos, 

 Glycina, Lwpinus, Phaseolus, Pisum, Vicina, Vigna). 



Disteibution: Throughout the tropical and sub- 

 tropical areas of the world and in the warmer temperate 

 regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. The fol- 

 lowing American records are from specimens before me. 

 United States: Florida, Archer (Mar.), Buena Vista 

 (May), Crescent City (Mar.), Dade City (Aug.), Eg- 

 mont (Apr., June), Everglade (Apr.), Jupiter (Apr.), 

 Lake Alfred (June, July, Nov.) ; Texas, Brownsville 

 (June, July, Aug.), CotuUa (May), Dallas (June), 

 Gainesville (Nov.), KerrvUIe, Logan (Jime); Arizoria, 

 Baboquivari Mts. (June, July, Aug.), Nogales (July), 

 Woodruff (June); California, Alameda County (Sept.), 

 Garden City (Jan., Feb.), Loma Linda (June, Aug., 

 Sept., Oct.), Palo Alto (Sept.), San Diego (May, Jime, 

 Sept.), San Gabriel Mts. (June), Santa Paula, upper 

 Ojai (July); Washington, Pullman (May, July, Aug.), 

 Yakima (May, June), Walla Walla (June, Aug.), 

 Wenatchee (July); Idaho, Springfield (June); Nevada, 

 Pyramid Lake, Reno; Utah, Provo (July), Vineyard 

 (June); Colorado, Boulder Creek Canyon (May), Den- 

 ver (May) ; Oklahoma, Stillwater (Aug.) ; Rhode Island, 

 Weekapaugh (Aug.) ; New Hampshire, Hampton (Sept.) . 

 Canada: Saskatchewan, Oxbow (June). Cuba: San- 

 tiago (Feb., June, Oct., Nov.). Puerto Rico: Dorado 

 (May), Isabella (Jan.), Mayagiiez (Jan.), Palmas Aba- 

 jas (near Guayaman), Puerto Real (Vieques IsL, Apr.), 

 Rio Piedras (Apr.), San Germdn (Apr.). Grenada. 

 Jamaica: Newport (Feb.). Mexico: Eldorado (Mar.), 

 Mexico City (Nov.), Oaxaca, Orizaba, Tehuacdn (Apr.). 

 French Guiana: St. Laurent Maroni. Brazil: Santa 

 Catarina (July, Dec), Sao Paulo (May). Uruguay: 

 Montevideo. Paraguay: ViUarrica (Jan., Apr., July, 

 Sept., Nov.). Per^: Angasmarca. GalApagos: Con- 

 way Bay (Apr.) . 



Presumably to be found in every Central and South 

 American country. 



This species is of economic importance as an occa- 

 sional pest of cultivated beans and to American ento- 

 mologists is known as the "limabean pod borer." It 

 has an extensive literature and has been described under 

 many names, having at least 13 Old World syn- 

 onyms. I have omitted these (for reasons given under 

 discussion of the genus) and listed only the American 

 synonyms. Some authors have treated schisticolor and 

 ruhribasella as distinct species, others as races of 

 zinckenella. They appear as the latter in our latest list 

 (McDunnough, 1939). However, they are no more 

 than color forms intergrading with the typical zincke- 

 nella and deserve no separate designation. The 

 accepted Old World synonymy is given in the Ragonot 

 Monograph (1893). The best and most complete 



accounts of the life history and immature stages will be 

 found in the U. S. Department of Agriculture bulletins 

 cited here (Chittenden, 1909, and Hyslop, 1912). For 

 additional references the "Review of Applied Ento- 

 mology" should be consulted. 



Genus 54: Glyptocera 



[Venational division B. Forewing with veins 4^5 connate, 

 smooth; hind wing with veins 4-5 distinctly stallsied for over half 

 their lengths; 3 connate with the stalk of 4^5. Eighth abdominal 

 segment of male with compound tufts. Antenna of male with 

 shallow, spined sinus at base of shaft. Labial palpus upturned, 

 rough scaled beneath. Maxillary palpus squamous. Male 

 genitalia with sacculus of harpe produced at apex as a long, free 

 spine; apex of gnathos a short, stout hook; transtilla complete 

 but weakly sclerotized; a single strong cornutus on penis. 

 Female genitalia with bursa partly sclerotized, otherwise finely 

 spined but without definable signa; ductus bursae flattened and 

 partially sclerotized.] 



54. Genus Glyptocera Ragonot 



Glyptocera Ragonot, Ent. Amer., vol. 5, p. 114, 1889; Bull. Soc. 

 Ent. France, 1890, p. vii; Monograph, pt. 1, p. 209, 1893. — 

 Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 140, 1890. — Forbes, 

 Cornell Mem. 68, p. 621, 1923. (Type of genus: Nepho- 

 pteryx consobrinella Zeller.) 



Tongue well developed. Antenna of male pubescent, 

 shaft with shallow sinus towards base containing a row 

 of short, toothlike spines; antenna of female simple. 

 Labial palpus upturned; second segment rough scaled 

 beneath; third segment about one-third as long as 

 second, acuminate. Maxillary palpus rather large, 

 squamous. Forewing smooth; 11 veins; vein 2 from 

 before but rather near lower outer angle of cell; 3 from 

 the angle, separated from 4-5 at base, but about half 

 as far from them as from 2; 4 and 5 connate; 6 from 

 below upper angle of cell, straight ; 8 and 9 long stalked 

 (for slightly over two- thirds their lengths) ; 10 from the 

 cell, closely approximate to the stalk of 8-9 for nearly 

 half its length; male without costal fold. Hind wing 

 with vein 2 from before but near lower outer angle of 

 cell; 3 from the angle, connate with the stalk of 4-5; 

 4 and 5 distinctly stalked for over half their lengths; 7 

 and 8 closely approximate for a short distance from 

 cell; cell about half the length of wing; discocellular 

 vein curved. Eighth abdominal segment of male with 

 compoxmd ventral scale tuft. 



Male genitalia with apical process of gnathos a short, 

 stout, simple hook. Transtilla complete but very 

 weakly sclerotized, a simple, arched band. Harpe with 

 a row of fine, erect hairs from below costa near base; a 

 slender, short, clasperlike projection from just below 

 base of costa; sacculus produced at apex as a long, free, 

 spinelike projection. Vinculum a small V-shaped plate 

 with elongate, bandlike, central projection attaching 

 to apex of aedeagus. Penis armed with a single, strong 

 cornutus. Vinculum stout, longer than greatest width. 



Female genitalia with bursa sclerotized over nearly 

 half of one surface, densely and finely spiaed over most 

 of remaining area; ductus bursae flattened, a broad 

 sclerotized band extending its length on ventral surface; 



