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ductus seminalis from bursa near junction of bursa and 

 ductus bursae; genital opening simple. 



The combination of male characters and the rather 

 broadly squamous maxillary palpi distinguish the 

 genus. The long, straight, free sacculus at once identi- 

 fies it and distinguishes it from the genera which follow, 

 and which are related to Nephopteryz and Salehria. The 

 weak transtilla also occurs in Meroptera and some species 

 of Nephopteryz. The female genitalia are similar to 

 those of Nephopteryr. 



Glyplocera contains but the one North American 

 species. 



208. Glyptocera consobrinella (ZeUer) 

 Figures 327, 811 



Nephopteryz consobrinella Zeller, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 

 22, p. 548, 1872. 



Glyptocera consobrinella (Zeller) Ragonot, Ent. Amer., vol. 5, p. 

 114, 1889; Monograph, pt. 1, p. 210, 1893.— Hulst, Phyciti- 

 dae of N. Amer., p. 140, 1893.— Forbes, Cornell Mem. 68, 

 p. 621, 1923.— McDunnough, Check list. No. 6148, 1939. 



Ambesa busckella Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 6, p. 

 108, 1904. — Barnes and McDunnough, Contributions, vol. 

 3, p. 196, 1916. 



Forewing ashy gray shaded and marked with black, 

 the blackish shade most conspicuous broadly bordering 

 the antemedial line on inner side, expanded narrowly 

 along inner margin to base and also broadening the 

 black outer border of the line at costa; basal area other- 

 wise pale clay color more or less shaded with pale sal- 

 mon especially in lower fold; on many specimens a 

 blotch of the same salmon shade over the middle of 

 inner margin; antemedial line well out beyond basal 

 third, slightly oblique, sharply sinuate, whitish gray 

 with black inner and outer bordering lines; subterminal 

 line outwardly rounded at middle and angled above 

 and below the bulge, margined inwardly and outwardly 

 by distinct black lines; discal spots confluent, forming 

 a black line along discocellular vein which expands be- 

 low into short black streaklets or smudges on the lower 

 veins; terminal dots confluent, forming a black line 

 along termen. Hind wing smoky white with a faint 

 ocherous tint; the veins not appreciably darkened; a 

 narrow dark line along termen. Alar expanse, 20-25 

 mm. 



Genitalia as given for the genus. On some males in 

 addition to the strong cornutus there is a second much 

 smaller and weaker spine but this is variable and ap- 

 parently not a constant structure. 



Type localities: Texas (consobrinella, in MCZ); 

 Plummers Island, Md. (busckella, in USNM). 



Food plant: Viburnum, maple (Dyar and Ely 

 rearings). 



Distribution: United States: Maine, Lincoln ville 

 (May, reared by Dyar on Viburnum), Orono, Sebec 

 Lake (July), Weld (July); New Hampshire, Hampton 

 (July); Vermont, Clarendon; Massachusetts, Framing- 

 ham (June), New York, Plattsburg (July), Valcour Isl. 

 (July) ; Connecticut, East River (Jime, July) ; New Jer- 

 sey, Basldng ^idge; Pennsylvania, New Brighton (June, 

 July, Aug.), Pittsburgh (July); Maryland, Plummers 



Isl. (May, Aug.); District oj Columbia, Washington 

 (July, reared by Dyar from larva on maple); Texas, 

 Kerrville (Mar.); Illinois, Chicago (July). Canada: 

 Ontario Trenton (July) ; Quebec, St. Johns (June) ; Nova 

 Scotia, Cape Breton Isl. (June); Newfoundland, Hum- 

 ber Mouth (Bay of Fundy, Aug.). 



Presumably generally distributed over the eastern 

 section of the continent from Canada to Texas. 



Genera 55-58: Pima to Catastia 



[Venational division B. Forewing with veins 4-5 separate or 

 connate at base, smooth; hind wing with veins 4 and 5 anas- 

 tomosed for about half their lengths, discocellular vein consider- 

 ably extended at lower angle. Eighth abdominal segment of 

 male with paired tufts. Antenna of male with shallow, spined 

 sinus at base of shaft (also on Catastia a weak scale tuft). Labial 

 palpus porrect or oblique, not grooved. Maxillary palpus of 

 male squamous or subsquamous. Male genitalia with costa of 

 harpe strongly sclerotized throughout its length and slightly 

 produced at apex; gnathos terminating in a short, stout hook; 

 transtilla incomplete or absent; penis armed with two stout 

 cornuti {Pima, Inter jectio) or a single strong cornutus [Ambesa, 

 Catastia). Female genitalia with bursa partially sclerotized and 

 sometimes (Pima, Interjectio) granulate-scobinate but without 

 definable signa; ductus bursae more or less sclerotized and con- 

 siderably broadened at genital opening.] 



55. Genus Pima Hulst 



Pima Hulst, Ent. Amer., vol. 4, p. 114, 1888; Phycitidae of N. 



Amer., p. 164, 1890. (Type of genus: Pima fosterella Hulst.) 

 Epischnia Authors (not Hubner) Ragonot, Ent. Amer., vol. 5, 



p. 115, 1889; Monograph (in part) pt. 1, p. 493, 1893. — 



Forbes, Cornell Mem. 68, p. 629, 1923.— McDunnough, 



Canadian Ent., vol. 67, p. 176, 1935. 



Tongue well developed. Antenna finely pubescent; 

 on male with a very slight incurvation in base of shaft 

 containing a row of minute, black, toothlike spines (6 

 to 8). Labial palpus porrect (the second segment 

 oblique, the third projected forward); extending at 

 least twice the length of the head beyond it; second 

 segment broadly (triangularly) scaled; thnd segment 

 as long as second. Maxillary palpus minute but rather 

 broadly scaled. Forewing smooth; 11 veins; vein 2 

 from before lower outer angle of cell; 3 from the angle, 

 closer to 4 than to 2 ; 4 and 5 separated at base ; 6 from 

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

 for one-half of less than half their lengths; 10 from the 

 ceU, more or less approximate to the stalk of 8-9 ; male 

 without costal fold. Hind wing with vein 2 from before 

 lower outer angle of cell; vein 3 from 4 well beyond 2 

 and considerably shorter than 2; 4 and 5 anastomosed 

 just beyond 3 for nearly half their lengths; 7 and 8 

 contiguous or closely approximate for a short distance 

 from cell; cell slightly less than half the length of wing; 

 discocellular vein curved, greatly extended at lower 

 angle (running into 4 just beyond base of vein 3). 

 Eighth abdominal segment of male with a pair of ven- 

 trolateral hair tufts. 



Male genitalia with uncus hoodlike; its terminal mar- 

 gin broadly rounded. Apical process of gnathos a short, 

 stout hook. Transtilla absent. Harpe elongate, taper- 

 ing to bluntly pointed apex; costa broadly and strongly 



