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(unbroken at any part of its length) ; following the ante- 

 medial line a pale grayish spot (sometimes very faint but 

 usually more contrasted than in inconditeUa) ; discal 

 spots distinct, black, separated. Hind wing smoky 

 white to smoky fuscous or brown, darker on females 

 than on males, a distinct dark shade along termen. 

 Alar expanse, 21-28 mmi 



Male genitalia as in inconditeUa and virgatella except 

 for the armature of the penis. In both inconditeUa and 

 virgatella there are two moderately stout cornuti situ- 

 ated on penis, one to the side and slightly behind the 

 other. In suhcaesieUa the second cornutus is greatly 

 reduced. McDunnough (1946) states that there is only 

 one cornutus in suhcaesieUa (contaiella) . That could 

 easUy be the case on individual specimens, but the 

 normal condition is two comuti on penis. Every prep- 

 aration I have seen shows at least a vestige of the 

 second cornutus. In all three species the lateral ele- 

 ments of transtiUa are indicated, but very weakly 

 sclerotized. Female genitalia without granulate patch 

 or patches on bursa. 



Type localities: Not given, presumably Pennsyl- 

 vania {suhcaesieUa, in Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia); 

 "New England" {contateUa, in BM). 



Food plant: Robinia pseudoaca^ia. Wisteria also 

 recorded as food plant. 



Distribution: United States: Maine, Augusta 

 (May, June), Orono; iVew Hampshire, Hampton (July) ; 

 Massachusetts, Amherst (June), Framingham (May), 

 Martha's Vineyard (July, Aug.), Newton Highlands; 

 New Jersey, Essex County Park (June), New Lisbon 

 (Aug.) ; Pennsylvania, New Brighton (May, July, Aug.), 

 Oak Station (June), Pittsburgh (May, June, July); 

 Maryland, Plummers Isl. (June, Aug.), Somerset Heights 

 (Aug.) ; District of Columbia, Washington (Apr., May, 

 July); Virginia, Falls Church (Aug.), Snickers Gap 

 (July); North Carolina, Black Mountain (July), Tryon 

 (May) ; Tennessee, no specific locality (May) ; Illinois, 

 Decatur (July), Elkhart, Oconee (July); Iowa, Iowa 

 City (Aug.), Sioux City (June); Missouri, "Cent. Mo." 

 (Aug.), Kirkwood (Apr., May), St. Louis (June); Ar- 

 kansas, Washington County ("July-Aug."). Canada: 

 Nova Scotia, Smith's Cove (recorded by McDunnough, 



I have not seen any Canadian examples but Mc- 

 Dunnough's description leaves no doubt of what he had. 

 He notes the differences in the cornuti and larval 

 characters between suhcaesieUa (contateUa) and virgatella 

 quinquepunctella) and treats them as a distinct species. 

 The difference in their female genitalia and the con- 

 sistent difference in maculation of forewing are added 

 evidence that they are not merely races of one variable 

 species. 



260. Nephopter3rx virgatella (Clemens), new combination 



Figure 827 



Pempelia virgatella Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



p. 205, 1860. 

 Pempelia contateUa quinquepunctella Grote, North Amer. Ent., 



vol. 1, p. 50, 1880.— Comstock, in Rep. [U. S.] Comm. Agr. 



for 1880, pp. 261-262, 1881 (part; larva). 



Salebria contateUa quinquepunctella (Grote) Hulst, Phycitidae of 

 North Amer., p. 152, 1890; U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, p. 424, 

 1903. — Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 348, 1893. — Forbes, 

 Cornell Mem. 68, p. 626, 1923. 



Salebria virgatella (Clemens) Barnes and McDunnough, Check 

 list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 5631, 1916. — 

 McDunnough, Check list. No. 6205, 1939. 



Salebria quinquepunctella (Grote) McDunnough, Canadian Ent., 

 vol. 78, p. 109, 1946 (larva). 



Ground color of forewing (on most specimens) a 

 trifle paler than that of suhcaesieUa, gray with a faint 

 brownish or purplish tint; a reddish (or pale purplish) 

 brown shade along lower fold, cutting the antemedial 

 line and its black borders; a similar, narrower, shorter 

 streak on median fold; outer black border of ante- 

 medial line between top of cell and inner margin reduced 

 to two black dots, one on the lower margin of cell, the 

 other on vein lb and enclosed within the pale patch 

 following the antemedial line; both these dots and the 

 black discal dots at end of cell well contrasted; sub- 

 terminal line faint, not appreciably darkly bordered, 

 interrupted at the folds. Hind wing smoky white to 

 brown; the veins more or less darkened and a smoky 

 brown shade along termen. Alar expanse, 22-26 mm. 



Male genitalia similar to those of inconditeUa; both 

 cornuti moderately stout and situated one to the side 

 of and slightly behind the other. Female genitalia 

 with two strong granulate patches on bursa, a rather 

 large one on middle of dorsal surface cm'ving around 

 left side onto ventral surface, and a smaller ventral 

 patch near junction of bursa and ductus bursae. 



Type localities: Not given, presumably Pennsyl- 

 vania (virgatella, in Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia) ; New 

 York (quinquepunctella, in BM). 



Food plant: Bohinia pseudoacacia. 



Distribution: UnitedStates: Maine; Massachusetts, 

 Amherst (June), Martha's Vineyard (June, July, Aug.); 

 New York, Orient (Long Island, Aug., Sept.) and one 

 specimen with only state locality; New Jersey, Essex 

 County Park (Aug.) ; Pennsylvania, Buena Vista (Aug.) ; 

 New Brighton (May, July); West Virginia, Jefferson 

 County (Aug.); District of Columbia, Washington 

 (June); Virginia, BerryviUe (May); North Carolina, 

 Tryon; Illinois, Elkhart, Putnam Coimty (May); Mis- 

 souri, St. Louis; Arkansas, Washington County ("July- 

 Aug."). Canada: Ontario, London, Trenton (June); 

 Nova Scotia, Bridgetown (July), Smith's Cove. 



The differences separating virgatella from suhcaesieUa, 

 of which it was long considered only a variety, are dis- 

 cussed under the latter species. 



261. Nephopteryx cameella Hulst 

 Figure 823 



Nephopteryx cameella Hulst, Ent. Amer., vol. 3, p. 131, 1887. 



Nephopteryx inquilinella Ragonot, N. Amer. Phycitidae, p. 8, 

 1887; Monograph, pt. 1, p. 290, 1893.— Hulst, Ent. Amer., 

 vol. 5, p. 156, 1889; Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 145, 1890.— 

 McDunnough, Check list, No. 6171, 1939. 



Salebria cameella (Hulst), Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 153, 1890. — 

 Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 367, 1893. — Barnes and Mc- 

 Dunnough, Contributions, vol. 3, p. 197, 1916. — Forbes, 

 Cornell Mem. 68, p. 627, 1923. — McDunnough, Check list, 

 No. 6204, 1939. 



