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7. (E. newmannella Clemens. Bronze-black; second segment of palpi yellow; 

 a yellow streak in base of fold, and one near base of cell of fore wing. Antennae 

 purple-black, white-tipped. 15-18 mm. 



The moth flies in June in the North, in May in North Carolina. It is generally 

 distributed and not rare. 



New York: North Elba, Batavia, Rock City (Cattaraugus County), Portage, 

 Ithaca, Trenton Falls, Albany, New Windsor. 



Typically, both yellow spots are large, being separated only by the black vein, 

 and the terminal segment of the palpus is mostly yellow. I have seen a variety 

 from North Carolina with only a narrow basal yellow streak, or, at most, a 

 few yellow scales in the cell. This form seems also to have far less rough scaling 

 on the male antennae, which makes the ciliation appear longer. 



15. TRICLONELLA Busck 



Similar to Borkhausenia,, except for the stalking of M 2 in the hind wing; M 2 

 rising from near middle of end of cell in fore wing. 



1. T. pergandeella Busck. Ochre yellow; head brownish black with a very 

 thin white line over eye; second segment of palpi with four broken silvery lines, 

 and third segment with one in front. Fore wing with a minute black point in 

 middle of cell. Outer two-fifths of wing purple-gray, the boundary edged with 

 white, and running out on costa. A little white scaling on the gray. Fringe 

 duller, pale -tipped. Hind wing and abdomen fuscous. 15 mm. 



The moth has been obtained in late June and late August. It hibernates in the 

 imago. There are two or three broods. The caterpillar feeds on Desmodium, in 

 a case made of two leaflets. It is black, with the head and anterior half of pro- 

 thorax yellow'; a black spot over the eye, and two on the vertex. There are a 

 dorsal and two lateral yellow spots on the meso- and metathorax, small dots 

 on the first three segments of the abdomen, and large patches on the fourth and 

 fifth segments. When young, the larva is predominantly yellow. The cocoon is 

 translucent and oval, and is suspended in a case of three leaflets. There appears 

 to be a form of this species in Arizona. 



District of Columbia. 



2. T. determinatella Zeller. Deep purple brown; a large, antemedial yellow 

 area, nearly as long as wide, and reaching both margins broadly, with straight 

 outer boundary; and an oblique postmedial area half as large, touching only 

 the costa. Fringe and body dark. 10 mm. 



June. 



Missouri to Louisiana and west. 



16. BORKHAUSENIA Hiibner 

 (CEcopliora, in part) 



Palpi moderately long, curved (but less so than in the preceding genera) ; 

 second segment thickened but smooth, and third, in ascriptella, about as long. 

 Tongue developed; pecten strong. Antennas ciliated in male, the cilia long in 

 ascriptella, which belongs to subgenus Crossophora Meyrick. Fore wing (fig. 143) 

 lanceolate, normal; hind wing with all veins present, R and M 1 parallel; M 3 and 

 Cu t connate. 



1. B. ascriptella Busck. Straw yellow, sparsely dusted with black scales. Palpi 

 light ochreous; fore wing with base of costal edge black; a streak or spot in 

 cell and one at end of cell. Hind wing pearl white with yellowish fringe. Fore 

 legs black in front. 10 mm. 



The moth looks like a Tinea but is easily recognized by the smooth head. 

 It has been taken from June to August. 



New York to western Pennsylvania and District of Columbia. New York: 

 T thaca. 



