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with a black dash at middle of outer margin. Terminal line black, white-edged; 

 fringe gray, white-tipped. 10-11 mm. 



Larva in " stunted cones " of Scotch and Austrian pine, and in "Cecidomyid 

 gall " on Pinus tceda. 



Long Island, New York; Maryland. 



2. D. nigratomella Clemens. Head whitish; antennae pale yellowish; palpi with 

 second joint fuscous on outer side except extreme tip, third with fuscous outer line. 

 Fore wing clay color, basal two-fifths of costa white, outer part alternately barred 

 black and white, with a long, nearly longitudinal, black dash at middle of costa. 

 Postmedial line white, straight, oblique outward, fading out below middle of 

 wing near apex. Apex white, with a black spot below it. Hind wing a little 

 darker. 9 mm. (apicistrigella Chambers, apicilinella Clemens). 



May to July. 



New Hampshire to Virginia and Colorado. New York: Rock City (Cattaraugus 

 County ) . 



3. D. concinusella Chambers. Evenly dull gray, head and costa paler, antennae 

 blackish; postmedial line white, the upper half as in the last species, then turn- 

 ing a right angle and running into inner margin, with white dots on costa and 

 outer margin near apex, and traces of oblique white striae at middle of costa, 

 all defined with dark. Apical dot in a gray shade. 9 mm. 



Pennsylvania; Colorado; and Texas. New York: Rock City (Cattaraugus 

 County ) . 



4. D? tahavusella 21 Forbes. Antenna with a single bristle on scape, representing 

 a pecten. JMoeagus simple, spine-like. Palpus with second segment thickened, but 

 hardly brush-like; third decidedly longer. Hind wing with strongly produced 

 apex. Fuscous; inner side of palpus, scaling of tongue, and lower part of face 

 pale. Fore wing with scale-bases pale, but hardly showing in a fresh specimen; 

 with a whitish, diffuse, subterminal spot on costa, and a fainter one opposite it 

 on inner margin. Hind wing light gray, with fuscous fringe. 10 mm. 



June 8, 10; July 10. 



New York: Uphill Brook (Mt. Marcy), Peru (Adirondack Foothills). 



II. Apex not produced, hind wing trapezoidal (Battaristis). 



5. D. conclusella Walker. Gray, variable in shade, often shading into blackish 

 before the postmedial line, and heavily shaded with white. A fair proportion of 

 scales white-tipped. Antenna blackish, annulate with white, the outer third with 

 annulations on alternate segments only. Palpus with a black bar or two on third 

 segment, and second segment fuscous. Fore wing with a slender black dash 

 along middle of costal edge, and another at origin of postmedial line. Postmedial 

 line strongly curved out on upper half, then sinuous or obscure to inner margin. 

 Terminal dots often strong, the dot below apex often obscure, or only slightly 

 larger than the other terminal dots. Hind wing with apex marked but not extended, 

 R and M x very shortly stalked or approximate ; M 3 and Cu x of fore wing occasionally 

 stalked. 9 mm. 



June to August. 



Canada to Pennsylvania. New York: Peru, Rock City, Ithaca. 



14. STOMOPTERYX Heinemann 

 (Aprocerema Durrant; Anacampsis auct.) 



Palpi smooth, slender, with third segment longer than second. Mj shortly 

 stalked with R, and R B in fore wing (fig. 156), the other veins free; hind wing nar- 

 row, apex produced, R and Mi stalked, M a free, associated with Cu-stem. This 



21 Tahawus is the Indian name for Mt. Marcy. 



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