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fold near base, in cell at middle, and in middle of wing toward apex, each with 

 some raised scales; with raised, black dorsal spots opposite the first two dashes, 

 and a little before the third. 11 mm. (cenotherivorella, cenotheriseminella 

 Chambers. ) 



October. Larva in seed-capsules of CEnothera. ' 



Xew Jersey to Missouri. New York: Ithaca, Albany. 



6. L. sexnotella Chambers. M t shortly stalked, but pecten and tuftings- as in 

 Laverna. Brown-black; head white; palpus with gray at base, two black rings on 

 third segment; thorax with some white scales; scape white-tipped, and apex of 

 antennae with five white rings on alternate segments. Fore wing with an oblique 

 white bar from the costa near base, an oblique triangle at middle, and a largj 

 triangular white spot before the apex; raised dorsal silver spots opposite the firs 4 , 

 two and just before the third; some Avhite terminal dots, the largest at apex. 

 12 mm. (Stagmatophora.) 



May to August. Caterpillar a gall-maker in stem of Triclwstema dichotomu:n 

 ( a mint ) . 

 Massachusetts to Ontario and south. 



7. L. wyattella Barnes and Busck. Similar to L. sexnotella, larger; middle an 1 

 outer spots on inner margin of fore wing connected by white scaling; and whi o 

 markings as a whole rather more extensive; hind wing much darker, purplish 

 black with a purple sheen. 13-16 mm. (Stagma-tophora Barnes and Busck.) 



Chicago, Illinois. 



S. L. decorella Stephens. Black-brown, with two narrow, broken, transversa 

 white fasciae and some scattered white spots. 11 mm. (uvifasciella Chambers). 



August and September. Larva light gray-green, with blackish head and brow i 

 cervical shield; in a stem gall on Epilobium, in July and August. 



Quebec to West Coast. Eurasia. • 



2. LIMNMGIA Stainton 



(Lymncecia auct. ; Laverna, in part) 



Head smooth; eyes large; scape slender, almost as long as width of head between 

 insertions of antenna?; pecten of few bristles, fugitive. Palpi smooth; third seg- 

 ment twice as long as second. Fore wing lanceolate (fig. 181) as in Laverna, but 

 with rudimentary tufts in cell only; 1st A completely lost. Hind wing two-thirds 

 as wide; venation as in Laverna, but with cubitals relatively, longer and closer 

 together at origin. Fringe nearly twice as wide as membrane. A very distinct 

 genus of Australian affinity; our species cosmopolitan with its food plant. 



1. L. phragmitella Stainton. Clay-color. Palpus with two slender black lines on 

 third segment; scape with a black line; shaft of antenna with a series of black 

 dots. Fore wing with small black discal dots, ringed with Avhite, and a weaker 

 black point or dash in the fold; fringe barred with cream. Hind wing light gray 

 with nearly white fringe. 20 mm. 



Of general distribution, emerging in early July. Caterpillar whitish, with yel- 

 lower head and several longitudinal pink stripes; eating in the seed-heads of cat- 

 tail, and causing them to fluff out : wintering half grown. One brood. 



Xew York: Lewiston, Ithaca. 



3. WALSHIA Clemens 

 (Mompka anct. ; Sorhagenia Spnler) 



Similar to Laverna; pecten .reduced to a single bristle. Palpus with second seg- 

 ment practically smooth, but fore wing heavily tufted. Fore wing (fig. 180) with 

 venation as in Laverna. but Cu^ nearer Co. than M 3 at origin; Cu. partly lost, easily 



