374 William T. M. Forbes 



scales on edges and veins onlv. Scaling brown; discal bar red in part. 30-40 mm. 

 (H 46:8.) 



Larva boring in base of trunks and roots of poplar and willow. 



Europe; various stray records in United States (Michigan, Syracuse, New 

 York, etc.) : s^en only from Long Island, New York, and Nevada. 



2. JE. tibia Is Harris. Similar to M. apiformis ; yellow on vertex more limited; 

 tegular with front quarter only, yellow; and part of that covered by collar; with 

 a strong yellow stripe along dorsal edge. Fore wing scaled above R 3 only. 

 Rarely, with thorax and abdomen more extensively black; with narrow yellow 

 lines only. 



June to July. Larva like that of M. apiformis. 



Montreal, Quebec, and New York to the Pacific Coast. New York: Plattsburg, 

 Goat Island (Kellicott). 



8. ALCATHOE H. Edwards 



Palpi rough scaled only; male antennae lightly fasciculate; tongue weak. Vena- 

 tion normal, except for loss of one radial. Hind wing with ldcv erect. Hind 

 tibia with a heavy tuft at end, and an equally large tuft on metatarsus. Abdomen 

 of male with a long hairy process, as long as the abdomen, besides short side 

 tufts. 



1. A. caudata Harris. Black. Fore wing scaled, except in and below cell in 

 male; hind wing transparent, with a small black spot on mdcv. Antennae, palpi, 

 and neck orange; hind legs orange, with a black tibial tuft. Long process on tail 

 orange; side tufts black. Female with hind legs black, except outer joints of 

 tarsus. 25 mm. 



June to August. The larva bores in the crown of clematis. 



Canada to Florida, west to Michigan. New York: New York City, Brooklyn 

 and Newtown, Long Island. 



In variety walkeri Neumcegen, the antennae are mostly black, the palpi are 

 black, and also the whole of the hind legs and the process on the abdomen. 



Long Island, New York. 



9. BEMBECIA Hiibner 



Antennae bipectinate in male, with oblique pectinations, and no terminal tuft 

 (fig. 231) ; palpi with hair below. Abdomen stout, rather cylindrical, with short 

 terminal tuft and a well-marked dorsal tuft on segment 3. Hind tibise loose-hairy. 



Fore wing normal (fig. 229) except for loss of one M; cell square at end; hind 

 wing with M 3 and Cu\ stalked half way to apex; ldcv transverse and more than 

 twice as long as mdcv. Tongue moderate. 



1. B. marginata Harris. Body black; palpi, neck, some markings on thorax, 

 and a stripe on each segment of abdomen yellow; the abdomen becoming solid 

 yellow at rear; fore wing with a mixture of brown and rusty scales, leaving cell 

 and anal space clear, as well as three interspaces toward margin; the boundaries 

 of the sealed areas not quite sharp. Hind wing with brown fringe only. Male 

 25 mm. ; female mostly over 30 mm. 



August to mid-September. The larva in blackberry and raspberry, at first in 

 roots, then working up into the canes. 



Generally distributed. New York: Wilmington, Lancaster, Ithaca, Staten Island, 

 Long Island. 



In variety albicoma Hulst the yellow is very pale cream color, except on the 

 hind legs, where it is as dark as usual. I have seen it in recognizable condition 

 from Big Indian Valley and Brooklyn. 



