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dark; outer and costal parts of wing with lead-colored stripes, the next to last 

 usually running to anal angle; all starting from paired white costal striae. Five 

 or six terminal dots on upper part ot wing, the two at apex decidedly larger and a 

 little separated from the others. 12 mm. 



April and May. 



This species is side-specialized in the direction of the Tortricinae and Eucosma. 



New York and Pennsylvania to Manitoba. New York: McLean, Ithaca, Ramapo. 



*'* Outer margin of fore wing nearly upright, with well-marked notch,; R 5 termin- 

 ating well below apex; hind wing with strong fringe on Cu; head and palpi 

 generally smoother, the eyes normally large (Laspeyresia) . 



t Male without sexual modifications. 



2. L. caryana Fitch. Palpi whitish. Deep brown, with lead-colored stripes, not 

 strongly contrasting, and distinct only on costa, except the last two, which enclose 

 the speculum. Ground dusted in two or three areas with cream color; the dusting 

 in the speculum dense; speculum with four or five black bars of unequal size, the 

 first strong one pointing directly to the notch in the outer margin. White costal 

 striae distinct outwardly, but not prominent. Hind wing fuscous, whitish on basal 

 half; fringe whitish, with fuscous basal line. 10—12 mm. 



May, July and August. Larva on hickory and walnut; the second brood eating 

 out the young nuts; also inquiline in galls. 



Canada to Missouri and Georgia. New York: Easton (type). 



3. L. prunivora Walsingham (lesser codling-worm). Face and palpi whitish. 

 Black-brown varied with ochre yellow; the outer margin below costa almost solid 

 yellow in some specimens, except for some black bars and the two lead-colored 

 bands; middle of wing more or less striate with black; middle of inner margin 

 with confused oblique streaks. Costal edge outwardly with some white dots. 

 Speculum of the yellow, with black bars, decidedly lower than the notch, as usual 

 in the genus. Hind wing like L. caryana. 9 mm. 



In dark specimens the yellow is reduced to some few scales on the disc of the 

 fore wing, in the upper part of the speculum, and just before the apex. 

 Larva in young plums, Crataegus fruit, and crab apples. 

 Generally distributed. New York: Crosby (Yates County), Ithaca. 



4. L. nigromaculana Kearfott. Palpi more than half luteous, w r ith dark tips. 

 Fore wing cream color on basal half, the ground more than half covered with 

 wavy brown transverse bands, which leave a vague pale area in the middle 

 of the inner margin ; outer half mixed bright ochre and black-brown, not con- 

 trasting to the naked eye; with some black dots and striae, and with strong black 

 terminal spots. 9 mm. 



June. 



Black Mountains, North Carolina. 



Superficially very close to Laspeyresia prunivora, with which Kearfott has con- 

 fused it. Types only seen. 



5. L. packardii Zeller. Dull blackish ; head and palpi gray (unlike L. caryana 

 and prunivora) ; fore wing with lead-gray fascia? leaving a distinctly defined but 

 not contrasting brownish erect median fascia, and a similar subtriangular patch 

 at anal angle. Speculum with a couple of faint dots only. Hind wing very 

 pale gray, with dark border and veins. 



This species can apparently be distinguished by the partly pale hind wings 

 and gray palpi. I have no notes on authentic material. L. pyricolana. has been 

 determined as this, in error. 



Texas; doubtful northward. 



