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setae iv above V; prolegs with a small complete ring of uniordinal 

 hooks. Eighth segment mnch reduced dorsally, with spiracle enlarged, 

 dorsal, on a level with setae iii; ii rather higher than i. Ninth segment 

 with setae ii well separated, but on a single plate. Pupation in a cocoon 

 of brittle silk, covered with sand, in the ground. Pupa not described. 

 The larvae, as far as known, are borers in fruits, and one is injurious 

 to peaches in Japan. The family is small and probably very old. It is 

 of uncertain relationship but perhaps cognate with the Phaloniidae. 

 Most of the hundred known species are from Hawaii and Australasia. 



Key to the genera 



M 2 and CUj of hind wing separate 2. Bondia. 



M 2 and Ci^ connate 1 . Garposina. 



1. CARPOSINA Herrick-Schaeffer 



Male with a heavy tuft on lower side of second segment of palpus; the palpi 

 closely upturned. Wings broader; fore wing (fig. 291) with an oblique series of 

 three tufts near base, an antemedial series parallel to it, the middle one located 

 on cell Cu, and very weak, the ones below costa and above A strong; strong tufts 

 below Cu farther out, above and below cell, and a couple at end of cell. Hind wing 

 translucent, with strong fringe of hairs on base of Cu; M 2 and Cu x connate or 

 shortly stalked; costal margin strongly sinuate in female. Postmedial shade of 

 fore wing wavy and indented opposite lower angle of cell. 



1. C. fernaldana Busck. Palpus of male with tuft moderate and rounded at 

 end; fore wing powdery gray, the costa concolorous, mottled with darker gray. 

 Tufts blackish-tipped; a black bar or patch in end of cell; postmedial line diffuse, 

 excurved, indented opposite lower angle of cell, and slightly dentate on veins. 

 A series of fine black terminal dots. Hind wing translucent, pale gray. 18 rnm. 



Late July and August. Larva in nearly ripe currants. 

 New York to Illinois and Missouri. New York: Ithaca. 



2. C. nicholsana Kearfott. Palpal tuft in male much larger, and triangular; 

 fore wing with practically the same pattern, but with the base of the wing and 

 the costa above Sc contrastingly dark, sometimes almost wholly dark gray. 

 Blackish patch in end of cell in a dark shade. Terminal dots larger, lighter, and 

 diffuse, often partly confluent. 15 mm. 



Nicholson, Pennsvlvania. 

 July. 



3. C. ottawana Kearfott. Wings narrower, though broader than in B. crescent ella. 

 Palpal tuft triangular. Fore wing duller fuscous, powdery, but not contrastingly 

 so; antemedial region, from the first row of tufts to the middle, broadly shaded 

 with white; blackish patch in end of cell and postmedial line nearly lost in the 

 general fuscous ground; terminal dots obscure. Hind wing more opaque, darker 

 gray. 16 mm. 



June. 



Ottawa, Ontario. 



2. BONDIA Newman 



(Carposina, in part) 



Near Carposina. Palpi of male with a slight tuft at end of second segment 

 only (fig. 292 \ ; wings narrower, scaling coarse, hind wing with M 2 and Cu x 

 distinctly separate. 



