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distant between it and the t. p. line. The secondaries are without 

 markings. The insect expands twenty-two miUimeters, and was taken 

 at light, Aug. loih. 



Another species of perhaps rarer occurrence was Atethmia redi- 

 fascia, Grt. My acquisition of the latter was in this wise : While assist- 

 ing a lady friend, who had just begun collecting, in naming a very fair 

 two-months' catch one evening last August, our attention was drawn to 

 a small moth that had flown in at the open window and was resting on 

 the window shade. The question, "Oh! what is that one?" was too 

 much for the oracle, and with an apologetic hint that it was something 

 very good, I was presented with the specimen for further deliberations. 



Here was another instance of the good luck that generally befalls 

 beginners in having rarities come their way. I have noticed it repeatedly 

 and recall my only capture of Etitelia piilchen-ima, Grt., in the earliest 

 days of my entomological experience. 



How it is that the specimen which I still possess has passed through 

 the vicissitudes of the "cigar-box" collection, the ornamental display 

 case on the wall, and lastly the transference from an unusually large, 

 common pin, is more than can be imagined. And yet it stands a very 

 passable example in my collection, antennye-less and leg-less to be sure, 

 but for all that the most prized specimen that I have. 



Through the last ten years, since knowing what species it represents, 

 a constant lookout for others has been kept, but without success, and I 

 have begun to wonder if it will be necessary for me to begin all over 

 again in order to secure another example. 



Regarding rectifascia, a word as to appearance may not be amiss, 

 as no mention of the species has thus far been made in the Canadian 

 Entomologist. Since its description in 1874, the generic position has 

 been twice changed by Prof. J. B. Smith, to whom I am indebted for the 

 identification of my example. This species is of rather slight build, with 

 wings full and normally developed, having a thin, silky vestiture that at 

 first suggested to me (very wrongly) that it might have a position some- 

 where Acontia-wzxdi. The antennae are simple, eyes and palpi promi- 

 nent, the latter projecting upward. The primaries are a pale, shining 

 olivaceous, crossed by three lines or fasciae, as in the case of Chloridea 

 rhexia, S. & A. The first of these, which is nearer the middle of the 

 wing than usual for the transverse anterior line, is about at right angles 



