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district, just outside the city limits of Montreal. The only explanation I 

 can find for its appearance is that it may have been imported in the 

 chrysalid stage among some plants by some florist, as there are several 

 nurseries in the neighborhood. The prevailing winds at the time would 

 not favour migration. 



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A NEW NOCTUID OF THE GENUS CIRROPHANUS. 



BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, N. M. AGR. COLLEGE. 



Cirrophanus Dyari, n. sp. — 2- Expanse 34 millim. General 

 colour and markings just as in C. triangulifer, Grote, except as regards the 

 following particulars : The general colour is more ochreous — not so 

 orange ; the t. p. line curves inwards to a point not far from the middle 

 of the iving, whence it rapidly bends ontwards for a short distance, after 

 which it again bends downwards and inwards to the inferior margin ; the 

 s. t. line is further from the margin, and deeply shaded about the middle 

 with ochreous ; the oblique dark line from the lower part of the t. p. 

 line to the costa is distinct, and has a sharp zigzag near its middle. It 

 results from the direction of the t. p. line that the light patch at the anal 

 angle is more extensive than in C. triangulifer, but it is broken by a 

 dark shade representing the lower part of the s. t. line. Hind wings 

 strongly suffused with gray, with a curved gray line crossing the middle. 

 Thoracic tufts deep brownish-orange. On the under side the primaries, 

 except their margins, are strongly shaded with blackish. 



Fore tibine with a spine. Frontal tubercle well developed, with a 

 semilunar hollow above it, surrounded by a strong rim. 



pj^i^_ — Fillmore Canon, Organ Mts., New Mexico, Aug. 28 (Ckll.). 

 This was recognized as a distinct species by Dr. H. G. Dyar, but though 

 I urged him to describe it, he would not. It is very different from C. 

 duplicates, Smith, but closely allied to C. triangulifer, from which it 

 differs at once in the position of the notch in the t. p. line. The females 

 of triangulifer in the National Museum have the hind wings without any 

 dusky shade or lines ; but Grote (111. Essay) figures a specimen with 

 dusky hind wings, but with the s. t. line much nearer the margin than in 



Dyari. 



The frontal tubercle of Dyari is perhaps a little less prominent than 

 in triangulifer, but there is no noteworthy difi"erence. The $ of 

 triangulifer has the frontal tubercle much more produced and the hind 

 wings less rounded than the p . 



The type of Dyari is in the U. S. National Museum. 



