THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 41 



AELLOPOS TITAN. 



Mr. Lyman's interesting note on the occurrence of Lepisesia flavo- 

 fasciata reminded me that the Society has in its possession a very rare 

 moth, Aellopos tita7i Cram., and possibly the only Canadian specimen in 

 the country. It was obtained by the Society with the Pettit collection ; 

 and Mr. Pettit told me that a neighbour's boy at Grimsby brought it to 

 him alive one morning in his closed hands, and asked if it was of any use 

 to him. Prof. Fernald, in his " Sphingidse of New England," says it is 

 unknown to him, but is said to occur rarely in the southern part of New 

 England Mr. Grote does not mention it in his " Hawk Moths of North 

 America," but gives it in his Check List of 1882 as a N. A. species, and 

 in the Can. Ent. for July, 1886, speaks of it as belonging to the colony 

 of West Indian moths in Florida, some of which at times invade New 

 England. 



For the benefit of any of your readers that may be fortunate in 

 securing a specimen I transcribe Prof Fernald's description : — 



" Expanse of wings, two inches and three-tenths. Dull blackish with 

 a slight olivaceous tinge; discal spot black and scarcely visible; a 

 straight, semi-transparent, whitish band crosses the middle of the fore- 

 wing, followed by another which is much narrower, A somewhat 

 arcuated, similarly coloured band formed of a double series of semi- 

 vitreous, lunate spots extends from the costa nearly across the wing. The 

 terminal space is paler and has purplish reflections. The underside is 

 dark brownish, and the whitish markings of the upper side are distinctly 

 reproduced. The hind wings are blackish, paler at the base and shaded 

 with yellowish along the costa. Head and thorax above, dull brownish 

 with a slight olivaceous tinge. Abdomen olivaceous, with the third 

 abdominal segment white above ; fourth segment with a large dark 

 brownish lateral shade which is much reduced on the fifth, but extends 

 entirely across the sixth. Anal hairs, brown on the sides and olivaceous 

 in the middle." 



That description applies well to the specimen before me, with the 

 exception that the straight whitish band does not quite cross the middle 

 of the forewings, terminating before reaching the. costa, and the black 

 discal spot is quite distinct. Our specimen is fresh, and in excellent 

 condition, its only defect being the absence of part of the anal tuft on 

 one side. J. Alston Moffat, Curator. 



