132 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A NEW ISC H ALIA FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND. 



BY W. HAGUE HARRINGTON, OTTAWA. 



Ischalia Vancouverensis, n. sp. Length yj^ mm. Flavo-testaceous, 

 abdomen, disc of elytra and middle of antennae purplish-black. Head 

 deflexed, polished, prominently rounded between antennae ; eyes moderate, 

 emarginate, coarsely granulated ■. antennse reaching to apex of humeral 

 pale spot, stout, first joint swollen, second small, remaining joints more 

 elongated, gradually shortened, terminal joint acutely pointed, three basal 

 and two terminal joints rufo-testaceous, intervening six blackish or piceous. 



Thorax bell-shaped, about as broad as long, rounded and elevated anter- 

 iorly with a shallow median sulcus, from which a carina runs to the 

 posterior margin and projects in a sharp point ; a deep transverse im- 

 pression in basal third ; base biemarginately truncate, with angles 

 produced in blunt points ; scutellum prominent, rounded at apex. 

 Elytra with disc depressed, flattened, strongly confluently punc- 

 tured, a prominent humeral costa extending nearly to apex, 

 marginal costa prominent, acute, disc purplish-black, elongate humeral 

 spot and all the margin testaceous. Abdomen purplish-black, alutaceous. 

 Described from six males from Comox, Vane. Isd., received from 

 Rev. G. W. Taylor in a very interesting and valuable collection of 

 Coleoptera of Vancouver Island. Differs from Ischalia costata, Lee, in 

 having the head unicolorous with thorax and legs, the abdomen entirely 

 purplish-black, etc. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



THE CUCUMBER MOTH.- 



Dear Sir, — I have the pleasure of announcing the addition to the 

 Canadian list of that attractive Pyralid Eudioptis nitidalis, Cram., 

 captured by Mr. T. H. Hill, of this place, in his garden last summer. It 

 is known as the Cucumber Moth, in distinction to iis congener the Melon 

 Moth, E. hyalinata, Linn., both of them reported to be at times quite 

 destructive to these crops in the Southwestern States. Ic is now over ten 

 years since I captured the first known Canadian specimen of E. hyalinata, 

 and it has been rarely taken since, and it is not known to be spreading, 

 so that E. nitidalis may never become to us anything more than an 

 exceedingly desirable cabinet specimen. Mr. Hill has kindly surrendered 

 his unique to the interests of the Society. He has also most generously 

 contributed his only specimen of that rare beetle Hydrophihis ovatus, 

 which was wanting in the Society's collection. 



J. Alston Moffat, Curator. 



London, Feb. i8, 1892. 



Mailed April 28th. 



