154 " THE CA.NADIAK ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Five specimens : Hampton, New Hampshire, July 7 to Aug. 5, S. 

 Albert Shaw. 



Enarvionia Shawiana, sp. nov. 



Expanse, o, 11.5 to t2 mm.; ?, 9.5 to 14.5 mm. 



Head light olivaceous brown on top, darker on sides, wl ite in front ; 

 palpi, (J pure white ; $ cream-white ; tlie outer end of tuft and apical 

 joint smoky-brown ; the ^ palpi are shorter than 9 j antenna fuscous ; 

 thorax dark brown in middle, the patagia and an anterior band of grayish- 

 brown, a {^"fi whitish specks on posterior end ; abdomen dark vtlvety- 

 brown above, anal tuft gray ; legs grayish-white, shaded in front with 

 blackish-brown. 



Fore wing blackish-brown with a bronzy-tinge, a conspicuous white 

 dorsal mark and four white costal dashes in outer half. The basal area 

 extends to inner third, its outer edge is generally rounded with indentation 

 at u|)per and 1 jwer fourths ; on this lower half is a small patch of vvhite 

 scales, above which a streak of bluish-metallic nearly touches costa. The 

 white dorsal mark is in middle of wing, it is irregular in form, in some 

 specimens with a slight spur from its outer upper corner, in others it is 

 somewhat bifurcated at the upper end with a few dark scales on dorsum ; 

 in all specimens it slightly angles outward, and rarely reaches above fold ; 

 an inwatdly inclined fascia of shining-blue continues from its upper edge 

 to costa, ending on costa as a geminate white spot. Beyond this is a broad 

 iascia ot the ground colour, thickly dotted with dull black on costa, and 

 more sparsely on upper half below costa, and lightly with olivaceous-brown 

 on lower half The outer half of costa is marked with four large white 

 oblique costal streaks, the one before apex is the Urgest, and in some 

 specimens it is geminate ; the inner costal dash sends a curved leaden- 

 blue-metallic line to anal angle, its lower half broadening and formmg the 

 inner vertical ocellic bar. Beyond this metallic line the ground colour is 

 coppery-brown, horizontally streaked with blick, between the white costal 

 dashes the costa is narrowly edged with blick. From the second and 

 third costal dashes a similar leaden-metallic line curves under the apex 

 before the termen, and ends in termen as a white dash about a third above 

 toriuis. The outer costal dash is edged below with leaden-metallic scales, 

 opposite its lower end, but not joining it is a white dash beljw apex. The 

 ocellic area between the two metallic bars is bright coppery-brown, 

 crossed by four or five horizontal black lines, w^ith an indistinct metallic 

 line below. Terminal line blick, cut with white dashes below apex at 

 lower third and twice on tornus. Cilia white at apex, leaden-gray below, 

 preceded by a whitish basal line. 



