384 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



DESCRIPTION OF EUPITHECIA FLETCHERATA, A GEO- 

 METRID MOTH FROM OTTAWA, NEW TO SCIENCE. 



BY GEO. W. TAYLOR, \VELLINGTON, B. C* 



This is one of the broad-winged, medium-sized species oi Ei/pitkecia, 

 in wing shape much Hne Eiipithecia latipentiis, Hulst (which is quite 

 common in Ottawa in the month of June), but is a trifle smaller. Expanse, 

 2 1 mm. 



Palpi of moderate length, rather bushy, very dark (nearly black), 

 with the extreme tips white. Front dark gray, with a fine black transverse 

 line in front of the base of the antennae. 



Thorax gray, darker in front ; a small white posterior tut't. 

 Abdomen dark smoky-gray; last segment darker, but in the male with a tuft 

 of snow-white hairs seen only when the last segment is exserted ; dorsal 

 tufts black ; a black lateral line. 



Beneath the pectus is white ; the abdomen pale except th.e last 

 segment, which is dark gray ; the legs are pale except the tibiae and tarsi 

 of the first pair, which are dark, with pale rings. Fore wings rather dark 

 gray, with blackish cross-lines enlarged on the costal margin. 



The basal and mtradiscal lines, with at least two intervening lines, 

 are parallel to each other \ they leave the costa at a sharp angle, turning 

 at right angles when they reach the cell, and runnmg in an almost straight 

 line to the inner margin ; they are all farther from the base at the inner 

 margin than at the costa. 



The median line, which is double, takes much the same direction, 

 including in its angle the distinct, oval, black, discal spot, and continuing 

 in a wavy line to the inner margin. 



The extra-discal line appears as a large blotch on the costa ; it then 

 runs in a regular curve to vein 3, then parallel to the median line to the 

 inner margin ; this line is emphasized by a series of eight black dashes on 

 the veins. 



Between the extra-discal and ihe subniarginal lines are three dark 

 lines, showing only as spots on ilie costa. 



The submarginat line is faint, white, showing most plainly in a white 

 dot between veins 3 and 4, and another between i and 2. Marginal line 

 faint, black, broken at the veins. Fringe, basal half darker : dusky spots 

 at the ends of the veins. 



*Reprinted b)- request from The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XX, Xo. 10, pp. 

 200-20.2, January, 1907. 



