100 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 



PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OE THE ARCTIID.E: OF TEM- 

 PERATE NORTH AMERICA, WITH NOTES. 



BY JOHN B. SMITH, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. 



( Contimied from page jj, Volume xxii. } 



Genus Nemeophila Steph. 



1830 — Steph., 111., Brit. Ent. , Haust, IL, 72. 

 1855— Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het., III., 623. 



Head small, not retracted, with rough vestiture. Eyes small, yet 

 somewhat bulging or prominent. Tongue moderate in length, but weak. 

 Palpi short, straight, scarcely projecting beyond the clypeus, clothed with 

 short, thin vestiture. Ocelli present. Antennae moderate in length, the 

 $ rather lengthily bi-pectinated. Legs unarmed, subequal, the posterior 

 longest, rather closely scaled, the spurs distinct. 



Primaries with accessory cell distinct, giving off 7-10 from its apex, 

 4 and 5 close together, well separated from 3. 



Secondaries with 3, 4 and 5 almost equidistant from the end of the 

 submedian ; 6 and 7 together from the end of the subcostal, which latter 

 gives off 8 from about the middle of its course. 



The species in this genus are variable and the relation of the described 

 forms is by no means fixed. As usual I follow Mr. Grote's List, without, 

 however, intending to subscribe to the correctness of the synonymy. 



JV. geddesi Neum. 



1883 — Neum., Papilio IIL, 137, Nemeophila. 



Habitat— N. W. Brit. Col. 

 N. modesta Pack. 



1864 — Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., III., 113, Platarctia. 



1882 — Grt., New List, 16, NemeopJiila. 



Habitat — California. 

 N. petrosa Wlk. 



X855— Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het., III., 626, Nemeophila. 



1872 — Pack., 4th Rept. Peab. Ac. Sci., 85, Nemeophila. 



1874 — Streck., Lep. Rhop., et Het, I., 79, =plantaginis. 



1878 — Streck., Pr. Dav. Ac. Sci., II., 272, pi, IX., ff. 2-4, =plan- 

 taginis Linn. 



1879 — Strk., Rept. Chief Eng., 1878-79, V., p. 1859, - plantaginis. 



1882 — Stretch, Papilio, II., 92 (variations), Nemeophila. 

 var. aespitis Grt. & Rob. 



