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had for some years in my collection three gray specimens received from 

 Mr. Heath, of Cartvvright, Man., under this name, which were subse- 

 quently shown to Dr. Smith and confirmed by him as correctly named. 

 Mr. VVoUey Dod pronounced them disposita, which I was inclined to 

 question, as all my other specimens of that species were decidedly browner, 

 but Sir George Hampson concurred in Mr. Dod's determination. 



Mr. Dod had, however, been mistaken about hemina until I showed 

 him a specimen received from Mr. Horace Dawson, which beautifully 

 fitted Grote's description. The correctness of this determination I was 

 able to absolutely verify by comparison with the type, which, however, is 

 a less fresh specimen, and somewhat lighter in colour. Hampson's 

 illustration is too light and too brown, the species is grayer. 



As the original description, published in United States Geological 

 and Geographical Survey, is inaccessible to many entomologists, I 

 transcribe it as follows : 



"Lithophane hemina, n. s. 



(t .—Allied to disposita, petulca, signosa, etc. Darker than 

 disposita, longer- winged, and allied to that species in having 

 a black basal dash, but more obscurely colored — dirty wood- 

 brown — resembling Hadena vulgaris in this respect, but less warmly 

 tinted. A black stain on submedian fold, where the median lines 

 approximate, as in signosa. Terminally, the wing is twice stained with 

 blackish. Spots and lines less distinctly limited than in disposita, and 

 more as in petulca ; orbicular irregular, oblique; reniform wide above. 

 Hind wings fuscous, with fine black terminal line and paler fringes. 

 Beneath the wings are paler, with distinct black discal spots, subirrorate ; 

 the under surface is much like disposita ; there is a faint irregular line on 

 secondaries, and the discal field of primaries is shaded with fuscous. 

 Thorax a little darker than fore wings ; abdomen dusky, with reduced 

 tufts on the dorsum. Expanse, 40 mil." 



" I have seen specimens in Mr. Hill's collection, collected in Lewis 

 County, New York, in September. I am indebted to Mr. Hill's kindness 

 for the type. The species seems to me to stand between disposita and 

 petulca. There is a curious general resemblance in ornamentation and 

 color between this species and the wider-winged Hadena vulgaris, while 

 they are structurally easily distinguished." 



Folsom's " Entomology " has just been published in the Japanese 

 language from a translation made by Miyake and Uchida. 



