24 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Two of these were found in my garden hid among some weeds, June 

 29, 1880. After putting them in the rearing box one died, the other 

 changed to a chrysalis July 5th, and produced the imago July i8th. 



Prodenia Ihieatella Harvey. 



Length 1.35 inches. Shape of body cylindrical, very much like the 

 larvae of Agrotis. Dorsal, subdorsal and substigmatal lines, and a line in 

 the middle of subdorsal space, pinkish lilac. In the dorsal space there 

 are, first a series of oval dark brownish drab spots, the broadest part 

 occupying the centre of each joint, the several spots connecting with each 

 other at the union of the joints. In width they extend two thirds of the 

 distance from the dorsal to the subdorsal lines. On the subdorsal rests a 

 series of either triangular or somewhat oval velvety black spots, one to 

 each joint on each side of the body. These spots extend inward half 

 way to the dorsal line, thus encroaching somewhat upon the drab spots. 

 At the base of each black spot, next the subdorsal line, is a narrow, bright 

 yellow, semi-elliptical spot. The rest of the dorsal space is gray irregu- 

 larly striped with fine white. The upper half of subdorsal space is pinkish 

 gray irregularly striped with fine black ; the lower half black, similarly 

 striped with fine light lines. Substigmatal space and venter carneous 

 gray, the first spotted with white. The head and cervical shield are 

 black, the inverted Y white. 



The single larva from which the above description was taken was 

 found in my garden August 20th, 1880, in a bed of salsify. While in 

 confinement it ate readily of the leaves of salsify, peach and raspberry. 

 August 25th it disappeared for pupation, and the imago emerged Sep- 

 tember nth. 



Leucania pseudargyria Guen. 



Length one inch. General color fleshy brown, sprinkled over with 

 dark brown. Dorsal line narrow, of general ground color ; this and the 

 subdorsal and substigmatal distinguished by not being sprinkled with 

 brown. The dorsal space dark brown, composed of dark brown dots 

 finely sprinkled over the surface. About midway this is partially separated 

 as though forming two dark lines. There is a slight massing of these 

 brown dots from the posterior part of the joint, near the dorsal line, out- 

 ward forming an indistinct V. Subdorsal space much like the dorsal 

 only lighter. Substigmatal space with few dots, a brown patch at the 



