90 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



and other species of the genus are known to be parasitic upon the larvae 

 of our larger moths. 



For want of a good scientific library of my own, and there being none 

 in the State, I was unable to look up the species until recently, and as 

 I fail to find any description that will agree with it, either in size, color- 

 ation, &c., I submit the following : 



SmICRA (IIGANTEA, n. sp. 



$. Length .43 of an inch. 



Head, antennae and thorax black, opaque. Head and thorax coarsely 

 and strongly punctate, antennae more finely punctate ; eyes greenish red ; 

 collare somewhat bulging at sides, praescutum triangularly elongated 

 posteriorly ; scutum rather large, bulging ; scutellum convex, rounded ofif 

 posteriorly, punctate ; abdomen rather . abruptly produced into a long 

 sharp point, the thick globular basal portion being a shining brownish 

 red ; basal half of segment next the peduncle longitudinally grooved, the 

 grooves being deepest at base and shallowing off at middle of segment ; 

 the pointed part of abdomen black or brownish black, a few short w'hitish 

 hairs scattered promiscuously over abdomen ; wings hyaline fuscous, veins 

 black ; anterior and middle coxfe brownish red; femorae brownish black; 

 tibiae and feet lighter; posterior coxae and femorale brownish red, smooth 

 and polished, coxae slightly punctate, the swollen femorale toothed 

 beneath where tibiae rest when drawn up, the latter brownish black ; tarsi 

 and feet reddish brown. 



NORTH AMERICAN NOCTUIDAE IN THE ZUTRAEGE.— 

 FOURTH AND FIFTH HUNDREDS. 



BY A. R. GROTE. 



Oria sangui'nea, 9, fig. 613-614. 



" Georgia." This species has been generally recognized. Oria is 

 used for maculosa in the Verzeichniss, from which sanguinea is distinct 

 structurally. I have referred the latter as the type of Porrima in the 

 Check List, No. 664. The doubtful reference there to iMtch's 7'olupia 

 must be struck out. 



