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aid of Rev. G. W. Taylor, of Vancouver Island, I shall have a small 

 addition to make to the Manitoban list published by Mr. Hanham. All 

 larvee were scarce, even '' cutworms " did little or no damage, and though 

 I wanted to rear sjme iWalacosoma fragilis, Stretch., I did not come 

 across any of their " tents.'^ 



NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN LE.PIDOPTERA. 



BY WILLIAM BARNES, S. B. , M. D., DECATUR, ILL. 



Cerathosia ideila, n. sp. — Expanse, 25 mm. 



Fore wings white, with small orange patch at apex, marked with black 

 dots and bars as follows : Six spots on costa, about equidistant, the basal 

 one slighijy removed from costa and the second smaller than the others, 

 a round spot in cell, followed by four short parallel transverse bars beyond 

 it, lying close together, the third one joining spot on costa. A short 

 longitudinal dash on inner margin at base, followed by five transverse bars 

 from median vein to inner margin, the first, however, not quite reaching 

 it. Of these the third and fifth are narrower than the others and in the 

 male especially tend to become broken, probably in some specimens they 

 would be almost or quite wanting. In the ? there is a sub-terminal row 

 of spots, irregular in shape and size. In the A these are reduced to three 

 or four. On the outer margin there are some rather heavy black blotches. 

 In the c? these show as quite well defined quadrate patches at inner 

 angle, opposite cell and at apex. The fringe is black opposite these spots 

 and between the lower two, but white between the apical and median 

 ones. Hind wings orange, slightly darker outwardly. Head, collar and 

 thorax white, with black spots on shoulders, centre of patagia and top of 

 thorax. The thorax has, in addition, a posterior band. These markings 

 show an admixture of metallic-blue scales under lens. Abdomen orange 

 above, white beneath. Both wings orange beneath, with the black mark- 

 ings of upper surface more or- less in evidence on fore wings. There is a 

 short black bar from costa, at outer fourth, outwardly oblique, and the 

 black markings of fringe are as on upper surface. Palpi black above and 

 at tip, white beneath. Antennae blackish. Tibiae of fore legs black above. 

 All tarsi checkered black and white as well as tibiae of posterior and 

 middle pairs. 



Types (^ and ?. Pima Co., Arizona. July 20th. 

 Catabena begallo, n. sp. — ^. Expanse, 24 mm. 



Dark blackish gray, with a slight reddish tinge, of about the same 

 shade as Egestis. The ground colour is of the red shade, but in fresh 



May, 1905, 



