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B. S. N. S., 2, 125), the genus in America is composed of viatica Grote, 

 dediva Grote, inulta Grote, apiata Grote, and olivata Harvey. In none 

 of the specimens of these species before me is there the faintest trace of 

 the claviform. I do not know Mr. Morrison's new species, sericea and 

 pastillicans. There is no trace of the spot in the more recently described 

 tremtda Harvey, from Texas. The tendency, however, throughout the 

 Noctuidse is to reproduce the normal ornamentation, and it is possible that 

 certain specimens may show traces of a spot usually absent in the species 

 to which they belong. Such cases authorize no stricture upon original 

 descriptions of species based on specimens which do not exhibit the 

 character. 



ON SOME OF OUR COMMON INSECTS. 



THE BE A UTIFUL DEIOPEIA—Deigpeia bella. 



. BY THE EDITOR. 



This lovely moth, represented in fig. 1 1 (after Riley) may well claim a 



place among the most elegant and beautiful of the Lepidoptera. Although 



Fl »- 1L rare in some parts of our province, they are 



quite common in other localities. We have 

 8 found them common in the neighborhood of 

 Port Stanley, on the shores of Lake Erie, and 

 they are usually common and sometimes 

 abundant about Grimsby, Ont. We have 

 also seen them in other collections irom various parts of Canada. 



This moth measures when its wings are expanded about one and a half 

 inches. Its fore wings vary in color from lemon yellow to orange, and 

 are crossed by six white bands, each containing a row of black dots. The 

 hind wings vary in color from pink to scarlet red, with an irregular border 

 of black behind. The fringes of the wings are white. 



The under surface of both pairs of wings is of a deep red color, with 

 the front edge of the fore wings yellowish j the white bands on the upper 



