64 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The figure of this larva given in Boisduval and Leconte (PI. 29, fig. 4), 

 although very imperfect, is evidently intended to represent the normal form 

 of this larva. It is there stated to feed on different species of thorn 



(Cratcegus )• 



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A NEW SPECIES OF AN ART A FROM NOVA SCOTIA. 



BY THE EDITOE. 



In the Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of 

 Natural Science (1868-9, p. 78-87), I have given a list of some specimens 

 of Nova Scotian Lepidoptera, sent me for determination by the esteemed 

 President of the Institute, J. Matthew Jones, Esq., of Halifax. Among 

 these was included a new species of Anarta, the description of which I re- 

 print here, as many of those interested in this department of Entomology 

 may not have access to the original publication. 



" Anarta Acadiensis, Bethune (Pro. Trans. N. S. Inst. Nat. Sci., 1868-9, p. 84). 

 The pretty little species of this genus are chiefly confined to mountainous and 

 sub-arctic regions ; one, however, is taken all over England, and another J., luteola, 

 Grote & Rob., has been found in the neighborhood of Quebec ; Dr. Packard (Pro. 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Oct. 17, 1866), has described several species taken in 

 Labrador. The following is a description of our species : — 



" Anterior wings dull brick red, sparsely powdered with black scales. Basal 

 line indistinct, doubled, slightly dentate, black ; transverse anterior line black, 

 perpendicular to costa for nearly half its length, then curved outwards forming 

 an irregular arc to the inner margin. Median space darker, with a transverse 

 central black shade ; orbicular spot very conspicuous, creamy white, with a few 

 scattered ferruginous scales in the middle, narrowed posteriorly and produced till 

 it meets the edge of the reniform ; this spot is of the normal shape, concolorous 

 with the rest of the wing, conspicuously bordered with white, except inferiorly 

 where it is open and encroached upon by the dark central shade. Transverse 

 posterior line, black, fine, forming a very convex arc outside of the reniform spot. 

 Subterminal and terminal spaces paler ; subterminal line rather broad, distinct, 

 black, arising from a triangular black spot on the costa, slightly wavy, parallel to 

 the outer margin ; terminal line deep black, very distinct ; fringes concolorous 

 with the wing. 



" Posterior wings shining, straw-yellow, with a broad well-defined black border, 

 which is slightly excavated interiorly just before the anal angle ; costa, base and 

 inner margin broadly discolored with black scales; fringes golden yellow at apex, 

 pale yellow inferiorly. 



" Under side of anterior wings shining, the costa narrowly, and the outer margin 

 "broadly, reddish-yellow, especially at the apex ; inner margin rather broadly pale 

 yellow ; all the rest uniformly deep black. Posterior wings shining, pale yellow, 

 with the costa and apex broadly irrorate with bright ferruginous scales, and a 

 narrow ill-defined submarginal band ; fringes pale yellow. 



