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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 15 



ADDITIONS TO THE CANADIAN LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY J. ALSTON MOFFAT, HAMILTON, ONT. 



These names I have obtained from various sources : — 



Glcea inulta Grote. 



Nonagria fodiens Guen. 



Plusia Ni. Hub. 



Acidalia insidsaria Guen. 



Cymatophora humaria Guen, 



Glaiicopteryx ccesiata Borkh. 



Botis adipaloides G. & R. 



Eti7'ycreon sticticalis Linn. 

 For the following I am indebted to the kindness of Prof Fernald : — 



Conchy lis floccosana Walk. 



Ecopsis oliiiaceatia Fern. 



Steganoptica fasciolana Clem. 



Gelechia alasella Clem. 



GelecJiia bilobella Zell. 



Gelechia vagella Walk. 



Carposina cressentella Wlsm. 



Blabaphanes dorsistrigella van 

 flavivittellics Fitch. 

 The collecting season of i8S8 was, in this locality, somewhat peculiar. 

 It opened up about the loth of May with great promise — early moths ap- 

 pearing in considerable numbers. This was soon reversed— cool, dry 

 weather setting in ; and not until the second week of June did the weather 

 become warm enough to produce a marked development of insect life. 

 About that time I obtained some fine moths new to me : several of them 

 being but single specimens of a kind are yet undetermined. Fall hunting 

 was quite productive of some kinds of good moths. I spent the first two 

 weeks of September sixteen miles south of the city. I could find nothing 

 of any value by hunting in daytime ; plenty would come to light when the 

 evenings were warm ; but these were mostly so cool that it was necessary to 

 keep the doors closed for comfort, thereby reducing my chances. It was at 

 this time that I secured a pair of fine, fresh Glcea inulta, a large and hand- 

 some moth, and the first of the genus reported to have been taken in Canada, 

 I got the name of it from Mr. Hulst, by sending to him a specimen that 

 had been given to me by Mr. Hanham, which he had captured in Missouri. 



