THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. . 27 



NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF CANADIAN MOTHS MADE 

 BY WM. S. M. D'URBAN, AND NAMED BY F. WALKER. 



BY A. R. GROTE, 



Director of the Museum, Buffalo Society Natural Sciences. 



The collection which forms the subject of this paper was kindly pre- 

 sented to the Ent. Soc, Ont. by Mr. D'Urban, and the specimens are kept 

 for reference in the form in which they were given, because they were 

 determined by Mr. Walker, the labels all being in his handwriting and 

 many of the insects being types of his species. Many of the species 

 were collected in the valley of the River Rouge, and some of them are 

 mentioned in two papers in the Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, vol. 5, 

 pages 91-6, and vol. 6, pages 36-41. 



" Pyralis n. sp. ? " v., 95. The specimen here described is Asopia 

 devialis Grote. 



" Dasychira clandestina," vi., ^d. This ^ specimen seems to be a 

 distinct species belonging to the genus Gluphisia. 



"Audela acronyctoides," vi., 37. The species and genus in this 

 instance appear to be good, and not otherwise known in collections. The 

 specimen is in poor condition, but its ornamentation being marked, the 

 species is quite recognizable ; there are no antennoe remaining. Mr. 

 Walker gives them as " slightly pectinated, branches sub-clavate." The 

 species is slenderer, but distantly recalls Platycerura furcilla. 



"Bryophila? spectans," vi,, 38. Is Microccelia fragilis of Guenee'. 



" Microccelia ? retardata," vi., 38. Is Acronycta dissecta G. & R. 



"Cleora limitaria," vi., 39. The specimen so named approaches very 

 closely to Lobophora vernata Packard. 



Two new species of Cleora and five of Boarmia are then cited by 

 name, without description. Good specimens labeled with these names 

 are contained in the collection. 



" Acidalia junctaria," vi., 39. The specimen so labeled seems to be 

 Corycia vestaliata of Guenee. 



" Macaria ? subapiciaria," vi., 40. The specimen so labeled is a true 

 Macaria, and is the same species as Boarmia inordinaria Walker, cited 

 merely by name on the previous page. 



