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hind wings of both are dark and smoky. The types (2 cf, 

 Mendocino City, Calif., Alexander Agassiz) are in the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. It is a rather rare 

 species but Mr. E. H. Blackmore, of Victoria, B.C., took a nice 

 series, the dates of capture ranging from June 29 to Aug. 10, 1913. 



Hydriomena speciosata, var. (a) agassizi Swett, (Can. 

 Ent., vol. XLII, Aug. 1910). This is the form figured by 

 Packard in the Monograph, Plate VIII, fig. 37, under speciosata, 

 to which I have just alluded. Agassizi seems to be a variation 

 towards melanism, the entire outer border being black, with green 

 and white mottlings. The central band is twice as wide in 

 agassizi as in speciosata and the whole insect has a .black 

 appearance. It is evidently a rare variety as the type is the only 

 specimen I have seen. The type (l cT, Mendocino City, Calif., 

 Alexander Agassiz) is in the Museum of Comp. Zoology,. 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Hydriomena speciosata, var. (b) taylori Swett, (Can. Ent., 

 vol. XLII, p. 277, Aug. 1910). 



This seems to be a colour variety of speciosata in which the green 

 and white is replaced by a brownish-olive. It seems to be local, as I 

 have never seen it from any place but Vancouver Island, where it 

 has been taken at Nanaimo and Victoria. The type was submitted 

 to me by the late Rev. G. W. Taylor, as he was uncertain of the 

 characters of the true speciosata, having been misled by the figure 

 of one form and the description of another. 



Type, 1 d', July 22, 1908, from Rev. G. W. Taylor, Departure 

 Bay, in my collection. Cotype, 1 cf , in the collection of Mr. A. 

 J. Croker, July 1, 1909, Victoria, B.C. Other specimens from 

 Victoria, July 3, 1913, have been received from Mr. E. H. 

 Blackmore. 



15. Hydriomena costipunctata Barnes and McD. (Contrib. 

 to Nat. Hist, of Lepid. of North America, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 33, 

 July 1912; plate II, fig. 14). 



