112 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Aug. 10 ; also bred by him from larvte taken June 24 on Pseudotsuga sp. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Type No. 7788. 



Proteopteryx Columbia, sp. nov. — Head clothed with long brown 

 scales. Palpi same colour, ]ialer beneath and inside, point of apical joint 

 fuscous, scarcely projecting beyond tuft of second joint. Thorax, closely 

 appressed smoky-black scales, very minuiely sprinkled with brown. 

 Patagia same, tips of scales light fuscous. Fore wing, greyish fuscous, 

 marked with black streaks and dots and heavily overlaid, especially on 

 lower half, with reddish-brown scales of several shades. Basal patch not 

 distinctly defined, costal fold one-quarter length of wing, mottled grey, 

 black and pale reddish-brown. Beyond fold on costa are five large 

 oblique dashes, between each is a smaller dot, all black, but bordered by 

 bright reddish-brown scales, between these dots and dashes the scales are 

 nearly white, the outer dash is on the apex ; below the third and fourth 

 dashes is an irregular short horizontal black streak, divided into two fine 

 lines at its outer end by a concentration of bright reddish-brown scales, the 

 latter scales form a ?-shaped mark, with the upper edge of the rounded 

 part bordering the black streak, the upper point running into outer margin 

 and the lower point nearly to anal angle. A larger, somewhat oblique 

 horizontal streak begins just beyond middle of wing, and ends beyond 

 end of cell, a few reddish-brown scales are sprinkled over it, below it and 

 reaching to dorsal margin is a large, roughly-triangular patch of mixed 

 pale brown and reddish brown ; this colour continues on dorsum to anal 

 angle, but before reaching it and defining an oceUic spot the brown scales 

 project upwards and merge into a small black dentate streak. The scales 

 on the outer half of wing, between these black and brown patches, have 

 a very pale bluish-white appearance. The lower and inner 'quarter of 

 wing is heavily overlaid with brown scales, a shade darker than the brown 

 dorsal patch, into which they merge. The extreme dorsal margin is dotted 

 with black. There is a broad outer marginal line of evenly-mixed fuscous, 

 gray and brown scales, this line bends sharply outwards above the 

 marginal notch, which is opposite 3, 4 and 5. Cilia brownish-fuscous, 

 long, a itw long scales of black at lower end, inside anal angle. Hind 

 wing smoky fuscous, darkest on apex. Cilia a shade lighter, under side 

 same, but slightly paler. Under side fore wing^ dark smoky fuscous, 

 darkest at apex, five white dots on costa, each enclosing a smaller black 

 dot. Abdomen grey, anal tuft light brown. Legs light grey, tinged with 

 pale brown. 



