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14. QLcantlms qnad7-ipunctatus. The Four-spotted Tree Cricket. 



CEca7ithus quadripunciattis, Bent., Bull. Anier. Mus. Nat. Hist., VI,, 

 1894, 250. 



CEcanthus fasciatus, Hart., Ent. News, HI., 1892, 7,-^^ (text in part). 



Measurements: Length of body, ^ 9.5 mm., $ 11.5 mm.j of 

 tegmen, ^ 11 mm., 9 12 mm.; of hind femur, ^ 7 mm., 5 7-5 rnm.j 

 of ovipositor, 5 rnm.j width of ^ tegmen, 4.5 mm. 



I believe this form to be merely a pale variety of (E. fasciatus^ as I 

 have a series of intergrades and am unable to draw a definite line to 

 separate the two. I have retained the name quadripipictatus for the 

 present, however, as I have an insufiicient series of typical examples of 

 this form to make a satisfactory comparison between the two varieties. 



Quadripundatus is common in the southern part of the Province, 

 where it is associated with fasciatus., but I have never taken typical 

 specimens in the north. Blatchley found it abundant on the north shore 

 of the Niagara River, opposite Buffalo, N. Y. 



Localities : Chatham, Aug. xo, 1901 ; VValpole Id., River St. Clair, 

 Aug. 13, 1 90 1 ; Toronto, September. 



A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES BELONGING TO THE 



GEOMETRID^. 



BY GEO. W. TAYLOR, WELLINGTON, B, C. 



The Geometrid moth described below cannot be placed in any 

 European or American genus known to me, and I therefore venture to 

 institute a new genus for its reception. 



The genus belongs to the Ennomijice, and the absence of a tongue 

 and the possession of the dorsal abdominal tufts serve to separate it 

 readily from all the other American genera of the subfamily, as none of 

 them, I believe, possess these two characters in combination. 



As there is some difficulty, especially for a novice, in finding a 

 suitable combination of Greek or Latin which has not already been used 

 as a generic name in some branch of Zoology, I have named this genus 

 after the island opposite to Nanaimo, V. I., where I took specimens of the 

 species last summer. The species I dedicate to my friend Dr. Dyar, who 

 has given me much help and encouragement since I began my study of 

 the Geometridse. 



Gabriola, n. g. — Palpi short, subascending : tongue apparently 

 wanting; front scaled; antennae ^ heavily pectinated, pectinations 

 rapidly shortening and leaving apex simple ; thorax tufted posteriorly, 



