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1 1 6. A. virgimcuia, Kirby. — Two $ $ and a 9 are all the speci- 

 mens I have ever seen here. They were taken in different years. End of 

 June and July. 



117. A. michabo, Grt. — A single $ , at rest, Jvine 9th, 1893. 



118. A. parthenice, Kirby. — Not common at light in some seasons. 

 The only ? 9 I have laken have been bred from larvfe picked up 

 haphazard. Middle July to middle August. The secondaries of the 9 

 are of a much deeper red than in the ^ , and in one specimen the white 

 markings on primaries have a very decided reddish tinge. 



119. A. oithoiia, Strk., var. redilinea, French. — Recorded from 

 Calgary by Mr. Willing, on the authority of Mr. Gibson. 



120. A. Quetise/ii, Payk., var. turbans, Christoph. — This species, 

 which formerly passed as a miniature virguiuula, used to be very common, 

 more especially east of the hills, eight or ten years ago. The larvje, which 

 fed on Galium, might then be captured in some numbers in holes dug for 

 fence posts, and left open for twelve hours or so. Of late years it has 

 been far less common, but has come occasionally to light. None of my 

 si)ecimens have the orange secondaries mentioned by Mr. Gibson in his 

 paper on this genus (Can. Ent., XXXV., 144). 



121. A. obliiernia, Stretch. — A single male, at light, head of Pine 

 Creek, Aug. 15th, 1901. This, which I believe is the only specimen of 

 the form known, is referred to in Can. Ent., XXXV., 144, and figured on 

 PI. 5 of that vol. It is still in my collection. It differs from any of my 

 turbans in having rich orange secondaries instead of yellow, two 

 additional discal spots, and a dark dash near and parallel to the inner 

 margin. I never suspected it of being distinct from turbans until Mr. 

 Gibson's paper was published, and fancy it will eventually prove to be but 

 a variety of that species. 



122. A. Bolanderi, Stretch? — Mr. Gibson referred a $ (May 24th, 

 1897) ^"d three $ 9 doubtfully to this form, which Dr. Dyar treats as a 

 synonym oi Blakei. I have a similar $ dated June 3rd, 1903, and a third 

 has been taken during June of the present year. Two of my $ ? I have 

 always taken to hQ determinata. The other $ and the <i $ I have been 

 inclined to consider distinct, on account of the much earlier date, lighter 

 build, less hairy vestiture, and greater intensity of black on primaries. I 

 have Blakei from Colorado, which at any rate can hardly be the same 

 species as mine, from which it differs in being a stouter insect, broader 

 winged, with more hairy thoracic vestiture, having four transverse bands 



