92 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



470. E. nubilata, Pack, — I have two head of Pine Creek speci- 

 mens, July 29th and Aug. 24th ; one from mouth of Fish Creek labelled 

 "July 5lh ? Aug.," and one from near Billing's Mill, Aug. nth. All are 

 more or less rubbed. Tlie last two mentioned have been named as above 

 by Mr. Taylor. 



471. Neolexia xy/via, Hulst. — Described partly from Calgary 



material; also from New York, Washington, Montana, and "Canada." Dr. 



Hulst writes: " The specimen received from Calgary has the cross-bands 



blackish instead of brown, and the hind wings have a more distinct 

 banding. Very much in appearance like Eustroma prunata, with which 

 it may have been confounded, but easily distinguished by the bipectinate 

 antennae." I kept what I considered a duplicate to the specimen men- 

 tioned by Hulst, which is identical'with the species referred here by Mr. 

 Taylor. The central band is not always blackish, but I see practically no 

 variation in the secondaries. Not common. July 21st to Aug 6th. I 

 have only one female, which is defective in the two right wings. Dr. Dyar 

 records it from the Kootenai district, mentioning Glacier and Field as 

 localities. Mr. Taylor comments upon Hulst's remarks: "• Xyllna is 

 a common B. C. species. I doubt its occurrence in New York. Hulst 

 refers often to E. primata^ but he did not know it. The eastern so-called 

 prunata is not that species (which is European), but the triangulatum of 

 Packard. The differences btiwten p?-unata, triangulattini and xylina are 

 chiefly in antennal structure." 



472. N. speciosa, Hulst. — Described from one male from Calgary. 

 Dr. Hulst, after a detailed description, adds : " This may be a variety of 

 N. xylina, Hulst, but the colour and shaping of the bands is different, and 

 there is difference of position in the lines of the hind wings." My notes 

 on the material sent to Hulst in 1895 show me that this was a unique 

 sent labelled No. 9. It is probably a head of Pine Creek specimen, 

 bearing no date. I doubt whether I have seen the form since. Hulst's 

 note to me on No. 9 was " Aholexia xylina, var. speciosa^^ and the 

 description was published more than a year later. I had sent him the 

 type oi xylina as No. 10. I copy from his letter : "9 and 10 are perhaps 

 rather widely varying forms of the same species, but I am not sure. I 

 would not think so, only its correlative Pet7-ophora prunata has the same 

 variation. It differs from that species, which it resembles in every other 

 way, in having pectinated antennre in the male." 



