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identification. He pronounced it to be a Xylina without doubt, but 

 retained it for further investigation. On the 6th of March, 1893, I 

 received a letter from him conveying what was to me the gratifying infor- 

 mation that it had proved to be X. oriunda, on comparison with a typical 

 specimen in the U. S. National Museum. I had long desired to obtain a 

 specimen of Oriunda, and made inquiries for it of those with whom I 

 exchanged, but none of my correspondents had ever met with it. Lit/10- 

 phanes have been one of my favourites, and my interest in this one was 

 specially awakened by reading in the Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 7, 

 p. 188, a quotation made by Mr. Grote from a letter received by him 

 from Mr. Norman, where, after giving the names of the Lithophanes he 

 had taken at Orillia, he adds, " and that lovely Oriunda a single speci- 

 men," that quotation constituting the whole of my knowledge of the 

 insect until recently. 



The original description by Mr. Grote is to be found in the Bulletin 

 of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Vol. 2, p. 160, which I copy 

 in full for the benefit of those of your readers who may not have the vol- 

 ume to refer to : — 



" Lithophane Oriunda, Grote. Allied to L. Bethunei, and belong- 

 ing to the typical group of the genus. Distinct, intense, even, somewhat 

 purpiy-brown. Forewings concolorous, with the costal edge shaded with 

 whitish to the t. p. line, and interrupted by oblique brown streaks indicat- 

 ing the transverse lines. Reniform and orbicular spots more or less 

 shaded with whitish, shaped as in L. Bethunei. Claviform distinctly out- 

 lined in black, large. Subterminal line alone distinctly indicated by pale 

 points. The median dentate lines more or less lost in the ground colour. 

 Veins terminally indistinctly black marked opposite pale dots on the 

 brown dentate fringes. Secondaries dark fuscous, with a warmer shade 

 on the fringes. Beneath paler, shaded with reddish, with a distinct dis- 

 cal spot on the paler hind-wings and a common line. On the primaries 

 the pale costal dots are evident on both surfaces. Expanse, 34 m.m. 

 Canada, Mr. Wm. Saunders, No. 960. 



"Colour like L. ferrealis, but darker, with the subterminal line more 

 even, the orbicular smaller, and the costal discoloration paler and more 

 distinctly contrasted and limited." 



This description is dated Sept., 1874. 



No mention is made of the number of specimens the description is 

 taken from, and Prof. Saunders does not now recollect the number of 

 specimens captured by him, but knows that they were but few; perhaps 

 not more than three. It would be very interesting if the number of speci- 



