158 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF THE 

 GEOMETRINA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



BY GEO. D. HULST, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 

 ( Coniimied from page 121.) 



Leptomeris nigrodiscalis, n. sp. 



Expands 24 mm. Palpi and front black ; vertex ochre-white ; 

 antennse whitish below, blackish or smoky above ; thorax and abdomen 

 white, slightly ochre stained. Fore wings white, with four somewhat 

 indistinct, broad, even, wavy, ochre lines, the first well out from base, the 

 second just outside of discal spot, the third in outer space, the fourth 

 marginal ; hind wings with corresponding broad lines ; discal points 

 prominent, rather large, jet black ; four fine marginal black points below 

 apex on fore wings ; beneath more diffuse, more fuscous, less ochreous, 

 the lines less determinate ; discal spots not so marked, black points as 

 above on margin of fore wings, and some appearing below apex along 

 margin on hind wings. 



Maine. 



EOIS PERSIMILIS, n. sp. 



Expands 23-26 mm. An insect strongly resembling in superficial 

 appearance Eois ^-luiearia, Pack. It is smaller than that species, with 

 the hind wings rounded, and not angled as in ^-imearia. The lines of 

 the wing are brownish ochreous, and straight or slightly bent, not at all 

 wavy and angulate as in ^-linea^-ia. The ground colour is a clearer white, 

 and has a sprinkling of brownish or blackish scales. The cross lines are 

 rather broadish, even in width, and quite distinct. Beneath as above, 

 with the lines the same, though not so definite as above. Discal spot 

 obsolete above, quite distinct, black, below. 



Canada, from Quebec and Ontario ; sent by Mr. Hanham, of 

 Winnipeg. The species seems to be midway in some respects between 

 E. inductata^ Guen., and E. ^-/inearia, Pack. Mr. Hanham writes me 

 inchictata is taken at Winnipeg in abundance on the open prairies, while 

 this species he has taken only in dark woods. 



EoiS HANHAM I, U. Sp. 



Expands 23-26 mm. Palpi black, front black, vertex white ; thorax 

 and abdomen white or slightly smoky stained ; fore wings, ground colour 

 white or slightly fuscous stained, with a sprinkling of blackish points 

 sometimes numerous enough to give a fuscous shading ; lines three, 



