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wing with an irregular dark brown belt, accompanied externally by a grayish 

 nebular band, running from the middle of the costal margin to the anal angle; 

 the row of eye-spots of the upperside replaced by a dark, regularly wavy sub- 

 marginal belt; a grayish patch on the anterior angle, extending for a short 

 distance along the anterior margin; another grayish patch at the end of the 

 cell; the outer margin narrowly bordered with grayish. 



Expanse. — I ^/s inches. 



Holotype. — cf , Horisha, Formosa, August 13, 1919, (K. Asakura). Type 

 in the collection of the author. 



The wood brown colour of the wing, closely resembling that of Satyriis 

 marks this species very well in the genus Oeneis. This singular species of Oeneis 

 forms an exception in this genus of "Arctics," on account of its occurrence in 

 subtropical territory. 



A NEW APHODIUS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. 

 (COLEOPTER A-SC ARAB^I D^) . 



BY RICHARD T. GARNETT, 

 Oakland, California. 



Aphodius canadensis, sp. nov. 



Form moderately elongate and convex, twice as long as wide, (form similar 

 to that of ^. alentus var. ursinus Motsch.) ; black, shining, side margins of thorax 

 a faint reddish-brown (wider at anterior angle), front margin of thorax narrowly 

 yellow, sides of head with a faint brownish lustre, femora piceous, tibiae rufo- 

 piceous. tarsi paler. Antennae rufo-testaceous. the club darker; palpi pale. 

 Head moderately convex, an elevated tubercle at middle, and a small flattened 

 tubercle on each side at the angulation of the clypeal suture; the suture elevated 

 on each side from the angulation to the lateral margin; surface punctulate, 

 more finely at middle, coarser on the sides and base; clypeus broadly and deeply 

 emarginate, the angles on each side obtuse and rounded, the sides arcuate, the 

 genae more prominent than the eyes, fimbriate laterally, the fimbriations longer 

 beneath the genai, plainly visible from above. Thorax convex, broader at base 

 than apex, narrowly margined, not explanate, sides slightly "arcuate and finely 

 fimbriate; hind angles broadly rounded, apical margin straight, base arcuate; 

 disc finely closely punctate, intermixed on basal half and at sides with small 

 cribrations; basal line distinct. Scutellum small, the base moderately closely 

 punctured, the apex smooth. Elytra a little wider behind the middle, slightly 

 narrower than the thorax at their junction, epipleurae fimbriate on the basal 

 third; disc glabrous, coarsely striate, the striae strongly densely punctured on 

 the basal three-quarters, less strongly apically; intervals nearly flat and finely 

 closely punctured. Abdomen closely punctured, the punctures bearing rather 

 coarse hairs. Mesosternum very prominently carinate between the coxae, 

 opaque and alutaceous in front. Anterior tibia^ punctate on the anterior face, 

 the punctures setigerous and placed in a straight line from base to apex and 

 nearer the outer edge; also a few terminal and lateral punctures; acutely tri- 

 dentate, distinctly crenate above the basal tooth. First joint of anterior tarsus 

 equal to the second. Posterior tibiae stout, the posterior marginal fimbriations 



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