134 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Habitat. — Calgary, Canada, head of Pine Creek, July 2 and 15: 

 Mr. F. H. WoUey Dod. 



Two males in good condition. The species is allied to auranticolor 

 and Bavfiesii, but is more even than either, and with a more subdued 

 brown colouring. 



Xylophasia /erens, n. sp. — Head and thorax smoky brown ; head 

 with a pale interantennal line ; collar with a black median line over a pale 

 line, the tip pale ; the tips of the thoracic tuftings pale. The tibi?e and 

 tarsi are ringed with yellowish. Primaries with all the maculation well 

 written, though not contrasting, the central bar connecting the median 

 lines in the s. t. interspace being the most conspicuous. There is an 

 obscure longitudinal streak, which does not reach the t. a. line at base. 

 Basal line geminate, marked by costal spots only. T. a. line geminate, 

 outwardly bent in the interspaces and a little outwardly oblique. T. p. 

 line geminate, the outer line obscure and partly punctiform, inner line 

 lunulate except in the s. m. interspace. S. t. line pale, broken, a little 

 irregular, forming a small W on veins 3 and 4 ; apex pale. There is a 

 series of black terminal lunules. The fringes are brown, cut with pale at 

 the ends of the veins. As a whole the terminal space is dark, except at 

 the apex, and the subterminal space is lighter except on costa ; a black 

 mark is on the inner margin near base. A broad black bar through the 

 submedian interspace connects the median lines and obscures the clavi- 

 form. Orbicular small, oblique, outlined by black scales and ringed by 

 white; reniform of moderate size, lunate rather than kidney-shaped; 

 spots paler than the ground, with a central smoky lunule. Between these 

 spots the cell is darker, and the tendency is to form a preceding black 

 spot. There is a sprinkling of olivaceous scales throughout the wing. 

 Secondaries yellowish smoky, darker outwardly, a smoky terminal line, 

 fringes yellowish. 



Expands. — 1.52 - 1.60 inches ==38-40 mm. 



Habitat. — Calgary VII., 11 and 12, head of Pine Creek, Alberta. 



Two good males from Mr. Dod, who has others. At first sight this 

 species is very like allecto ; but closer study shows it to be nearer to 

 runata, and, as the genitalia make it a Xylophasia, its separation 

 from allecto is positive. As a Xylophasia it is readily distinguished from 

 its allies by the broad wings and clean maculation. 



Hadena (Xylophasia) cerivana, Sm. — This is the north-western 

 representative of the eastern fifiititna, which was at one time considered 



