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The life-history of this species is needed, and, as the moths are fairly com- 

 mon, it ought not to be difficult to obtain eggs. Males of the species 

 were abundant at light, near Ottawa, in August last, but, unfortunately, no 

 females could be captured, or doubtless we could have secured ova. 



Distribution. — Victoria, B. C, June 27 (E. M. Anderson) ; Calgary, 

 Aha., July 23, 25 (Wolley-Dod) ; Biackfalds, Alta , August (Gregson) ; 

 Prince Albert, Sask., July 6 (Fletcher); Beulah, Man., July 15, 21, 22 

 (Dennis); Aweme, Man. (Criddle) ; Winnipeg, Man., July iS, 19, 27 

 (Hanham) ; Cartwright, Man., July, Aug. (Heath) ; -Sudbury, Ont., July 

 27' (Evans) ; London, Ont. (Saunders) ; Amherstburg, Ont., early Sept. 

 (E. B. Reed); Hamilton, Ont. (Moffat); Caesarea, Ont., Aug. 12 (Gibson); 

 Grimsby, Ont. (Metcalfe); Toronto, Ont. (Bethune, Gibson) ; Cobourg, 

 Ont. (Bethune); Port Hope, Ont. (Bethune), Aug. 13 (Metcalfe); Ros- 

 seau, Ont., July 28 (Winn) ; Orillia, Ont., Aug. 10, 17, iS, 31, Sept. 2 

 (Grant) ; Trenton, Ont., July 30, Aug. 23-27 (Evans); Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 

 6, 10, 13, 14, 16, 19, 27 (Fletcher, Young, Richard, (jibson) ; Meech 

 Lake, Que., Aug. 16, 19, 22, 31, Sept. 6, fresh specimen (Young); Rigaud, 

 Que. (Desrochers); Montreal, Que. (Brainerd), Aug. 9 (Lyman); Murray 

 Bay, Que., .4ug. (Winn) ; Roberval, Que., July 27 (Lyman) ; Little Metis, 

 Que., July, Aug. (Winn); Quebec, Que., Aug. 6 (Fyles) ; Jaquet River, 

 N. B., August (Winn) ; St. John, N. B., Aug. 1-15 (Mcintosh). 



5. Recti LINEA. — This Arctian is very rare in Canada. We have only 

 three records of its occurrence. The species is supposed by some to be 

 the same as phyllira, and larvre which the writer had from eggs, with the 

 female rectilinea correctly associated, certainly answered very well to the 

 description of the larva oi phyllira as published by Packard. The eggs 

 of rectilinea above mentioned were received from Mr. A. Kwiat, of 

 Chicago, and were laid on the 27th and 28th Aug., and hatched on the 

 5th and 6th Sept. The following ootes were taken on the larval stages : 



Stage /.—Length when hatched 1.8 mm. General colour dirty 

 whitish, after feeding greenish brown. Head 0.3 to 0.37 mm. wide, black, 

 mouth-parts reddish. Thoracic shield black. Tubercles blackish ; bristles 

 long, blackish from dorsal tubercles, and silvery from lateral tubercles. 

 Tubercle i. very small, ii. and iii. large, of about same size, iv. and v. 

 smaller than ii. and iii. ; i., ii., iii., iv. and v. are surrounded more or less 

 with reddish brown. In some specimens this colour is hardly, perceptible. 

 Bristles from tubercles barbed. Thoracic feet black ; prolegs rather paler 

 than venter, semi-translucent. 



