58 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Apatela distans, n. s. 



$ . Allied to A. brumosa ( = verrillii), but distinguishable at sight 

 by the narrower wings and in that on primaries the exterior line is much 

 further removed towards the base of the wing, while the hind wings are 

 whitish. These characters will separate this form, of which two or three 

 specimens have come under my notice, from any of the varieties of 

 brumosa with certainty. The primaries are more pointed than in its ally ; 

 the subterminal space is wider. It is not so bright or varied a gray as 

 brumosa ; the markings are very similar, the reniform touches the t. p. line 

 on the vein. There is a blackish stain below the basal streak over the 

 claviform, else the wing is evenly mixed fuscous gray, without the black 

 discal and subterminal shadings of brumosa. Hind wings smaller than in 

 brumosa, smoky pellucid whitish without marks. Beneath whitish with 

 obsolete line. On the primaries above the black streaks inaugurating the 

 transverse lines are more equidistant than in brumosa; this is especially 

 noticeable in that the outer of the two component lines of the t. a. line is 

 nearer to the inception of the median shade above the orbicular. The 

 median space is thus seen to be narrower than in its ally and the orbicular 

 appears less isolated. 



Expanse 34 mil. Montreal, Mr. Cauifield. 



Apatela parallela, 11. s. 



$ . This species belongs to the tritona group which is represented in 

 my collection by grisea ( = pudorata), tritona and falcida. It differs from 

 any of these by the greater evenness of the t. p. line and the row of black 

 dots at the base of the fringes of primaries. The hind wings are white, 

 allying the moth to grisea. Head and collar blackish gray, darker than 

 the gray thorax. Sides of the tegulse edged with brown. Edge of the 

 thorax behind tipped with black scales ; basal abdominal tuft mixed with 

 black. Fore wings smooth dark gray. A fine basal dash to the double 

 inner median line, which has a subcostal tooth and is inwardly bent below 

 median vein, but else is even. Lines and median shade marked by black 

 costal dots. Stigmata concolorous, separate, with faint interior shades, 

 ringed with black ; orbicular spherical, reniform of the usual shape. T. p. 

 line even, double, outer line black and thick, very slightly irregular 

 opposite the disc, followed by a faint brown shading, with a black sub- 

 median dash crossing subterminal space, but apparently not reaching the 

 margin. Fringes finely interlined at base, gray, whitish at tips with a 



