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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The species described by Boisduval from California are probably 

 Arctians and do not belong here. 



The two genera are regarded as comprising a distinct family by Dr. 

 Herrich-Schaeffer, -and probably correctly. The earliest name for it seems 

 to be Noctuo-Phahenidi of Boisduval. Following a corrected terminology, 

 I should call it Brepltidce in future. 



ENTOMOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS. 

 THE MELON MOTH—Eudioptis hyalinata, Linn. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



A specimen of this beautiful little moth, known also under the name 

 of Phakellura hyalinatalis, has been taken by Mr. J. Alston Moffat, in 



the neighborhood of Hamilton, 

 the first capture, as far as we 

 know, of this insect in Canada. 

 It is shown in figure 3. The 

 wings are of a pearly white color 

 with a peculiar iridescence, bor- 

 dered with black, and they 

 measure when expanded nearly 

 an inch across. The body and 

 legs are of the same glistening 

 white, and the abdomen termin- 

 ates in a movable brush-like tuft 

 of a pretty buff color, tipped with 

 white and black. It is very 

 widely disseminated, being found 

 throughout the greater part of 

 North and South America ; and 

 is very common in some sections 

 in the Southern States. 



The larva, shown also in the 

 figure, is, when mature, about an 

 inch and a quarter long, translu- 

 cent and of a yellowish green color, with a few hairs scattered over its 



Fiff. 8. 



