Clje Canabian ^ntomologfei 



VOL. XV. LONDON, ONT., JULY, 1883. No. 7 



NEW SPECIES AND NOTES ON STRUCTURE OF MOTHS 



AND GENERA. 



BY A. R. GROTE, A. M. 

 (Continued from Pajre 87.) 



Synedoida Mucronata, n. s. 



Eyes naked, lashed. Labial palpi with long cylindrical narrow third 

 joint j second joint heavily scaled. Abdomen untufted. Of an incon- 

 spicuous fuscous or brownish gray, sprinkled with pale points, markings 

 all concolorous with the wing. The t. p. line is brown and distinct at 

 costa, forming a strong tooth opposite cell, below this it is rounded over 

 median nervules and fainter. Sub-terminal line straight, distinct, even, 

 brown, and well marked. Reniform concolorous, constricted, with pale 

 edging. T. a. line even, slightly arched. A terminal dentate line ; 

 fringes brownish. Hind wings sub-pellupid, irridescenj: whitish, with 

 soiled veins, with vague brownish borders, beneath with dark dots on 

 primaries, which become a clouded spot. Body brownish gray. This 

 species has the form of Mr. Morrison's Tceiiiocainpa vegefa, but is of an 

 ochrey fuscous gray, not at all reddish, or brown with a red tinge. 

 Arizona. Coll. B. Neumoegen, Esq. Expanse 2,2, mil- Tibiae apparently 

 unaniied. 



Litognatha Linearis, n. s. 



$ . A small species, powdery fuscous, with the fore wings shaded 

 with gray. Inner line single, a little curved ; outer median line distinct, 

 dark brown, a little flexed, even, followed by a pale edging. S. t. line a 

 faint pale shade. Outer portion of the wing darker shaded. Hind wings 

 concolorous dark fuscous. Beneath paler with a faint dark common 

 median shade. Head and collar somewhat ochrey. Arizona. Coll. B. 

 Neumoegen, Esq. Expanse i8 mil. 



I refer this species here doubtfully. It has something the look of 

 a Thalpochares^ but the neuration seems to differ decidedly. 



