72 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



One Ephialtes, 

 One Theronia. 

 One Mesoleius. 



I regret not having time now to mention some interesting insects 

 already on the Hst. 



DESCRIPTION OF A SEEMINGLY RARE AND UNIQUE 



MOTH. 



BY PH. FISCHER, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Brotis vulneraria Hiib. 



This moth appears to be the only one of its genus so far known in the 

 United States. 



Head small, yellowish red, almost hidden between the large and 

 prominent eyes, which are naked ; palpi medium, slender, lighter colored ; 

 thorax long, covered with long fine hair ; abdomen much shorter than the 

 anal margin and Hesperi-shaped. Posterior wings elongated, costa 

 straight, somewhat curved at apex, outer margin straight, inner margin 

 somewhat rounded. On anterior wings the anal margin is longer than 

 upper and outer margin, the latter being strongly rounded. 



Color of entire insect a blackish brown, with three faint black lines 

 running from inner margin to costa, on upper wings ; while there are only 

 two on lower wing, running in a zigzag from anal to upper margin, and a 

 single minute oval white dot within a black shading, between the two lines 

 in equal distance from upper and anal margin. On the upper wings, 

 nearer to apex and reaching costa, is a large triangular spot of a reddish- 

 tinted light ochre-yellow. Antennae long, yellow, pectinate, ending in a 

 long thin spine. Under side, except palpi and upper tibiae, silver grey. 

 Size, i^ inches. 



This interesting moth has been taken, with many other new and fine 

 things (new in this locality), at the electric light near this city. At the 

 first glance it resembles very much some large specimen of the darker 

 Hesperidse, and could easily be mistaken for one, if the strongly pectinate 

 antennae would not at once refer it to the Heterocera. The only figure 

 of it has after a careful search been found in Hiibner's " Zutrage," vol. 



