188 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Eupethecia Gypsata, n. s. 



Clay white. A large brownish-black patch on costa over the cell en- 

 closing discal mark. A costo-apical dark divided patch. External mar- 

 gin marked with brownish twice : opposite cell, and above internal angle. 

 Fringe dotted. Costal edge at base marked with dark brown. Beneath 

 a s. t. pale band, edged with brown bands marked on costa. A discal dot. 

 Fringe of fore wings pale, dark-dotted. Hind wings whitish, with the 

 terminal border broken into lines ; mesial lines incomplete ; a discal dot ; 

 beneath with the mesial lines more continuous. Thorax pale ; collar a 

 little darker. Two specimens. Arizona. Coll. B. Neumoegen, Esq. 

 This distinct species is of the size of Nevadata. 



PJeo7iectyptera Historialis, n. s. 



Allied to Phalaenalis'. Fore wings varying from olivaceous to ochrey 

 reddish. Hind wings reddish outwardly, pale ?tt base. Beneath washed 

 v/ith red with costa of primaries yellow. Above the fore wings have a 

 large, black, irregularly rounded reniforrn ; two large black dots on costa 

 inaugurate the pale median lines, which are very faint. S. t. line faint. 

 Arizona. Coll. B. Neumoegen, Esq. 



This finishes, for the present, the notes and descriptions I have drawn 

 up for the past year, and part of wliich I had intended using in my " New 

 Check List." With the latter I tried to make as few changes as possible 

 from existing references at the time (May, 1882) of its being given to the 

 printer. As stated in the Preface, there will be many necessary changes 

 in the future, but the nomenclature is becoming more settled and I issued 

 it in response to many enquiries and requests, and I am glad it has been 

 well spoken of here and abroad. In the NoctuidcE. there will be here and 

 there species to be degraded to varieties, some genera probably drawn in 

 or their characters more clearly limited, and the position of certain genera 

 changed. In a linear arrangement the sequence must be always not 

 entirely satisfactory. Any improvements based on structural studies must 

 be always welcome. As a whole I think the arrangement in the " New 

 Check List " is more satisfactory than that in previous ones from first to 

 last. As soon as warranted, a new edition will be prepared. 



