1915] The Ottawa Naturalist. 151 



FAUNA OTTAWAENSIS.* 

 Order Lepidoptera: Family Noctuid^e; Subfamily Phy- 



tometrin^. 



By Arthur Gibson. 



In a study of the species of moths of this stibf amily occurring 

 in Eastern Canada as classified by Hampson in Vol. XIII of 

 the Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British 

 Mtiseum (1914), I have been interested in listing the species , 

 which have been found in the Ottawa district. This list is 

 presented herewith, together with some larval notes on certain 

 species. These latter add to our knowledge of the early stages 

 of these insects. Many of the moths in. this subfamily were 

 formerly classified under the generic name Plusia and more 

 recently under the genus Autograpka. The former generic 

 name, however, has now gone into the synonomy, w^hile only 

 one species of the latter genus occurs in Canada, namely, 

 Autographa par His, which has been collected in British 

 Columbia. 



The letter "G" following the records indicates that the speci- 

 mens were collected bv me, the letter "F" by the late Dr. James 

 Fletcher, and the letter "Y" by Mr. C.H. Young. 

 Syngrapha falcifera Kirby. 18, 30, 31 May, 1899; 1 June, 1900; 

 6 June, 1901; 7 June, 1899; 10 June, 1902; 12 June, 1901; 

 15 June, 1904; 16 Aug., 1900; 11 Sept., 1902; 2 5 Sept., 

 1899; 26 Sept., 1903; 1 October, 1900, (G). 



In 1 90 1 , 1 secured eggs of this species from a living female 

 and the larvae were reared on common plantain. Some were 

 mature and spun cocoons on June 2 7, and moths emerged on 

 July 8, 10 and 12. During the same year I received a larva 

 from Toronto which was found feeding on wild lupine, 

 Lupinus perennis L. This specimen pupated on July 1, the"' 

 moth emerging on the 18th idem. 



Syngrapha epigaea Grt. 6 Aug., 1901, (Y); 22 Aug., 1904, (F); 



27 Aug., 1902; 30 Aug., 1899, (G). 

 Snygrapha selecta Walk. 18, 22 Aug., 1900, (Y) ; 2 7, 28 Aug.,' 



1902, (G). 

 Syngrapha rectangula Kirbv. 30 July, 1902, (Y); 11 Aug-. 



1902, (G); 18 Aug., 1900, (G); 19 Aug., 1900, (Y). 



Syngrapha octoscripta Grt. 26, 29 June, 1903, (Y); Julv, 1886, 

 (F); 21 Aug., 1902, (G) ; 21 Aug., 1900, (Y) ; 23 Aug., 

 1902, (Y); 30 Aug., 1899, (G). 



♦Contribution from the Entomological Branch, Department of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa . 



