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black mark on costa ; t. a. line black, geminate, the outer line most 

 distirct, filled with the ground colour, slightly outwardly oblique and 

 rail.ei rven!)^ crenulate; orbicular and reniform obsolete ; t. p. line black, 

 gemuiate, crenulate, the imer hue only distinct, filled with rather paler 

 shade than the ground colour, strongly outcurved just below costa, then 

 parallt-l to outer margin, forming an outward angle on anal vein; a strong 

 blactv median shade, the most prominent feature of the maculation, 

 ext< 1 (Is obliquely outwards from costa to below position of reniform and 

 close ro t. p. line, where it is sharply angled; its course is then sinuate to 

 midole of inner margin; s. t. bne indistinct, at times almost wanting, pale, 

 angled below apex of wing, then rather evenly sinuate and close to outer 

 marîim ; a terminal series of black dois ; fringes dusky, with ochreous 

 basal line. Secondaries smoky, with incomplete dark terminal line; 

 fringes soniewhat lighter, with ochreous basal lire. Beneath, primaries 

 smoky, shaded with ochreous along costa and outer margin, with a rather 

 rigid dark postmedian line, slightly curved at costa, a slight discal mark, 

 and prominent terminal row of dark dots ; secondaries shiny whitish, 

 sprinkled in costal half with ochreous and black ; a dark discal spot, 

 crenulate postmedial line, indistinct towards inner margin, and terminal 

 row of dots. Expanse, 32 mm. 



Habitat: White Mts., Ariz., 3 ? s. Type, collection Barnes. 



Allied to gigas Sm., of which we possess co-types ; differs in the 

 much smoother and darker appearance, the narrower wings, and the lack 

 of orbicular and reniform. 



(To be continued.) 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The forty-eighth annual meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario was held at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, on Thurs- 

 day and Friday, Nov. 23rd and 24th. During the day meetings the chair 

 was occupied by the president, Dr. E. M. Walker, and during the evening 

 meeting by President Creelman, of the college. 



Among those present were Messrs. H. H. Lyman and A. F. Winn, 

 Montreal; Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt and Mr. x'\rthur Gibson, Ottawa; Prof. 

 J. M. Swaine, Macdonald College, St. Anne's, P.Q.; Mr. J. D. Evans, 

 Trenton ; Dr. E. M. Walker and Mr. J. B. Williams, Toronto ; President 

 Creelman, Professors Bethune, Zavitz. Jarvis, Hutt, Howitt, Messrs. 

 Pettit, Cœsar, McCubbin and Baker, of the staff, and a number 

 of students of the Ontario Agricultural College and Macdonald Institute. 



