A Systematic List of Lepidoptera, 251 



1. "B. obliquifera, 3fas. Cinerea, asneo subtincta; thorax 

 albidus, nigro fasciatus; alae antic?e apud costam albida^ striga 

 obliqua guttaque exteriore trigona costalibus nigris, lineis non- 

 nullis indistinctis deviis nigricantibus dentatis aut denticulatis 

 albido submarginatis, punctis ruarginalibiis nigris." 



Male. Cinereous, slightly tinged with asneous. Head, thorax 

 and forewings along the costa whitish. Thorax with a narrow 

 black angular band. Forewings with a black streak extending 

 obliquely from the costa to the disk, and accompanied by a black 

 costal triangular dot ; three or four irregular indistinct dentate 

 or denticulated blackish lines which are slightly whitish bordered ; 

 a row of black marginal points. Hindwings without marks 

 above ; underside with the discal point and the exterior line 

 slightly brownish. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines." Walker, M.S.S. 



Montreal, not common, July. 



Genus 2. Acronycta, Ochs. 



1. A. leporina, Linn. Not common. 



Distribution. St. Martins' Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay, 



(Barnston). (Eu.) 



2. A. innotata, Gu^n. — August. 



Distribution. Trenton FallS; New York, (E. Doubleday). 



3. A. fasciata, ^arnsfon. — One specimen bred from a larva found eating 



the red cones of the sumach {Rhus typh- 

 ina), October, 2nd 1856. 

 Distribution. — St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay, 



(Barnston.) 



4. A. psi, Linn. — Taken ootreacle in July. 



Distribution. — New York (E, Doubleday). (Eu.) 



Subdivision 2. GENUINE, Guen. 



Family, Leucanid^, Guen. 



Genus 1. Leucania, Ochs. 



1. L. extranea, Guen. — Numerous on sumach blossoms, &c., beginning 



of July. 

 Distribution. — South America (Darwin) ; Venezuela, West coast 



of America, Georgia and Florida (B.M.C.) ; 

 Orillia, C. W. (Bush) ; occurs also in Nepaul, 

 Java, Australia and New Zealand, (B.M.C.) 

 (Eu.) 



2. L. diffusa, Walker. — Abundant, beginning of August. i „ _j 



Distribution. — Nova Scotia (Redman). 



