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costa; exterior line pale-bordered ; marginal points black. Fore- 

 wings with two basal lines. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings, 11 lines." Walker M.S.S. 



3. H. Herminioides, Walker^ M.S.S. N. sp.. — July. 



" Fcem. Albido cinerea, gracilis; palpi gracillimi ; alos lineis 

 quatuor angulosis, duabiis nigris bene determinatis duabusqiie 

 cinereis indistinctis, fimbria nigricante punctata; anticjB orbicu- 

 lari et reniformi nigris." 



Female. AYhitish cinereous, slender. Palpi very slender, rising 

 higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, full half the leno-th 

 of the second. Wings with four zigzig lines ; interior and exte- 

 rior hnes black, much more distinct than the other two which are 

 cinereous ; fringe with blackish points. Forewings with black 

 orbicular and reniform marks, the former small, the latter large, 

 full. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines." 

 Walker, 3LS.S. 



Tribe, Limbat^, Gven. 

 Family, Catocalid.e, Boisd. 



Genus 1. Catocala, Schr. 



1. C. amatrix Uilbn. — Abundant in Poplar trees, beginning of October. 



Distribution. — United States (Doubleday) ; Nova Scotia (Red- 

 man) ; Orillia, C. W., (Bush) ; Sorel. 



2. C. concumbens, Walker. — Not common, August. 



Distribution. — Orillia, C. W. (Bush) ; Sorel. 



3. C. cerogama, Guen. — Flying from tree to tree in September, by day 



on the Mountain. 

 Distribution. — Trenton Falls, New York, (Doubleday) ; Orillia, 



C.W., (Bush). 



4. C. polygama, Guen. — Attracted by light in July. 



Distribution. — Orillia, C.W., (Bush); Sorel. 



Tribe, Serpentina, Guen. 

 Family, Euclidid.^, Guen, 

 Genus 1. Drasteria, Hilbn. 

 1. D. Erechtea, Hiibn. — Very abundant in grass fields, July to Septem- 

 ber. 

 Distribution. — New York and Illinois (Doubleday) ; Massa: 



(Harris) ; Nova Scotia (Redman) ; St. Mar- 

 tins' Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Dr. 

 Barnston). 



" The Hudson's Bay specimens are hardly more than half the 

 size of those from New York " Walker, Brit. Mus. Cat. Lepid. 

 Het. XIV, p. 1457. 



