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wings somewhat rounded at the tips, with a submarginal line of 

 black dots. Male. Antennae tawny, moderately pectinated to three- 

 fourths of the length. Female. Antennae simple. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. Walker^ M.S.S. 



Noctuina. — Family, Bryophilidae, Guen. 



Bryophila ? spectans, Walker, M.S.S., n. sp. Township of Montcalm, 

 June. 



" Mas. Alba, nigro varia ; palpi lanceolati, caput superantes, nigro 

 fasciati ; abdomen cinereum, segmentis albo marginatis ; alae an- 

 ticae lineis duabus nigris duplicatis valde dentatis, 2a valde flexa, 

 orbiculari et reniformi e annulis duabus magnis incompletis nigris, 

 guttis marginalibus nigris ; posticae litura discali lineaque dentata 

 undulata nigricantibus." 



^^ Male. White, varied above with black. Palpi lanceolate, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head ; second joint with a black band. Ab- 

 domen cinereous, white at the tip and on the hind border of each 

 segment. Tarsi with black rings. Forewings with two pairs of 

 very dentated black lines, of which the outer pair is much bent, 

 orbicular and reniform marks forming two large incomplete black 

 ringlets, of which the outer one has the usual form ; marginal dots 

 black. Hindwings above and below, and forewings below, with a 

 discal mark and an undulating dentate line blackish. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines." Walker, M.S.S. 



Family, Bombycoidae, Guen. 



Microcelial retardata, Walker, M.S.S., n. sp. Locality not recorded. 

 " Mas. Pallide cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, nigro fasciati, ar- 

 ticulo, 3o longiconico ; antennae breviusculae ; alae anticae lineisj 

 tribus dentatis nigris, linea la basali, 2a 3a que duplicatis, 3a flexa 

 orbiculari et reniformi nigricante notatis et marginatis, fimbria 

 nigro punctata ; posticae litura discali lineaque exteriore undulata 

 nigricantibus." 

 "Male. Pale cinereous. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; second joint with a broad black band ; third 

 elongate-conical less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 rather short. Abdomen not extending beyond the hindwings. 

 Forewings with five dentated black lines, of which one is basal, 

 and the other four form two pairs which are remote from each 

 other, the outer pair much bent ; orbicular and reniform marks 

 large, of the usual form, with blackish disks and black borders ; 

 fringe with black points ; underside and hind wings with a discal 

 mark and an undulating exterior line blackish, these are most dis- 

 tinct on the under side of the hind wings. Length of the body 4^ 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines." Walker, M.S.S. 



Family, Noctuidae, Guen. 

 jigrotis spissa ? Guen. Hamilton's Farm, August. 



