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Black. Antenna brown, darker apically and stramineous basally 

 beneath; mandible brown, infuscate at base; palpi stramineous; tegula 

 3^ellow; legs fulvous. 



Specimens (20 cf, 1299): From Alabama (Pyriton) ; Alaska (King 

 Salmon on the Naknek River, Matanuska, Mile 149 on Richardson 

 Highway, and Skagway) ; Alberta (Banff, Edmonton, Norquay 

 Meadows near Banff at 5,000 to 6,000 ft., and Slave Lake); British 

 Columbia (Canim Lake, Carbonate on the Columbia River at 2,600 

 ft., Kaslo, Robson, and Field in the Rocky Mts. at 4,800 ft.); Cali- 

 fornia (Carmel, "Mirror Lake at 4,096 ft.," and Summit Lake in 

 Shasta Co.) ; Colorado (near Estes Park, Phantom Valley in Rocky 

 Mountain National Park at 9,400 ft., and Pingree Park); District of 

 Columbia (Georgetown) ; Georgia (Athens and Atlanta) ; Idaho 

 (Moscow Mt.) ; Kansas (Onaga) ; Maine (Eastport, Fort Kent, and 

 "Pittston") ; Maryland (Bowie, Cabin John, Glen Echo, and 

 Takoma Park) ; Massachusetts (Blue Hills, Chester, Milton, Nan- 

 tucket, and Wellesley) ; Michigan (Alger County, Cheboygan Co., 

 Delta Co., Dickinson Co., Houghton Co., Isle Royale, Luce Co., 

 Marquette Co., and Nottawa) ; New Hampshire (Cornish, Hanover, 

 and Mount Washington) ; New Jersey (Lakehurst and Moorestown) ; 

 New York (Flatbush, Ithaca, Onondaga Co., Poughkeepsie, Shokan, 

 Spring Lake in Cayuga Co., and Wilmington) ; North Carolina (Nan- 

 tahala Gorge at 2,000 ft. and Willard) ; Nova Scotia (Baddeck, Grand 

 River, and Ingonish) ; Ohio (Delaware Co. and Stubenville) ; Ontario 

 (Ottawa) ; Oregon (McMinnville) ; Pennsylvania (Lawrence, North 

 East, Spring Brook, and Wetzel's Swamp near Harrisburg) ; Quebec 

 (Knowlton) ; Rhode Island (Ashaway and Westerly) ; South Carolina 

 (McClellanville) ; Vermont (Dummerston) ; Virginia (Rosslyn) ; Wash- 

 ington (Ashford and Mount Rainier at 2,700 ft.) ; Yukon (Whitehorse) ; 

 Scotland; Ireland; Japan; and Formosa. 



Most of the collection dates are from late in May to late in August. 

 Some extreme dates are: April 10 at Carmel, Calif. ; May 12 at Edmon- 

 ton, Alta.; May 19 at McClellanville, S. C; May 23 at Ithaca, N. Y.; 

 May 27 at Chester, Mass. ; May 28 at Takoma Park, Md. ; May 29 at 

 Ottawa, Ont.; August 23 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; August 25 in Delta 

 County, Mich.; August 26 in Marquette County, Mich., and at 

 Takoma Park, Md.; August 28 at Glen Echo, Md.;and October 6 

 at Matanuska, Alaska. 



There are two reared specimens as follows: 9, from Acleris variana, 

 Grand River, N. S., June 6, 1932, M. L. Prebble. 9, from Lobesia 

 viteana, North East, Pa., 1916. 



This species is Holarctic. In North America it ranges from the 

 Canadian to the lower Austral zone. Adults occur from late spring 

 to late summer. Females are much commoner than males. 



