NO. is7f;. LEl'lDOl'TKllA OF THE KOOTKXAl DISTRKT—DYAJL 791 



width, 3.T nun. Body normal, horn replaced by an elliptical button, 

 2.5 mm. lono-, the speculum l)lack, shinino-, wrinkled and raised to a 

 ])0,ss ])eliin(l. suri-ounded by a narrow yellow rinjr and a broad, velvety 

 l)lack one. Body cylindrical, feet moderate, anal plates lar^e. Oliva- 

 ceous black, dotted with sooty black secondary granules; lej^-plates 

 ])]ack, thoracic ioot o-reenisli white; spiracles contrasted, l)rio-ht ferru- 

 ofinous ochraceous; claspers of abdominal feet greenish. Slij^ht dorsal 

 and subdorsal velvety-black chqcke rings; all lines absent. 

 The larva entered earth to pupate. 



DEILEPHILA GALLII Rottemburg. 



Two specimens, June 5, August 18 (Sandon; Mr, Curric). No 

 effort was made to take this cosmopolitan species in series. A larva 

 on EpUohluiii was prepared ^^\ INIr. Caudell. 



SPHINX VANCOUVERENSIS Hy. Edwards. 



No specimens. It did not occur to ns either as larva or adult, 

 though Mr. Cockle has taken it in former years. 1 have described the 

 larva on snowbeny.'^' 



MARUMBA MODESTA Harris. 



No specimens; Mr. Cockle has recorded it. 



SMERINTHUS CERYSH Kirby. 



Five specimens, June 1 (bred by IVIr. Cockle), 24, 25, July 22. All 

 the specimens are gray, like southern Californian ones, yet varying in 

 markings; some seem neai'est astarte Strccker, others more like 

 opJitJudmicus Boisduval. They connect these forms. Larva* were 

 obtained from eggs. Descriptions are already extant by Boisduval, 

 H}'. Edwards, French, and myself. 



PAONIAS EXCiECATUS Smith and Abbot. 



No specimens; it is in Mr. Cockle's collection. 



PAONIAS MYOPS Smith and Abbot. 



No specimens; Mr. Cockle has it. 



Family SATUKXIID.K. 



SAMIA RUBRA Behr. 



One specimen, June 11. The form is nearest to Californian mhni, 

 ]>ut a little divergent, approaching (/l<)r> rl in some respects. The tone 

 of th(> wings is grayer, especially toward the margin, and the discal 



aPsyche, VII, 1894, p. 177. 



