Packard.] 36 [October 17, 



obscure, rather bi'oad band of yellow on the first eight abdominal 

 rings, not appearing on the thorax. Length one inch; breadth 

 one-third of an inch. 



Orgyia Rossii Curtis. Moschler, Wien. Ent. Monatsch. iv, p. 360. 

 Nov. 1860. "Labrador," Moschler. 



NOCTUm^. 

 Leucania rufostrigata n. sp. 



S . Of a pale whitish luteous gray. Head and body alike con- 

 colorous. Fore wings with the costal nervure streaked with whitish 

 scales, as . is the median nervure and its branches. The middle of 

 the wing (longitudinally) is shaded with rusty brown between 

 the nervules ; a marginal row of rusty streaks is situated between 

 the nervules. Fringe concolorous with the rest of the wing. Hind 

 wings paler, with no markings, and only a marginal row of 

 brown inter-nervular lines ; fringe paler. Beneath, a shade darker 

 than above on the costa ; below the submedian whitish ; nervules 

 darker. Hind wings with no discal dot on the fore wings ; growing 

 paler inwards. Legs not ringed, concolorous with the body. 



Length .57 ; fore wing .57 inch. 



This species is short and stout, with unusually short, broad wings ; 

 the antennae have long cilise ; while the middle of the fore wings is 

 covered with slightly reddish brown scales, but the costal nervures are 

 paler, and there is a marginal row of reddish-brown streaks ending 

 in lunules. 



Rising at twilight out of the tall beach-grass on Caribou Island, 

 Straits of Belle Isle, July. Frequent, flying July 24 around the 

 Beach Pea. 



Agrotis littoralis n. sp. 



$ . Of a uniform glossy pale luteous tawny-brown ; antennae well 

 pectinated. Palpi vei-y large and stout, with long cilice beneath; 

 the third joint long, porrect, cylindrical, acute, end of second joint 

 sloping continuously with the front, which is concolorous with the 

 thorax and abdomen, being of a pale tawny-brown. Fore wings 

 smooth, on the basal third of the wing an oblique irregularly 4-dentate 

 line, the teeth situate between the nervules, pointing outwards be- 

 tween the median, submedian and internal nervures, but directed 

 inwards on the median space, then curving outwards on the costa 

 nearly to the middle of the Inner discal circle, which is large, and 

 formed by a simple brown unshaded ring ; the outer renlform spot is 

 lai-ge, and shaded on the inner half, especially on the lower end at 

 the origin of the mesial nervides. Beyond is a simple line, broadly 



