I'ackani.] 54 [October 17, 



Avith numerous wliite scales. Fore winces dusky gray, a mesial longi- 

 tudinal white stripe just beneath the subcostal vein, connects with a 

 broad regular transverse oblique white band, which is diffusely lined 

 with wliitlsh scales forming a transverse shade. Beyond, dusky, a 

 submarginal white band, curved on the costa, angulated outwards on 

 the extra-discal cell, then going obliquely and parallel with the outer 

 edcre, to the inner edge. Fringe ashen, white opposite the disc, and 

 on the inner angle. Abdomen, hind wings and legs, all concolorous, 

 of an uniform ashen, paler than the fore wings, with no markings ; ex- 

 treme edge blackish ; base of fringe with a dusky, narrow line. 



Beneath, very uniformly ashen, costa of fore wings with whitish 

 scales ; only the outer white sinuate line present, most distinct on the 

 costa; edge of both wings blackish; fringe narrowly interrupted with 

 white; legs whitish beneath. 



Length .35 ; fore wing .40 inch. 



Easily known by the submarginal sinuate white line, the oblique 

 dusky band, just within the middle of the fore wing, shaded with 

 white on each side. 



Okak, AVeiz. 



Crambus unistriatellus n. sp. 



Of the usual yellowish-brown color ; head and palpi very pale 

 gray, concolorous with the abdomen ; palpi long, slender, acute, 

 whitish above and within. Fore wings with a single, broad, uninter- 

 rupted, longitudinal white band, edged on each side with a few dark 

 scales ; the line extends to the outer edge, expanding upwards on the 

 apex of the wing; edge of the costa narrowly bordered with white 

 towards the apex ; a submarginal row of black minute dots ; fringe 

 concolorous with the rest of the wing. Hind wings white above and 

 beneath. Legs pale gray, concolorous with the abdomen and under 

 side of the fore wings. 



Length of the body .55 ; fore wing .50 inch. 



Not uncommon at Caribou Island. It differe from any other Lab- 

 rador species known to us, by the single, broad, straight, longitudinal 

 white stripe, dilating towards the apex of the wing. 



Crambus argillaceellus ?%. sp. 



? . Of an uniform dark leaden clay color. Head and thorax with 

 a bronzed hue, concolorous with the upper side of the palpi, which 

 are white beneath, a white line running from them to the longitudinal 

 white line situated just behind the subcostal vein, and dilating in the 

 middle of the wing, ending acutely on the outer fourth ; on each side 

 of this point begin two parallel white lines, which end in a broad tri- 



