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489. periscelidactylus Fitch. The Grape Plume. — Yellowish brown, with spots of 

 white and dark brown; expands .60 incli. Not common; feeds upon the young 

 leaves of the grape vine, which it fastens together with silky threads. 



ADDENDA. 



Since the foregoing went to press, the following additions have been made: 

 Orgyia Oclis. (Bomhycidm, four species.) 



490. leueostigma Sm. The white-marked Tussock-moth. — Not common. 



Datana Walker. 



491. ministra Drury. The Handmaid Moth. — Common and destructive. 



Ptilodontes. 



492. Ptilodo7ites n. sp. — One specimen, taken by Mr. Gaumer. 



AiiCTiA Schk. 



493. SnoiH Grote. — Described in Can. Entomologist for Oct., 1875. 



Jaspidea Hubner. {Noctuklm, eight species.) 



494. Jaspidea sp. — An undetermined species. 



Agrotis Hubu. 



495. venerabilis Walk. — Not common. 



DoRYODEs Walker. 



496. acutaria H.-Sch. — Grayish white, with a broad, brownish, longitudinal 

 Tjand upon each front wing; expands IJ^ inches. 



Car.\drina Ochs. 



497. (jrata Hubn. — Reddish-brown, each front wing crossed by two whitish lines, 

 expands .90 to 1.05 inches. Common. 



Plusia Fabr. 



498. pedalis Grote. — Described in Can. Ent. for Nov., 1875. 



Heliothis Hubner. 



499. luteitiiictus Grote. — AWied to p7Uogip?iagus. 



BOLINA Dup. 



500. jucunda Hubn. — One specimen, taken by Wm. Osburn. 



Erebus Latreille. 



501. odor a Linn. — Taken at Manhattan, by H. A. Brous; expands 6 inches. 



Anisopteryx Steph. {Phalamidce.) 



502. vernata Peck. The Spring Canker-worm Moth. — Rare. 



LiPOCOSMA Lederer. {Pyralidce.) 



503. albolineata G. & R. — Rare. 



SUMMARY OF SPECIES. 



Diurnal Lepidoptera, or Butterflies ... 77 



SphingidcB, or Hawk Moths 27 



^geriadce, or .J^^gerians 4 



ZygcBnidm 4 



BombycidcB, or Silkworm Moths _ 75 



JSfoctuidce, or Owlet Moths 213 



Phalwnidce, or Geometrids 54 



Pyralidw, or Snout Moths . 33 



TortricidcB, or Leaf -rollers .-. 11 



Tineidce, or Tineids 4 



Pterophorid(B , or Plume Moths 1 



Total number of species catalogued 503 



