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allied to il. ll is rather siiiallcr tiiaii usual; the i'oic uini:s tiulcd willi au 

 obscure olive-tjTav. while the hind wings are unili>rinly ochrenus-hrow n, not 

 mottled with wiiitish as usual: the costal spots on the fore winirs are rather 

 large; it (diielly diilers, however, in having a large hrown spot in the course 

 ol the median line next to the usual large l)ro\\ u spot, the two ri)riiiinir twin 

 spots; i)eiieath, it does not diU'er I'rom other e\am|)les iVoni ]\laine. The 

 specimens tVom Norway, Me., closely res(Mnlde the l^ahrador form in having 

 the inner spot much enlarged, though otherwise oj' the fvpical nuxle ol' 

 coloration. 



Two males and two teniales, from N'ancouver Island, <-ollecte(l foi- tiie 

 i\Iuseum of Comparative Zoillogy by IMr. G. R. Crotch, are rather larger than 

 the average of our eastern specimens, with longer winirs, l)ut llie\ do not 

 materially ditfer: one specinnui scarcely differs from an individual fnun N'ew 

 York. They are, however, rather whiter than usual, with the suhmaririiud 

 i)and nearly ol)solet(^: all have the inner division of the median dark |)atch 

 on the fore wing broad, thu.s exactly resembling the New York e\ani|)le, 

 though not so well marked as in the Labrador specimens; Ixmeath, the 

 common, broad, submarginal liaiid is ochreous and nearly ob.'^olete. 



It is interesting to notice how the species varies away from its apparent 

 geographical center, the Northeastern States. In Labrador, it grows much 

 smaller, is stunted and darker: while at Vancouver Island, about one hundred 

 and tifty miles farther south in latitude, it grows rather laruei- than in the 

 Eastern States, with the wings decidedly more elongated and paler. Hiis 

 species is very common in the New England States; it is closely allied to S. 

 signarid of Europ(\ Guenee's type of M. gr(iittf(it(( 1 did not see in his 

 collection, but his description applies well to this common species. Having 

 received, throuirh the kindness of Professoi- Zeller, a type-specimen of his 

 Macarin succosata, I find that it does not diifer from the usual form of what 

 I regard as granitatn. 



Semiothisa multilineata Packard. Plate 10, fisi. 11. 



ilacaria mHUl'.Unata Pack., I'iftli Reji. Peab. Acid. Sc-i., (!.'), H7J. 



2 <f and 1 9. — This s|K'cies, in its narrow primaries and well-angled 

 secondaries, is allied to the more typical species ol the genus, but differs in 

 the antenna; being sui)pectinated. the Itranches being short slender tubercles 

 ending in a tutt of hairs. Body and wings whitish-ash; the head, palpi, and 



