16 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



off into the costa. A tiny dark-brown or black dot on ochreous just at 

 end of cell, and below, but not touching the dark patch above it. Tlie 

 division line in middle of wing, dividing dark basal half from ochreous 

 outer half, is slightly oblique. Cilia fuscous. Hind wing and cilia fuscous, 

 latter once and a half to twice the width of hind wing. Under side front 

 wing fuscous, thinly overlaid with iridescent green, hind wing same, but 

 green only along costal half. Expanse, ^ lo. to 10.5 mm., $ 12. to 

 12.5 mm. 



Nine specimens, ^ and $, Hurdman's Bridge, near Ottawa, Ont., 

 VII., 7 and 9. Co-types, U. S. Nat. Mas., No. 8214, collection of Mr. 

 Young, and my collection. Collected by Mr. C. H. Young, whose name 

 I am particularly pleased to associate with this very beautiful and dainty 

 species, as strictly representative of his own exquisite work in the Micro- 

 Lepidoptera. 



A NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN PROTEOTERAS. 



BY PROF. C. H. FERNALD. AMHERST, MASS. 



Proteoteras Moffatiana, n. sp. — Expanse of wings, 14-20 mm. 

 Head, thorax and fore wings emerald green, varying considerably in the 

 different specimens, some being much brighter than others. The fore 

 wings are marked with black, and many parts have silvery reflections in 

 certain lights. On the basal fourth of the costa there is a small quadrate 

 black spot, below which the basal part of the wing is more or less marked 

 with streaks or irrorations of black. On the middle of the costa is a black 

 quadrate spot connected below with a black stripe extending from the cell 

 outwardly, but not reaching a subaincal black spot, which sends a 

 prolongation down along the outer border. There is a series of geminate 

 light spots on the costa, two at the base, two between the quadrate costal 

 spots, and five on the outer half of the costa. The extreme apex is 

 black. 



Hind wings and abdomen above fuscous ; under side of all the wings 

 fuscous. The costal edge of the hind wings of the males beneath marked 

 with black. 



Described from four males and three females. Habitat, London, 

 Ont. (Moffat); Lancaster, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1880; Milford, N. H.,'June 

 28, 1870 (Whitney). 



I take pleasure in naming this interesting and variable species after 

 the late J. Alston Moffat, who for many years was the able and industrious 

 curator of the Entomological Society of London, Ontario. 



January, 190,5. 



