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around lower end of cell, 6 from below apex of cell, 7 and 10 from a point 

 at apex of cell, 8 and 9 absent, 11 free from about middle of cell ; secondaries 

 with 3 and 4 from a point at end of cell, 5 parallel to 4 from below middle 

 of discocellulars, 6 and 7 slightly stalked. 



P. QUADRALis sp. nov. (PI. XVIII, Fig. 6). 



Primaries dull ochreous gray, shaded with deep smoky ; t. a. line single, 

 dark, irregular, arising from small dark costal blotch, bent inward below costa 

 with prominent outward bulge in the submedian fold ; t. p. line single, dentate, 

 squarely exserted around cell, then strongly inwardly oblique to a point on 

 the middle of inner margin; at the end of cell a square blackish patch, the 

 most prominent feature of the maculation ; subterminal area dark smoky, the 

 terminal area pale grayish, the difference between the two shades defining 

 the s. t. line which is in general parallel to outer margin with a slight bulge 

 opposite cell; outer margin slightly crenulate with dark terminal line; fringes 

 dull ochreous, cut with smoky. Secondaries deep smoky with traces of a darker 

 oblique line crossing from costa near apex to inner margin above anal angle. 

 Beneath smoky, secondaries paler in basal area with traces of a curved post- 

 median line. Expanse 18 mm. 



Habitat: St. Therese Isl., St. Johns' Co., Que. (July). 3 $. Types, 

 Coll. Barnes, Paratype, Coll. W. Chagnon. 



We can find neither a generic nor a specific term applicable to this 

 species. In Schaus' recent revision of the Hypeninae, to which the 

 species evidently belongs, no mention is made of any genus with veins 

 8 and 9 of primaries lacking; we risk therefore the description of 

 both genus and species which should be readily recognizable super- 

 ficially by its general Episcuxis-Wkt appearance and the square dark 

 patch at end of cell. We are indebted to Mr. W. Chagnon of St. 

 Johns, Que., for the specimens ; a Paratype remains in his collection. 



Genus Epizeuxis Hbn. 



Schaus, in his "Revision of the Subfamily Hypeninae" (1916, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 50, p. 359) gives the type of this genus as 

 aemnla Hbn. and the original reference as "Verz., 1816, p. 346"; this 

 date is obviously wrong as may be seen by referring to Sherbom's 

 article on the dates of Hubner's Verzeichniss (Ann. Mag. N. H., 1912, 

 Jan.) ; according to this article page 346 was not issued until 1826; 

 Schaus further ignores Grote's fixation of the type as cah'arialis D. & 

 S. in 1874 (BufT. Bull., II, 47). The generic term Epizeuxis was how- 

 ever used by Hubner long before it appeared in the Verzeichniss; in the 

 Zutraege Exot. Schmett. he uses it in connection with our N. Ameri- 



