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An example of this insect, was taken in Keene Valley, N. Y., in June, 

 1896, which, so far as known, is its first capture in the State of New 

 York. Mr. Howard Notman, its fortunate collector, has kindly sent a 

 colored figure of tlie 

 insect, from which the 

 accompanying illustra- 

 tion has been taken. 

 It is apparently a rare 

 species. Dr. Harris 

 has recorded two ex- 

 amples of it capturetl 

 near the Great Mon- 

 iadnock mountain in 



Fig. 



■Neikonia pardalis. (After Noiman.) 



New Hampshire. Dr. 



Hagen has given " Nova Scotia (Redman) " as its habitat in his enumera- 

 tion and description of the eight North American recorded species. Mr. 

 Banks has added Canada and Labrador to its localities. 



At a meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club in October, 1874, 

 Dr. Hagen mentioned among the rare captures for the year, an example 

 of this species, of which he remarked: "The only nearly related species 

 live in Japan, the northern part of Europe, and in Liberia. They have 

 the peculiarity to fly very high; this specimen was taken on top of a 

 stage coach." 



The following is Dr. Harris' description of the insect : 

 Body dark brown, antennae, with the upper part of the head and 

 thorax, black, the latter having two abbreviated fulvous lines; upper 

 wings brown, with numerous large, rounded, tawny spots in rows 

 between the nervures; hind wings brown, with a broad, tawny, tranverse 

 band near the tip, and attaining the margin at the anal angle; base 

 spotted with tawny yellow upon and behind the anterior edge ; head 

 beneath, with the palpi, coxse, anterior thighs and tibise and bases of the 

 intermediate and posterior thighs, fulvous. 



