78 THE LEPIDOPTERIST 



Xanthotype manitobensis sp. nov. PI. VIII, Figure II, 

 Volume 2, no. 6, also Figure 4G. 



Primaries pale lemon yellow with onyl basal and 

 extra discal bands of spots showing. The usual stri- 

 gations are few and faint. The spots are much re- 

 duced, being most noticeable at inner margin; fringe 

 with itervenular brown dots. 



Xanthotype manitobensis 

 f. Figure 4G 



Secondaries almost immaculate, only just a few 

 strigae appearing, most noticeable at inner margin ; 

 fringe with dots as usual. 



Beneath primaries pale lemon yellow, with brown 

 spots on costa and two at inner margin ; discal dots 

 faint. 



Secondaries with just a faint spot at inner margin, 

 strigae so faint as to appear almost immaculate. The 

 genitalia afford the best characters for separation, 

 see figure 4G. The penis is broad near distal end 

 and club shaped. The spines in manitobensis are very 

 heavy, three or four on each side, where they are 

 small and weak in typical crocataria. The ampullae 

 are not so high and the harpe not so long as in cro- 

 cataria. The ceros is so reduced in mantobensis as to 

 be dwarfed. The above characters will readily dis- 



