38 THE MOTHS OF MTRAMICHI. 



Phisia ampla, Cttocala antinympha . 



C.ttocala tdtroni", Hi/pcna scnbra. 



GEOMETRID^. 



Ennnmos alni'rrift, Metr()C'(i)ij)a margaritatd, 



Angerona crocitnria, Cleora pelucidaria. 



A swartn of the very pvetty inoth, CJcora pehicidnria Packard, 

 appeared here on the evening of Sept. 29th, thousands of them 

 covering windows, sides of houses and fences. It has never 

 been reported from this section before — at least I can find no ac- 

 count of its being so, and as I was in doubt whether it was C. 

 pidchraria or C. pelucidaria, I submitted it to excellent authority, 

 who pronounced it the latter. Careful comparison afterward 

 confirms it. Although put down by some authorities as a form 

 or variety of C. pidchraria, it difTers from the latter in many re- 

 spects. Packard, contrasting it with C. pidchraria, describes it as 

 follows : ''Rather largf^r and more dusky, smoky-pellucid, palpi 

 dark, thorax and body pale, mouse-coloured. Wings of the 

 same hue. Inner line not so much curved, and outer line much 

 as usual, but w-ith the three teeth a little larger and less even. 

 The lines are duller, and do not contrast so much with the rest 

 of the wings as in the ordinary form. Fringes mouse-coloured, 

 with faint dark checks. Beneath as above, but more uniformly 

 mouse-coloured, wuth outer line as on the fore wings very faint 

 and no markings on the hind wings, or with the outer line in- 

 distinct, but common to both wings." 



Is Adimonia rujosangiiinia Say migratory ? On May 27th I 

 found my choke-cherry trees (rriinvs virginiana) swarming with 

 Adimonia riijosaguinia in the adult state, hundreds of them 

 rapidly devouring the leaves. Two days previously I went care- 

 fully over all my trees, hunting for anything in the entomological 

 line, and there was an entire absence of the larvre of this insect. 

 I made enquiries among my acquaintances and found several 

 w^hose choke-cherry trees were infected with them, but could not 

 find anyone who had ever seen the insect in this locality before. 

 The question arises. Whence came they ? It confined its ravages to 

 the choke-cherry trees with one exception — I once found it on the 



