36 i Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Sympistis zetterstedti Staud. 



Anarta zetterstedti Staud.:- Stett. Ent. Zeit., *294, 1857. 



Two specimens of what is apparently this species taken as follows : Bernard 

 harbour, Northwest Territories, females, August 14, 1915 (F. Johansen). 



The specimens unfortunately are in poor condition. This species was 

 taken on the Barren Grounds by Hanbury. 



Genus Parastichtis Hbn. 

 Parastichtis verberata Sm. 



Orthosia verberata Sm.: Can. Ent., XXXVI, 153, 1904. 



One specimen in the National collection at Ottawa from Bartlett bay r 

 off Glacier bay, Alaska, June 10, 1907 (D. H. Nelles). 



This specimen is similar to specimens in the collection from Kaslo, B.C. 

 The type locality is Calgary, Alta. The above specimen agrees fairly well 

 with Hampson's figure. 1 



Genus Homoglaea Morr. 



Homoglaea murrayi, n. sp. 



Head, thorax and abdomen pale drab, immaculate; abdominal hairs darker. 

 Primaries pale drab irrorated with darker brown especially in the median and 

 outer areas; costa pale grayish. T.a. line sepia, darkest on costa, angled inwardly 

 below costa, excurved from cell to inner margin. Orbicular a rather indistinct 

 small greyish annulus. Reniform of moderate size constricted centrally, denned 

 by grey. T.p. line sepia, darkest on costa, greyish on outer edge, dentate, 

 bent outwardly below costa. S.t. line indistinct, greyish on outer edge; a 

 terminal dark line; fringes pale drab. Secondaries pale brownish with darker 

 brown border. 



Beneath, both wings whitish, thinly irrorated with brown; discoidal spot 

 dark; on primaries a rather wide smoky longitudinal shading from base to 

 discoidal spot; postmedial line dark; terminal line blackish. 



Alar expanse, 36 mm. 



Type, a female, from Bernard harbour, Northwest Territories, July 10, 

 1916 (F. Johansen). Paratype, a female, from the same locality and bearing the 

 same label; both types in the Canadian National collection. A third specimen, 

 also a female, taken at Bernard harbour, Northwest Territories, August 4, 1915 

 (F. Johansen), is broken and rubbed, but is apparently the same species. The 

 specimen which I have made the type was submitted to Dr. Dyar who reported 

 that it belonged to the genus Homoglcea. 



The paratype is smaller than the type, expanding 33 mm.; the smoky 

 longitudinal shading of the underside of the primaries is indistinct. 



The type is figured on PL V, fig. 12. 



I have pleasure in naming this new species after the late James Murray, 

 a well known biologist of Scotland, who was attached to the Northern Party 

 of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, Mr. Murray, unfortunately, was lost 

 with several associates, in 1914, in attempting to reach Wrangell island. 



i PL CVII, 1, Lep. B.M., Vol. VI. 



