Lepidoptera 35 1 



Anarta richardsoni Curt. 



Hadena richardsoni Curt.: Ross' Narr. Second Voy., App. p. 72. pi. A. f. 11 

 1834. 



Two specimens as follows: Bernard harbour, Northwest Territories, July, 

 1915, male (F. Johansen); Port Epworth, Coronation gulf, Northwest Territories, 

 August 18, 1915, male (J. J. O'Neill). 



Four specimens (3 males, 1 female), collected at Armstrong point, Victoria 

 island, Northwest Territories, July 1-10, 1916 (J. Hadley), were brought back 

 by the Northern Party of the Canadian Arctic Expedition. 



In the Canadian National collection are two other specimens labelled as 

 follows: Klutlan glacier, Yukon Territory, 9,000 feet, June, 1913 (H. F. J. 

 Lambart); Gravel river, Northwest Territories, July 2, 1908 (J. Keele). 



This species has a wide distribution. Hampson records it from Greenland, 

 Hudson bay, Labrador, Alaska, Scandinavia, and Novaya Zembla. 



Anarta leucocycla Staud. 

 Anarta leucocycla Staud.: Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1875, p. 296. 



Four specimens, three males and one female, as follows: Bernard harbour, 

 Northwest Territories, August 14-18, 1915, 3 males (F. Johansen) ; cape Pullen, 

 Wollaston land, Victoria island, Northwest Territories, August 18, 1915, 1 

 female (D. Jenness). 



The only locality given by Hampson, in vol. V of the Catalogue of the 

 Lepidoptera Phalsense in the British Museum, is Greenland. 



The female from cape Pullen is figured on PI. V, fig. 14. 



Anarta cordigera Thunb. 

 Noctua cordigera Thunb.: Mus. Nat. Acad. Ups. Diss., VI, 72, 1788. 



In the Canadian National collection there is one specimen, a female, from 

 the Yukon, collected " 60 miles from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, near Cham- 

 pagne landing, June 10, 1914 (D. D. Cairnes)." Also a specimen, a female, 

 bearing the label " Lake No. 4, Pike's portage, Great Slave lake, May 20, 1900 

 (J. Tyrrell)." 



These specimens, in general, resemble examples in the collection from eastern 

 Ontario. 



Genus Leucania Ochs. 



Leucania yuconensis Hamp. 

 Leucania yuconensis Hamp. : Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VIII, 425, 1911. 



One specimen of this species from the type locality, namely, Dawson, Yukon 

 Territory, 1909, is in the Canadian National collection. 



Genus Sympistis Hbn. 

 Sympistis melaleuca Thunb. 



Noctua melaleuca Thunb.: Diss. Ent., II, 42, 1791. 



In the Canadian National collection are two specimens of this arctic species , 

 one from Charlton island, James bay, July 8, 1887 (J. M. Macoun), and the 

 other from Burwash creek, Kluane district, Yukon Territory, August 8, 1914 

 (D. D. Cairnes). 



The specimen from Charlton island, is in good condition and was determined 

 some years ago by Dr. Dyar. I have recently compared it with the figure of 

 melaleuca on plate 50e, of Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Yukon 

 specimen is in rather poor condition, but seems to be this species. 



65994^-3^ 



