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YoL. I. TOEONTO, JANUAEY 15, 1869. l^o. 6. 



NOTES ON CANADIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



(BY THE EDITOR.) 

 {Continued from page 18.) 



32. Callimorpha Le Contei, Boisd. — Iq our List as a Eypercompa. 

 Grote aad Rob., in their valuable '' List of Lepidoptera/' p. viii, enumerate 

 no less than seven varieties or synonyms of tbis species, of wbicb C. Con- 

 tigua, Walk., was included in our list. This is certainly a well-marked and 

 constantly form, and can hardly, we think, be merged into Lecontei until 

 both have been reared from the same larvae. Mr. Saunders (vide C. E., 

 No. 3, p. 20) has been the first to rear and describe the larva of any species 

 of this genus. 



83. Callimorpha interrupto-marginata, Beauv. — Formerly known 

 as a Eypercompa, What a pity that we cannot substitute Harris' short and 

 appropriate name Anchora for the species ! 



34. Platarctia parthenos, Harris. — This new genus, which includes 

 five species, has been separated by Dr. Packard from Arctia ; its members 

 are distinguished by having no gay-coloured bands across the fore-wings, but 

 a yellowish band across the hind-wings beyond the middle. Parthenos is an 

 extremely rare insect in Canada ; we have seen but one specimen, captured 

 by Mr. J. M. Jones, in Nova Scotia. Should any collector be so fortunate 

 as to make a haul of this species at any time, we trust he will remember that 

 both we and many of our correspondents are anxious to obtain specimens. 



35. Platarctia borealis, Mbsch. — A full description of this insect is 

 given by Dr. Packard (Pro. E. S. Phil. iii. 111). He states, on the autho- 

 rity of Mr. Edwards, that it has been taken at Quebec. Another species, 

 F. Scudderi, Pack., we can hardly include as Canadian yet ; it was taken by 

 Mr. Scudder, on the Saskatchewan river. 



36. EuPREPiA Americana, Harris. — In our List as an Arctia. 



37. Pyrrharctia Isabella, Smith. — A n«w genus, by Dr. Packard, 

 for this old friend (well known as a Spilosoma), and a Californian species. 



38. Leucarctia ACr^a, Drury. — Also separated from Spilosoma, by 

 Dr. Packard. 



