NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA FOUND IN CANADA. 9 
with a very slight brownish tinge; transverse lines incomplete, very 
slender, with indistinct whitish borders, the terior one with a very 
prominent tooth; reniform spot almost obsolete; the subreniform 
with an incomplete black border; submarginal line whitish, indistinct ; 
marginal dots, whitish, pointed with black on the inner side. Hind 
wings bright rose-color; band broad, curved, nearly regular in its 
outline, abbreviated towards the interior margin; border broad, 
gradually decreasing in breadth towards the interior angle, with a 
narrow rose-tinted space between it and the white ciliez. Length of 
body 9-10 lines; alar expansion 26-28 lines.” (Walk.) 
Hab. Cobourg. London, C. W., (Mr. Saunders). Orillia, (Mr. 
Bush). Montreal and Sorel, (Mr. D’Urban). 
7. C. ru1a. Cram.—Walk. C. B. M. Noct. 1198. Guén. Nocé. IIT. 91. 
Dark cinereous. Thorax with black marks. Abdomen slightly 
crested, whitish beneath. Fore wings dark cinereous shaded with 
brown and black; a light ‘colored patch at the apex; elbowed line 
thick, black, partially edged with white, with two moderately long teeth; 
the two interior lines not very distinct; the subterminal whitish, 
serrate, well defined ; a not very distinct triangular black spot joined 
to the basal mark ; reniform spot testaceous with a whitish margin 
edged with black; subreniform spot round, light colored, encircled 
with black. Hind wings deep red, with the base and inner margin 
covered with black hairs: the black median band very irregular, 
twice contracted, broad on the costa, attenuated on the inner margin ; 
border rather broad, black, with two sinuses near the middle on the 
inner side; cilize testaceous, reddish at the apex. Under side of the 
fore wing whitish tinged with red, with the three black bands of the hind 
wing red, in front whitish, with a black band and border correspond- 
ing to those on the upper side, cilize of both wings white edged with 
black, and scalloped. Length of body 12 lines; alar expansion 27 
lines. 
Hab. London, C. W., (Mr. Saunders). United States. Jamaica. 
8. C. uxor. Guén. Noct. III. 92. Walk.—C. B. M. Noct. 1199. 
Brownish cinereous. Abdomen cinereous white beneath, crested on 
the first three or four segments. Fore wings powdered with a 
yellowish gray, clouded with black and white; near the apex on the 
exterior margin there is a dark cloud, black in some specimens, ex- 
tending as far back as the elbowed line ; the whole of the inner mar- 
gin is covered with a similar blackish cloud which occupies about a 
third of the wing; transverse lines rather indistinct ; the elbowed 
