NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA FOUND IN CANADA. ue’ | 
curved, interior one broad and short; hind wings also deep black, 
with the basal half of the wing white, a white crooked fascia across 
the middle of the wing, and the cilize white. Length of the body 13 | 
lines ; alar expansion 27 lines. This species bears a strong resem- 
blance to C. insolabilis,,Guén. Found in the United States. 
Hab. Toronto (Dr. Morris). United States. 
3. C. parta. Guén.—WNoct. III. 84. Walk. C. B. M. Noct. 1193. 
Blackish, speckled with white. Abdomen cinereous, with a brown- 
ish tinge in the females. Fore wings rather oblong, very much denti- 
culated ; the two median transverse lines black, margined with white, 
much denticulated ; the elbowed line with two prominent teeth, from 
which a black streak proceeds to the apex; there is also another black 
streak at the base, and a third parallel to the inner margin, towards 
the anal anele; subterminal line white, zig-zag ; a whitish band be- 
tween it and the elbowed line; reniform spot whitish, speckled and 
bordered with black; subreniform spot large, round, whitish, touching 
the reniform, which has also a whitish discal blotch on its inner side ; 
submarginal lunules black, Hind wings rather pale red; the black 
median band moderately broad, straight, almost regularly curved, 
slightly abbreviated ; the black border rather broad, with two slight 
sinuses on the inner side, and hollowed at the apex by a whitish 
spot. Under side of the wings cinereous on the exterior margin, 
with six bands, alternately black and white; of the hind wings, the 
first half is white, the remainder red, with the black band and border 
of the upper side, and a blackish discal lunule. Length of the body 
12 lines ; alar expansion 32 lines. 
Hab. Cobourg. Very common. 
St. Martin’s Falls, Albany River, Hudson’s Bay, (Dr. Barnston). 
United States. 
4. C. untsuga. Walk.—C. B. M. Noct. 1194. 
Cinereous, thickly speckled with black. Thorax with black bands 
in front. Abdomen cinereous, first few segments tufted, lighter be- 
neath. Four wings with a slight blueish tinge; the two median 
transverse lines black margined with white, (in some specimens com- 
posed of two black lines with a white one between them) : the el- 
bowed serrate, without prominent teeth, crossing the wing in a 
direct line; the inner wavy and thick: reniform spot blackish, in- 
distinct, with a whitish blotch adjoining it on the inner side; subren- ~ 
iform, white, speckled with brown; and behind it a third spot near 
the inner margin, deep black; submarginal line white, serrate, dis- 
