256 NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA FOUND IN CANADA. 



two blackish circles, whicli include the trapezoidal. Head and feet 

 of the same colour. On the ' Verge d'or,' and, probably, on oak ; 

 turns towards the middle of September ; probably double-brooded. 

 Pupa entirely covered with a blueish efflorescence." — (Gue'n.) 



7. H. Saundersii, Bethune. — Proc. Ent. Soc. Philada. iv.. 215. 

 Brown wood-colour, brownish-cinereous beneath. Thorax with a 



narrow black line in front ; tegulse with alternate black and whitish 

 bands. Abdomen brown wood-colour (or the colour of an ordinary 

 dead leaf). Anterior wings of the same general colour ; basal portion 

 dark brown, with the usual lines whitish, margined with black ; me- 

 dian space paler, yellowish posteriorly, with a pale band proceeding 

 from the costa half-way across the wing, composed of whitish atoms 

 and enclosing a black discal dot, then two zigzag brown lines, well 

 defined anteriorly, touching the reniform spot, which is black and 

 tolerably distinct, the remainder of the median space brownish with a 

 few dark scales scattered over it ; elbowed line fine, very undulating, 

 distinct, deep black, edged exteriorly with pale brown; subterminal 

 line wavy, bluish-white, with its outer edge black ; a black apical 

 streak, and another in the middle of the exterior margin ; a marginal 

 series of tiny brown lunules. 



Posterior wings cinereous-brown ; basal portion with no markings 

 except a small black discal spot ; median space occupied by five trans- 

 verse dark slightly wavy lines, the outer one black and very fine j ter- 

 minal portion enclosed by a black velvety line, edged with yellow ex- 

 teriorly, followed by a bluish-white line in a black shade, the large 

 lunule thus formed is covered with minute flecks of black ; a marginal 

 series of lunules as on the anterior wings. 



Under side of both vdngs brownish-cinereous ; with a black discal 

 lunule, preceded by a black dot in the anterior wings, a transverse 

 wavy black line, and a marginal series of black dots ; posterior wings 

 with an exterior transverse line also, which is almost obsolete until it 

 approaches the anal angle. 



Length of body, .80 inch. Alar exp. 2 inches. 



J3a6.— London, C.W. (Coll. Mr. Wm. Saunders.) 



8. H. albo-fasciata, nov. sp. 



Whitish, streaked and speckled with brown. Thorax brown, with 

 an imperfect black band in front, and some cinereous scales posteriorly. 

 Abdomen white, with a few black scales ; the basal tuft brown, and a^ 

 small black spot at the tip. Anterior wings streaked and spotted with. 



