60 LEPIDOPTERA HETEKOCERA. 



The Canada A. 8-maculata differs generally from those of the 

 United States, in having smaller spots and less distinct blue streaks 

 in the fore wings, and it has no trace of the basal spot in the 

 hinder wings. 



2. Alypia MacCullochii. 



Nigra ; antenna albo annulatce ; thorax guttis duabus anticis albi- 

 dis, lateribus albido-fiavescentibus ; alee anticce vitta gvtta 

 fasciaque flavescente-albis ; posticce fasciis duabus abbreviatis 

 subarcuatis albis ; intermedia luteo-hirtce. 



Alypia MacCullochii, Kirby, Fauna Bor. Amer. iv. 301, 1, pi. 4, 

 f. 5. 



Black, clothed with black hairs. Antennae with white rings. 

 Thorax with a whitish dot behind each eye in front; sides clothed 

 with yellowish white hairs. Fore wings with some blue scales 

 at the base by the fore border, which is slightly dilated for half its 

 length; three yellowish white marks in the disk; the first a short 

 subtriangular stripe near the base ; the second a dot between the 

 first and the third, which is a short band. Hind wings with two 

 short slightly curved white bands, the first or basal one much 

 broader than the 'second. Middle tibiae clothed with luteous hairs. 

 Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



Canada. Nova Scotia. 



a — c. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented 

 bv Dr. Barnston. 



Genus 13. METAGAEISTA. 



Mas. Caput mediocre. Oculi magni. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 supra squamosi, subtus pilosissimi ; articulus 2us lopaullo longior ; 

 3us minimus. Antennae graciles, corporis dimidio longiores, fere 

 ad apices attenuatas crassiores. Abdomen compressum, sat longum, 

 sublineare, thorace multo angustius. Alae anticae subtrigonae, sat 

 latae, non elongatae. Pedes mediocres, tarsis posticis femoribus 

 tibiisque dense et late ciliatis. 



Male. Head of moderate size. Eyes large. Proboscis short. 

 Palpi squamose above, very hairy beneath, rising a little above the 

 head ; second joint a little longer than the first ; third very small. 

 Antennae slender, more than half the length of the body, increasing 

 gradually in breadth from the base till very near the tips where they 



