N 
30 [April 
quarter inches. Head hairy and of a dull brownish-red color. Gen¬ 
eral color brownish-red covered on the upper surface with closely set 
yellowish spots. Two black branching spines on first and last segments, 
on the second, four of the same color, and on third and fourth, four of 
a reddish color. All the other segments armed each with seven spines, 
all yellowish, excepting a single row of a reddish color on each side of 
the body, a broken yellow lateral stripe close to spiracles. 
Food-plant. Hops. 
Additions to the Catalogue of U. S. LEPIDOPTERA, No. 3. 
BY AUG. R. GROTE. 
ARCTIOIDEA, H. S. 
Gen. CROCOTA Hubn. 
C. opella Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Vol. 1, p. 345. (See plate 2, fig. 1, 9-) 
From the Collection of Mr. Theo. Bunte, Philadelphia. 
C. quinaria n. sp. (See plate 2, fig. 2, 90 
Anterior wings brownish, reddish along the costa and in the termin¬ 
al space and showing five irregular whitish spots. Of these, three are 
disposed along the internal margin, the centre one being the largest; 
the fourth and smallest surmounts the third spot near the internal an¬ 
gle and a fifth, irregular shaped, shows near the costa and beyond it the 
discal spot black. Posterior wings reddish with discal spot and term¬ 
inal band, black. Under surface of the wings reddish, darker on the 
anterior pair which show the discal spot and an interrupted transverse 
subterminal line, black. Abdomen reddish, thorax and head brownish. 
Exp., one inch. Hah. Canada. (Coll. Ent. Soc. Philada.) 
From the Bev. Chas. J. S. Bethune, Cobourg, C. W. Resembles 
G. ruhricundaria in size but is very distinct from that species. The 
species generally under this genus are subject to considerable variation 
and there appears to be some confusion in their nomenclature and syn- 
