. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, Fig. 29.—Odmtofia elegam. Fig. 30.—Pheosia dimidiata. (Herrich (Strecker.) Schaeffer.) and this colouring gradually fades and narrows along the hind margin tillit ends at the outer angle. It is interrupted by white linear markings, oneof which takes the form of a long oval. At the inner angle of the hind wingis a brown patch. A fine moth of neat colouring is Nadata gibhosa Smith and Abbot. Itis an inch and ten lines in expanse of wings. Its prevailing tint is ochreous,and it has a band of darker colour across the fore-wing, narrowing towardsthe inner


. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, Fig. 29.—Odmtofia elegam. Fig. 30.—Pheosia dimidiata. (Herrich (Strecker.) Schaeffer.) and this colouring gradually fades and narrows along the hind margin tillit ends at the outer angle. It is interrupted by white linear markings, oneof which takes the form of a long oval. At the inner angle of the hind wingis a brown patch. A fine moth of neat colouring is Nadata gibhosa Smith and Abbot. Itis an inch and ten lines in expanse of wings. Its prevailing tint is ochreous,and it has a band of darker colour across the fore-wing, narrowing towardsthe inner margin. Within this band, not far from the costa, are twin whitespots, small but distinct. Gihhosa bears a remarkable projecting crest onits thorax. Nerice hidentata Walker and Symmerista albifrons Smith and Abbotare well known moths. In the former, the brown and grey of the fore-wingsin striking contrast^the brown having two tooth-like projections—in thelatter fhe conspicuous white border to the lower half of the costa are features


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