. Insects . posterior halfsmooth, as in Hyphoraia alpina Quens. Wing-cases and thorax slightly different from this latter species being shaped as shown on PI. Illat fig. 11, and bearing about forty stout capitate dull reddish bristles. Seitz^ refers to the larva as being dark grey with small black head andlong black or foxy red hair. The food plant is given as Vaccinium uliginosuniand other bog plants. In addition to the above specimens there is in the Ottawa collection a femalebearing the label Hudson bay. Dr. Bell, which we associate with this species. Genus Apantesis Wlk.
. Insects . posterior halfsmooth, as in Hyphoraia alpina Quens. Wing-cases and thorax slightly different from this latter species being shaped as shown on PI. Illat fig. 11, and bearing about forty stout capitate dull reddish bristles. Seitz^ refers to the larva as being dark grey with small black head andlong black or foxy red hair. The food plant is given as Vaccinium uliginosuniand other bog plants. In addition to the above specimens there is in the Ottawa collection a femalebearing the label Hudson bay. Dr. Bell, which we associate with this species. Genus Apantesis quenseli Payk. Bombyx quenselii Payk.: Skriv. of Nat. Selsk., II, 99, 1793. In the Entomological Record for 1915^ I recorded this species from 141stmeridian, north of mount Natazht, 6,500 feet, July 1, 1913 (E. W. Nesham).This specimen, a female, is in the Canadian National collection. Macrolepidoptera of the World, Div. I, Palsearctica, Vol. 2, plate 17e 2 Ibid. p. 95. 3 Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont., Dryas octopeiala, Bernard harbour, Northwest Territories, July 9, 1915; HijphomiafesHva, male, at rest on rock in toreground?^ (Photo by G. H. WiLKiNs.) 65994—To/ace p. / Lepidoptera 33 i Genus Parasemia plantaginis L. Bomhyx plantaginis L.: Syst. Nat., I, 501, 1758. One specimen in the Canadian National collection from the following Yukonlocality: Lansing river/Yukon Territory, June 24, 1905 (J. Keele). FAMILY Androloma mac-cullochi mac-cullochii Kirby: Faun. Bor. Am., IV, 301, 1837. One specimen in the Canadian National collection from slopes of mountOrtell, Yukon Territory, July 16, 1905 (J. Keele). FAMILY NOCTUIDAE. Genus Barrovia B. and McD. Barrovia fasciata Skin. Psychophora fasciata Skin.: Ent. News, XIII, 143, 1902, Two males as follows: Barter island, north coast of Alaska, July 11, 1914,captured in bright sunshine on the tundra, temperature 56° F. (D. Jenness);Herschel island, Yukon Territory, July 2
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