PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Vol. II, pp. 487-501. December 20, 1900.
PAPERS FROM THE HARRIMAN ALASKA
EXPEDITION.
XII.
ENTOMOLOGICAL RESULTS (6):
LEPIDOPTERA.
By Harrison G. Dyar.
The following species of Lepidoptera were collected by
Professor Trevor Kincaid and other members of the Harriman
Expedition, which visited various points on the coast and out-
lying islands of Alaska in the summer of 1899. In this con-
nection the reader is referred to papers by Dr. Holland in the
* Entomological News,' Vol. XI, which treat of the Lepidoptera
of the inland region.
Family PARNASSIID^.
Parnassius smintheus Doubld. & Hew.
Partiassius smintheus, Doubld. & Hew, Gen. Diurn. Lep., pi. 4, 1847.
Six specimens : Kadiak, July 4, 5 ; Kukak Bay, July 5.
Family PAPILIONID^.
Papilio machaon Linn. var. aliaska Scudd.
Papilio machaon Linn. var. aliaska Scudd., Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat, Hist., 12, 45,
1869.
One female : Fox Point.
Family NYMPHALIDiE.
Brenthis myrina Cram.
Brenthis ntyrina Cram., Pap. Exot. 2, 189, B. C, 1779.
(487)
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Thirty-two examples of both sexes : Kukak Bay, July 5 ; Kadiak,
July 20 (the latter somewhat worn).
Brenthis frigga Thunb. var. saga Stand.
Brenthisfrigga Thunb., var. saga Staud., Stett. Ent. Zeit., 350, 1861.
Five examples: Popof Island, July 12-15.
Brenthis pales Schiff. var. alaskensis Holl.
Brent/ns pales ScniYF. var. a/askensis Holl, Ent. News, 11, 383, 1900.
One example: Mainland near Shumagin Islands (Mr. Palache).
Vanessa milberti Godt,
Vanessa 7ni/berti GoT)T., Enc. Meth., 9, 307, 1819.
Two examples : Fox Point.
Family AGAPETIDiE.
Coenonympha kodiak Edw.
Coenonyinpha kodiak Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 2, 375, 1869.
Seventeen examples : Kukak Bay, July 5 ; Kakiak, July 20.
The specimens vary considerably in color, some dark-gray, some
partly ochraceous, and others with marked orange shading over disk
of fore wings (var. yukonensis Holl.), scarcely distinguishable from
i?wrnata Edw. from Vancouver Island. The species is at best a local
form of C. typhon Rott. of Europe.
(Eneis semidea Say var. nigra Edw.
CEneis semidea Say var. nigra Edw., Butt., 3, pi. 9, Chion., 1894.
One female : Kadiak, July 4.
This form, without a distinct band on hind wings (var. nigra
Edw.), seems to be the prevailing one in Alaska. The U. S. Na-
tional Museum has a male example from Davis Inlet (Turner)
Family PIERID^.
Eurymus palaeno Linn.
Eurymus palccno Linn., Syst. Nat., 2, 764, 1767.
Four examples, one a male : Kukak Bay, July 5 ; Kadiak, July 20.
Rather smaller than the European palcBuo and the male has the mar-
ginal band a little narrower, but the females have the band as broad or
broader than European females, thus forming connecting links to the
inland Alaska form which Dr. Holland calls c/iippe'wa'E.d\w. (Ent.
News, XI, 41S, 1900.)
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Pieris napi Linn.
Fieris na/>i 'Lxtit^i., Faun. Siiec, 271, 1761.
Twenty-two examples.
Var. bryoniae Ochs.
One female : Muir Inlet, June 1 1
Var. hulda Edw.
Eighteen examples: Kadiak, July 20; Cook Inlet, July 21 ; Kukak
Bay, July 5 Juneau, July 25 ; Popof Island, July 13 ; mainland near;
Shumagin Islands, July (Mr. Palache)
Var. acadica Edw. ?
Three examples : Kukak Bay, July 5.
Rather smaller than the figure of acadica Edw. and the gray dusting
of secondaries more extensive.
Family LYCiENID^E.
Chrysophanus dorcas Kirb.
Chrysophamis dorcas Kirb., Faun. Bor. Am., 4, 229, pi. 4, 1837.
Thirteen examples: Kadiak, July 20; Cook Inlet, July 21.
The specimens vary enough to easily cover Edwards' description of
florus, which is thus seen to be simply a synonym of dorcas Kii"b.
Family HESPERID.E.
Pamphila palaemon Pall.
Pamphila palcEinoH Pall., Raise i, 471, 1771.
Five examples : Kukak Bay, July 5.
Family ARCTIID^.
Platarctia parthenos Harr.
Platarctia parthe7ios Harr., Agassiz, Lake Sup., 390, 1850.
Three examples : Kadiak, July 5 ; Popof Island, July 13.
All very red, the wings and thorax strongly tinged with red, the
spots of fore wings large and yellowish.
Platarctia subnebulosa Dyar.
Platarctia subnebulosa Dvar, Ent. News, 10, 130, 1899.
Two examples : Point Clarence, St. Paul Island.
Both females with the wings only partly expanded. One example
is very red, the marks of fore wings reduced, leaving extensive yellow
areas ; the other has the normal markings, but blackish brown, not
strongly reddened.
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Nemeophila plantaginis Linn.
Nemeophila platitagmis Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 501, 1758.
Twelve examples : Kadiak, July 1-20.
Var. petrosa Walk.
Nine examples.
Var. modesta Pack.
Three examples.
All the petrosa are males, all the 7nodesta females, which is also the
case with the specimens in the U. S. National Museum collection.
Family NOCTUIDtE.
Noctua c-nigrum Linn.
Noctua c-nigrum Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 576, 1758.
Eight examples : Popof Island, July 13-15 ; Kadiak, July 20.
Hadena basilinea Fab.
Hadena basilinea Fab., Mant. Ins., 2, 183, 1787.
One example : Sitka, June 16.
The example was submitted to Professor John B. Smith, who says :
A rubbed female not quite so reddish as in the normal examples
but, I believe it without question the same. It differs from the eastern
jinitma in the grayer, less contrasting maculation which is also less
clearlv written. From the normal European examples it seems to dif-
fer in being a little more powdery ; but this may be due to the condi-
tion of the specimen.
Hadena pluviosa Walk.
Hadena pluviosa Walk., Cat. Brit. Mus. Lepid., 33, 725, 1865.
One example : Kukak Bay, July 4.
This example also was submitted to Professor Smith. He says :
One male in poor condition. This determination is open to consid-
erable doubt, for the specimen is larger and darker than the Washing-
ton examples before me ; but I find nothing else nearer, and do not feel
justified in describing it as new.
Hadena vultuosa Grote.
Hadena vultuosa Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 420, 1875.
Two examples; Sitka; Orca, June 27.
Hadena ducta Grote.
Hadena ducta Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv., 4, 176, 1878.
Five examples : Popof Island, July 9-15 ; Pyramid Harbor.
LEPIDOPTERA 491
Hadena tenera Smith.
Professor Smith has prepared the following description of this new
form :
Hadena tenera sp. nov.
Ground color of head, thorax and primaries a rusty, red brown.
Collar a little darker, tipped with an indistinct, richer brown trans-
verse line. Patagia somewhat smoky shaded. Dorsal tuftings distinct,
rusty brown. Abdomen dull gray with distinct, rusty-brown dorsal
tufts, and rusty, fine hair. Primaries with a narrow, black basal streak
and a short black streak along the inner margin at the inner angle.
Basal half line black, broken, geminate, included space more yellow-
ish. Transverse anterior line geminate, black, even, inner portion
partly lost ; as a whole with a very even, not greatly marked outcurve.
Transverse posterior line geminate on the costa, outer portion lost,
inner narrow, black, lunulate, followed by a somewhat more yellow
shading, only a little incurved below the cell. Subterminal line yel-
lowish, somewhat diffuse, forming a small W on veins 3 and 4. A
series of small, terminal lunules. Claviform moderate, concolorous,
incompletely black margined, a black line extending from its tip to the
transverse posterior line. Orbicular ovate, oblique, irregular, a little
paler than the ground color. Reniform large broadly kidney-shaped,
partly annulate in yellowish, inwardly margined with black scales.
Secondaries whitish at base, shading to smoky, with an obscure,
smoky, extra median line and a small discal spot. Beneath powdery
reddish gray, with a powdery outer line and discal lunule ; disc of
primaries a little darker.
Expands 36 mm. = 1.44 inches.
Habitat.—Kukak Bay, Alaska, July 4, 1899.
One male in fair condition, save that the primaries are rubbed at the
outer margin and have lost the fringes. The antenna are distinctly
serrate and the processes bristle tufted. The species is allied to and
somewhat resembles a small barnsii. The thoracic vestiture is more
dense than usual and somewhat loose, perhaps as a defect.
Type.—Cat. no. 4844, U. S. National Museum.
Hyppa rectilinea Esp.
Hyppa rectilinea Esp., Schmett. Abd. Nat., i, 127, 1777.
Six examples : Kukak Ba}', July 4.
Seems to correspond with the European species rather than with the
eastern xylinoides Guen. or the western indistincta Smith.
Pachnobia carnea Thunb.
Pachnobia carnea Thunb., Mus. Nat. Ac. Ups. Diss., 4, 56, 72, f. i, 1788.
Thirty-eight examples : Popof Island, July 10-15 '> Kukak Bay,
July 4; Unga Island, July 21.
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The specimens vary in color from reddish to gray. An example was
submitted to Professor Smith for determination.
Pachnobia alaskae Grote.
Pachnobia n/asko' G'ROT'E, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., 3, 84, 1876.
Five examples : Popof Island, July 12-13 '> St- Paul Island, August 7.
One specimen is a female and the wings are not expanded. Named
by Professor Smith.
Caradrina punctivena Smith.
Caradrina pimctiveiia Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 21, ']'] , 1894.
Three examples : Virgin Bay, June 25.
Professor Smith, on seeing the best specimen, remarked: "One
very decent male. It is a little larger than the average specimens from
Manitoba and British Columbia but is otherwise practically the same.;
The nearest mate to it is an example from Laggan, British Columbia."
Ommatostola popofensis .Smith.
As this proved an undescribed species. Professor Smith has made
the following
Om])2atostoIa popofensis sp. nov.
Head, thorax and primaries dull luteous. Head a trifle deeper color,
the clothing even. Thorax immaculate, vestiture dense, loose, neither
collar nor patagia defined. Abdomen a paler shade of clay yellow,
rather smoothly clothed, untufted. Primaries with a somewhat more
reddish shade a little beyond the middle, enclosing and relieving the
reniform. The latter is modei-ate in size, centrally constricted, upper
portion not well defined ; lower somewhat dilated, black filled, nar-
rowly outlined in white. Transverse anterior line obsolete. Trans-
verse posterior line traceable by the deeper shade and a few black
scales on the veins. Subterminal line a little irregular, traceable by a
narrow, very slightly darker preceding shade. Veins through terminal
space black-marked ; but irregularly so. Fringes dusky at tip. The
orbicular spot is transversely oval, traceable with difficulty by a very
slightly paler outline. Secondaries black, fringes yellow. Beneath
pale luteous primaries a little smoky on the disk, with a smoky outer
;
line and obvious discal lunule ; secondaries with a small discal dot.
Expands 35 mm. = 1.40 inches.
Habitat.—Popof Island, Alaska, July 15, 1S99.
One female in good condition. The species is totally different in
appearance from lintncri^ yet seems to be fully congeneric with it. Its
general appearance is hadeniform until the fine yet dense vestiture recalls
some forms of Leucania.
Type.—Cat. no. 4S43, U. S. National Museum.
Anarta lanuginosa Smith.
One example, which Professor Smith characterizes thus :
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LEPIDOPTERA 493
Auarta lanuginosa sp. \\vt\
Black and gray primaries with a mossy green; shade through the
median space ; secondaries straw yello\v, with a broad bhick outer band
and a bhick discal lunule. Head black with an admixture of white,
especially prominent on the vertex. Collar gray tipped, above smoky
blackish. Patagia gray edged, black vestiture of thoracic disc gray
tipped posteriorly. Abdomen blackish, densely clothed with line, yel-
low hair, through which the black ground appears smoky. Primaries
with ornamentation well defmed, the markings broken or incomplete.
Basal space chiefly gi'ay. 15asal line black, single, curved toward the
base. A curved black mark in the submedian interspace, above which
are mossy scales. A black bar along the internal margin, beyond
which are mossy scales to the transverse anterior line. This line single,
broad, black, broken on the veins, only a little irregular, as a whole
outwardly oblique. Transverse posterior line single, consisting of a
series of black interspaceal lunules, a little drawn in below the cell.
Subterminal space smoky or blackish on the costa, the dark shade nar-
rowing abruptly and broken into black sagittate spots varying in size,
which precede a very even, whitish subterminal line. Fringes black,
tipped with white, cut with white on the veins, giving a neat, festooned
appearance. Claviform moderate, incompletely outlined in black, filled
w'ith paler green and followed by a paler, mossy shading. Orbicular
of moderate size, irregular, incompletely black margined, whitish,
with a mossy overlay, the whitish shade extending along the median
vein to the reniform. Reniform moderate in size, a little constricted,
black margined, not sharply defined, whitish filled, with a smoky cen-
tral shading. Secondaries ^vith yellow fringes. Beneath pale yellow,
wdth large black discal spots. Primaries with black subterminal band
shading into a smoky terminal space. Secondaries with a broad
marginal band ; fringes yellow.
Expands 35 mm. = 1.40 inches.
Habitat.—Popof Island, Alaska, July 12, 1S99.
This is the best marked species known to me, equalling richardsoni
in size, with somewhat the same type of maculation. A single male
in very good condition. The antennas are distinctly serrated, the teeth
furnished with tufts of bristles, so the member becomes brush-like.
Type.—Cat. no. 4845, U. S. National Museum.
Anarta etacta Smith.
One example, described by Professor Smith, at our request, as fol-
lows :
Anarta etacta sp. nov.
Head white with an admixture of smoky scales. Collar white in-
feriorly, then blackish, the tip gray. Patagia whitish, with a sub-
marginal blackish line, edges gray. Thoracic disc smoky. Primaries
dull gray, powdered with mossy green. The ordinary lines are white,
marked by geminate blackish spots on the costa and edged with black
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scales along their course. Basal line obvious, evenly bidentate. Trans-
verse anterior line distinct, oblique, a little dentate on the veins to the
subniedian interspace, then with a long inward tooth on the internal
vein, below which it cvirves outward to the inner margin. Transverse
posterior line somewhat squarely exserted over the cell, then incurved
so that it touches the lower edge of the reniform. Terminal space
whitish with a mossy tinge, the subterminal line denticulate, defined
only by the color contrast between terminal and subterminal spaces.
A series of black terminal lunules. Fringes smoky, tipped with white,
which is cut with smoky. Claviform moderate, outlined in pale mossy
green. Orbicular round, of moderate size, annulate with white, which
is edged with black, center of ground color. Reniform of good
size, annulate with white, among which some green scales are inter-
mixed inwardly edged with black; scales, center of ground color. A
little heel extends backward from the reniform along the median vein
for a short distance. Secondaries pale smoky, with blackish terminal
lunules which are preceded by whitish. Fringes soiled whitish.
Beneath smoky, secondaries a little paler, with a small discal spot.
Expands 36 mm.^ 1.44 inches.
Habitat.—Kukak Bay, Alaska, July 4, 1899.
One female without antennae, but otherwise in fair condition. The
white markings on the dull gray ground are well defined and charac-
teristic, the white terminal space adding to the contrast. It is prob-
able that the amount of green powdering is variable and that, normally,
there is more of it than is shown on the type.
Type.—Cat. no. 4S45, U. S. National Museum.
Plusia hochenwarthi Hoch.
Plusia hoc/ietnuarthi Hoch., Act. Soc. Berol., 6, 337, 1785.
Two examples : Kukak Bay, July 4.
Plusia epsilon Ottol.
One example : Kadiak, July 20.
This was submitted to Dr. R. Ottolengui who sends us the follow-
ing description :
Plusia cpsiloit sp. nov.
Head, thorax and primaries dull purplish with black shadows; tho-
racic edge of collar, patagia and tip of thoracic tuft of lighter shade.
T'ransverse anterior line fairly straight, indistinct, purplish above the
median vein, below the vein distinct, metallic golden, composed of two
fee])le outward curves, the upper longer than the lower, both bordered
outwardly with black. The sign is metallic golden. Seen with the
wings folded, that on the wing to the right represents the Greek char-
acter e, while on the other wing, the sign being reversed, resembles
the numeral 3. The sign touches the median vein at both extremities
and, while apparently continuous with the transverse anterior line,
really does not reach it. There is no dot, though this is an evanescent
LEPIDOPTERA 495
character in some species. The subterminal line is geminate, waved,
lighter at the outset, beginning with a hook on the costa and showing
a few golden scales at the lower end, especially on the small tooth
opposite the sign. The median space below the sign is the darkest
part of the wing, the deepest black being immediately next to the sign.
The subterminal line is black and shows distinctly against the paler
shade between it and the fringes. It is sharply angulate and dentate.
The two teeth at the center of the line are sharp, but near its anal angle
there is no sharp tooth as in allied species, the angle being nnmdcd.
Fringes gray, cut with blackish. Orbicular indistinct, purplish, lined
with black. Reniform upright, concolorous, outlined by faint metallic
scales. Secondaries smoky yellowish basally with a wide darker outer
border. Beneath, primai4es smoky with yellowish discal spot, the
white spots in costa and in fringes showing more distinctly than above.
Secondaries much lighter.
Expanse 34 mm.
Habitat.—Alaska.
Type.—Cat. no. 5256, U. S. National Museum.
Hypena californica Behr.
Hypena californica Behr., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 3, 23, 1870.
One example: Virgin Bay, Prince William Sound, June 25.
Professor Smith saw this specimen and said: "Does not differ in
any notable particular from British Columbia examples. One ragged
female."
Family GEOMETRID^.
Mesoleuca variata Schiff.
Mesoleuca variata Schiff., Syst. verz. Wien. ^tg., no, 1776.
Twelve specimens: Popof Island, July 12-15.
Determined by Rev. Dr. Hulst as a "small variety" of Mesoleuca
truncata Hufn., but I cannot agree with this determination.
Mesoleuca lacustrata Guen.
Mesoleuca lacustrata Guen., Phal., 2, 395, 1857.
One example: Yakutat, June 21.
Named by Dr. Hulst ; but it is distinctly different from Eastern ex-
amples of this species.
Petrophora montanata Borkh.
Petrophora montanata Borkh., Nat. Eur. Schmett., 5, 397, 1794.
One example, large : Popof Island, July 10. Sixteen examples :
Popof Island, July 9-15 ; Kukak Bay, July 4.
One of the latter examples was submitted to Dr. Hulst, who pro-
nounced it a very light variety of the same species ; I would determine
the species as 7?iziiiitata^ not montanata.
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Petrophora nemorella Hulst.
Petrophora nemorella Hulst, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 23, 293, 1896.
Five examples: Yakutat, June 16; Popof Island, July 12-15 » ^^"
diak, July 20; Saldovia, July 21. This will prove to be 7nu7iitata
also, I believe.
Petrophora borealis Hulst.
Peirop/iofa borealis Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 23, 292, 1896.
Nine examples: Berg Bay, June 10; Sitka, June 16; Yakutat,
June 16 ; Virgin Bay, June 25 ; Kukak Bay, July 4. Some of the
speciinens are remarkably close to P. ferrugata L.
Petrophora munitata Hiibn.
Petrophora viitnitata HiJBN., Schmett. Eur., 346, 1803.
Tw^o examples: Yakutat, June 16, 21.
Determined by Dr. Hulst, but wrongly, I think. The specimens
more nearly resemble the Siberian P. qtiadrifasciaria CI.
Venusia cambricaria Curt.
Venusia cambricaria Curt., Brit. Ent., pi. 759, 1839.
One example: Sitka, June 16.
Euchoeca albovittata Guen.
Eiicha'ca albovittata GuEN., Phal., 2, 520, 1857.
One example : Sitka, June 16.
Hydriomene trifasciata Borkh.
Hydrioviene trifasciata Borkh., Eur. Sch., 5, 308, 1794.
Four examples: Yakutat, June 16; Orca, June 21.
Tetrads hyperborea TTulst.
One example, which Dr. Hulst describes as follows : .
Tetrads hyperborea sp. nov.
Expands 42 mm. Palpi bright ochre yellow ; front ochre ; summit
and anterior part of thorax ochre yellow ; thorax and abdomen rather
light ochre, the latter somewhat fuscous stained ; all wings light ochre
more or less stained with fuscous ; fore wings with basal line showing
in three blackish spots, the largest costal, the next at middle of wing,
the third at vein i just be}ontl the discal spot, which is very faint, is
;
a br(jad blackish shading, nearly straight, and reaching across wing
an outer line of black spots on veins, these diffuse on their edges and
running subparallel to outer margin to vein 3, then curved a little out-
wardly ; a line of faint diffuse marginal spots ; hind wings with outer
line of black dots on the veins ; discal spots present, blackish. Be-
neath as above, on fore wings the basal half more fuscous, discal spots
;
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more distinct, niiddle band much less marked, outer line more distinct,
the spots confluent ; hind vvino^s, discal spots very distinct, black ; outer
line of spots more distinct than above.
Viri2^in Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska, June 25.
Type.—Cat. no. 4919, U. S. National Museum.
Eustroma silaceata Hiibn.
Eusironia silaceata HiJBN., Vog. & Schmett., 100, 1793.
One example : Kukak Bay, July 4.
Submitted to Dr. Hulst, who called it a very light form of Eustroma
atrocolorata Grt. & Rob., but obviously incorrectly.
Tephroclystis perfusca Hulst.
Tephroclystis perfusca Hulst, Can. Ent., 30, 116, 1898.
Four examples: Popof Island, July 9-15.
Determined by Dr. Hulst as a varietal form of this species.
Tephroclystis zygaenidata Pack.
Tiphroclystis zyganidata Pack., Mon. Geom., 51, 1876.
Four examples: Sitka, June 16; Yakutat, June 21.
This also is a varietal form, not the typical species, according to Dr.
Hulst's determination.
Tephroclystis miserulata Grt.
Tephroclystis miseridata Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., 2, 32, 1863.
Twro examples : Popof Island, July 15.
Again a varietal form of the Atlantic coast species, according to Dr.
Hulst, who examined a specimen.
Tephroclystis flebilis Hulst.
One example, which, being new, is described as follows by Dr.
Hulst :
TephroclystisJiebilis sp. nov.
Expands 24 mm. Palpi front and antennas dark fuscous ; thorax
fuscous in front, fuscous gray behind ; abdomen gray, very light later-
ally ; fore wings narrow, elongated, fuscous, darker, almost blackish
fuscous narrowly along costa and broadly outwardly extending o\'er
marginal field ; the black of costa broken as showing the beginning of
cross lines, and bi'oadened into a subquadrate spot within outer line;
basal line scarcely evident ; outer line broad, indeterminate, whitish
an outer scolloped dentate white line on" outer field, parallel with
margin ; hind wings rather small, rounded, fuscous, the beginnings of
dark cross lines showing along inner margin ; marginal lines on all
wings black, more or less broken. Beneath much as above, but with
a rounded broad extra-discal line on hind wings.
Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., December 1900.
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Sitka, Alaska, June 16.
Type.—Cat. no. 4920, U. S. National Museum.
Eucymatoge grandis Hulst.
Encymatoge grandis Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 23, 273, 1896.
One example : Sitka, June 16.
Named by Dr. Hulst.
Rheumaptera lugubrata Stand.
Rhewnaptera lugubrata SxAUD., Cat. Lap. Eur., 189, 1871.
Twenty-four examples: Sitka, June 16; Kukak Bay, July 4.
Rheumaptera hastata Linn.
Rheumaptera hastata Linn., Syst Nat., 527, 1758.
Eighteen examples: Sitka, June 16; Metlakahtla, June 4; Yakn-
tat, June 3i ; Kukak Bay, July 4; Kadiak, July; Popof Island, July
9-13 ; Fox Point, July 28.
Family PYRALID^.
Pyrausta washingtonialis Grote.
Pyrausta washingtonialis Gkote., Bull. Gaol. Surv., 6, 577, 1882.
Five examples : Sitka, June 16 ; Virgin Bay, June 25 ; Kukak Bay,
July 4; Popof Island, July 13. ,
In some of the specimens the markings are nearl}^ obliterated. We
are indebted to Professor C. H. Fernald for the determination of a
specimen.
Scoparia centuriella Schiff.
Scoparia centuric/la Schiff., Wien. Verz., 319, 1776.
Nineteen examples: Popof Island, July 12 and 13.
Crambus labradoriensis Christ.
Crambus labradorL-tisis Chkist., Ent. Zeit. Stett., 19, 314, 1856.
Four examples: Kukak Bay, July i ; Saldovia, July 21.
Crambus toparius Zell.
Crambus toparius 2.^\A.., Ent. Zeit. Statt., 155, 1866.
Four examples: Sitka, June 16.
Crambus interminellus Walk.
Cratnbus interininrt/us WX'LK., Cat. Brit. Mus., 27, 156, 1863.
Four examples: Yakutat, June 21 ; Popof Island, July 12 and 13;
Saldovia, July 21.
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Determined by Professoi' Fernald. Hampson makes this a synonym
of trisectus Walk.
Laodamia fusca Haw.
Laodamia fusca Haw., Lap. Brit., 493, 1829.
Eight examples: Juneau, June 25; Kukak Bay, July i.
Family PTEROPHORID^.
Platyptilia cosmodactyla Hiibn.
Platyptilia cosmodactyla HiJBN., Samml. Eur. Schnett., 35-36, 1827.
Four examples: Sitka, June 16; Virgin Bay, June 25; Kadiak,
July 20.
Determined by Professor Fernald.
Platyptilia petrodactyla Walk.
Platyptilia petrodactyla Walk., Cat. Brit. Mus., 30, 940, 1864.
Three examples: Popof Island, July 12, 13.
One specimen was submitted to Professor Fernald, but he was un-
able to recognize it. Another example, in somewhat better condition,
seems referable here. The ground color of the wing is more ocherous
than in Walsingham's figure, and the brown band is less oblique, being
subparallel to the marginal band and approximate to it. There is a
slight dot near base of fissure, one below end of costal stripe and one
in center of cell ; but the figure in general suggests this species, and it
is stated that Walker's type is not in perfect condition.
Family SESIID^.
Sesia culiciformis Linn.
Sesia culiciformis Linn., Syst. Nat., 493, 1758.
One example : Kukak Bay, July i
Sesia arctica Beut.
One example : Kadiak, July 20.
Determined as a new species and named as above by Mr. Wm.
Beutenmiiller, to whom it was submitted, and who favors us with the
following description :
Sesia arctica Beutenmiiller, sp. nov.
Male : Head, palpi and thorax entirely black. Abdomen black
with a very narrow white band at the posterior edge of the second and
fourth segments. Anal tuft black. Legs black with the hind tarsi
dirty white. Fore wings transparent with black borders and a broad
transverse mark. Hind wings transparent with a narrow black mar-
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gin. Underside of fore wings washed with golden yellow, basally.
Hind wings same as above. Expanse 20 mm.
Habitat.—Kadiak, Alaska, July 20, 1899.
Type (one male).—Cat. no. 5175, U. S. National Museum.
Somewhat allied to Sesia rutila7is but has white bands on the abdo-
men instead of yellow ones as in that species. The palpi are wholly
black, while in rutilans they are golden yellow and black.
A description of this species, without name, has been published by
Mr. Beutenmiiller.^
Family TORTRICID^.
Sciaphila argentana Clck.
Sciaphila argenfajia Clck., Icones, 2, 14, 1759-64.
Four examples : Kukak Bay, July 4.
Sciaphila osseana Scop.
Sciaphila osseana ScOP., Ent. Carn., 238, 1763.
Eight examples : Kukak Bay, July 4 ; Kadiak, July 20.
Determined by Professor Fernald.
Sciaphila moeschleriana Wocke.
Sciaphila moeschleriana Wocke, Stett. Ent. Zeit., 45, 1862.
Six examples: Popof Island, July 15.
Determined by Professor Fernald.
Sericoris bipartitana Clem.
Sericoris bipartitana Clem., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 346, i860.
Five examples : Kukak Bay, July 4; Popof Island, July 10 to 12.
Phoxopteris kincaidiana Fern.
Ten examples: Metlakahtla, June 4; Sitka, June 16; Berg Bay,
June 10; Muir Inlet, June 12.
Professor Fernald has kindly prepared the following description of
this new form :
Phoxopteris kuicaidiana sp. nov.
Expanse of wings 15 mm. Fore wings brownish white with a
nearly triangular dark cinnamon bro\vn dorsal spot extending from the
base to the middle of the hind margin with the outer part oblique and
ending in a rounded angle near the costal side of the cell. The outer
and costal sides of the triangle are somewhat incurved. The oblique
stripe from the middle of the costa extends about two thirds of the
distance to the anal angle, then forms a right angle and extends to the
apex, but is cut on its outer side beyond the end of the cell by two
'Can. Ent., 32, 20S, 1900.
LEPIDOPTERA 5OI
dark brown dashes and there is a dark brown dot near the angle of
this stripe. The oblique stripe, a series of costal dots and three cross
lines at the outer part of the wing, one of which is terminal, are dark
cinnamon brown but much more indistinct than the dorsal spot. Fringe
above the apex dark brown, elsewhere white at the base and pale
fuscous beyond. Hind wing pale fuscous.
Described from one male in the collection of the National Museum,
taken June 14, 1S99, at Metlakahtla, Alaska, by Mr. T. Kincaid for
whom I take pleasure in naming this insect.
Type.—Cat. no. 4967, U. S. National Museum.
Tortrix fumiferana Clem.
Tortrix fic7niferana Clem., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., 5, 139, 1865.
One example : Sitka, June 16.
Professor Fernald remarks that the specimen is too poor for him to be
certain of the identification.
Carpocapsa pomonella Linn.
Carpocapsa pojnonella Linn., Syst. Nat., 538, 1758.
One example: Orca, June 15. ' (On shipboard.)
Named by Professor Fernald.
Family TINEID^.
The collection in this family was small, and the condition of the
specimens is such that it has not been thought desirable to make them
the types of new species. The generic determinations have been made
by Mr. August Busck.
Argyrestia sp.
Four examples: Sitka, June 16; Popof Island, July 13 to 15.
Monopis sp.
One example: Popof Island, July 13.
Plutella sp.
One example: Sitka, June 16.
This appears to agree essentially with the type of duboisella Beut.
Schreckensteinia sp.
Two examples: Sitka, June 16, Yakutat, June 21.
Zelleria sp.
One example : Farragut Bay, June 5.
Choreutis occidentella Dyar.
Choreiitis occideniella Dyar, Can. Ent., 32, 86, 1900.
One example : Sitka, June 16.