The Canadian Field-Naturalist 



[Vol. XXXIV. 



DANAIDAE. 

 The Monarch, Danaus archippus Fabr. 



SATYRIDAE. 

 The Pearly Eye, Enodia porilandia Fabr. 

 *The Little Wood-satyr, Cissio euryius Fabr. 



The Eyed Brown, Salyrodes canihus Linn. 

 *The Clouded Wood-nymph, Cerc\)onis alope form 

 nephele Kirby. 



NYMPHALIDAE. 

 The Great Spangled Fritillary, Argynnis c^bele 



Fabr. 

 The Silver-spot Fritillary, Arg\;nms aphrodite 



Fabr. 

 The Silver Bordered Fritillary, Brenihis myTina 

 Cram. 

 *Meadcw Fritillary, Brenthis bellona Fabr. 

 The Baltimore, Euphydyras phaeton Dru. 

 ^Harris' Checker-spot, Melitaea harrisi Scud. 

 *Nycteis, Phyciodes nycteis Dbl. and Hew. 

 The Pearl Crescent, Phyciodes tharos Dru. 

 The Violet Tip, Polygonia interrogationis Fabr. 

 Hop-merchant, Polygonia comma form dryas 

 Edw. 

 **The Green Comma, Polygonia faunus Edw. 

 The Gray Comma, Polygonia progne Cram. 

 The Compton Tortoise, Aglais j-album Bdv. 



and Lee. 

 The American Tortoise-shell, Aglais milherii 

 Godt. 



The Mourning Cloak, Aglais aniiopa Linn. 

 *The Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta Linn. 

 ^Hunter's Butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis Dru. 

 ''^The Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui Linn. 



The Banded Purple, Basilarchia arihemis Dru. 

 *The Viceroy, Basilarchia archippus Cram. 



LYCAENIDAE. 

 *The Acadian Hair-streak, Strymon acadica Edw. 

 *The Striped Hair-streak, Strymon liparops Bdv. 



and Lee. 

 *The Wanderer, Feniseca arquinius Fabr. 

 The American Copper, Heodes hypophlaeas Bdv. 

 The Spring Azure, Lycaenopsis pseudargiolus 

 form marginaia Edw.* and form lucia Kirby. 

 HESPERIIDAE. 

 *The Northern Dusky-wing, Cocceius pylades 



Scud. 

 *The Dreamy Dusky-wing, Thanaos icelus Lint. 

 **The Black Skipper (Thymele hrizo?) 



The Arctic Skipper, Carter ocephalus palaemon 



Pall. 

 The Tawny-edged Skipper, Polites cernes Bdv. 

 and Lee. 

 *The Long-dash, Polites mystic Scud. 



The Yellow Spot, Polites pecl^ius Kirby. 

 ^The Hobomok Skipper, Poanes hobomot( Harris. 

 ^The Dun Skipper, Euphyes vestris Bdv. 



"Xot recorded by Go.sse. 



*''Recordf>d by Gosse but not yet -^ erified. 



A RARE FUNGUS NEW TO CANADA 



By W. S. Odell. 



While collecting fungi in the vicinity of Ot- 

 tawa during the past year, for the Victoria Memorial 

 Museum, one of the earliest forms found was the 

 edible morel, Morchella esculenta Pers. Shortly 

 after snow had left the ground and before leaves 

 appeared on the trees and shrubs, its dark olive 

 green or brownish cone was seen protruding a few 

 inches above ground. It is fairly common, growing 

 usually in damp situations, and lasts during May 

 and part of June if the weather is favorable. Any- 

 one who has seen this peculiar fungus will remem- 

 ber and readily recognize it. It belongs to the order 

 Ascomycetes, family Helvellaceae, and differs from 

 mushrooms, puff balls, etc., in the manner in which 

 its spores are borne. In mushrooms the reproduc- 

 tive bodies called spores, are borne, four in number, 

 on ends of club-shaped bodies called basidia, cover- 

 ing both sides of the gills. The spores which are the 

 seeds of the mushroom, are of various sizes; they 

 are microscopic, but may be seen en masse by 

 placing a specimen on black paper, tightly covered 



with a glass jar to prevent air currents. After a 

 few hours the paper will be covered with a whitish 

 deposit, which consists of spores in inconceivable 

 numbers. Spores are dispersed by the wind ; some 

 fall to the ground, and in process of time, it may be 

 months, often years, produce under proper con- 

 ditions, tiny thread-like jointed strands called 

 "spawn" by gardeners, which grow through the 

 substance on which the plant feeds. A familiar 

 form occurs in white mould often seen on vegetables 

 or on bread, and is better known as mycelium. It 

 may be found by digging up young mushrooms or 

 under matted leaves or in much decayed logs in 

 the woods, permeating every part. In fact the 

 mycelium is mainly responsible for the rapid decay 

 of wood, and causes much loss annually to standing 

 timber. 



While in the form of threads mycelium is the 

 vegetative stage of the mushroom. When the fruit- ^ 

 ing stage begins, small knobs appear on these strands, ^O" 

 minute at first, varying from the size of a pinhead/^J 



