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Chionohas (QEneis) Jutta reported from the Mer Bleue by Dr. 

 Fletcher is a very dehcate brownish-gray insect, with three oceUi 

 on the anterior wings and two or three on the hind-wings the 

 underside of the wings is marbled with grayish and brown mark- 

 ings. This boreal Satyr flies in swamps and wet meadows. I have 

 captured a specimen in a wet wood at Langevin. Dorchester Co., 

 P.Q., some fifty miles south of Quebec city. 



While strolling in the fields east of Rockliffe Park on June 

 the 14th, 1902, I observed a small butterfly which seemed strange 

 to me. I succeeded in capturing it with my hat, and comparing 

 it with the coloured plates of " Holland's Butterfly Book," I sup- 

 posed this insect to be Coenofiympha Inornata (Edw.), but as I was 

 not sure of its identity I submitted the specimen to Dr. Fletcher, 

 who kindly determined it as a true Inornata, and I understand it is 

 the first time this butterfly has been seen in this vicinity. 



Coenonytnpha Inornata is n small species expanding about i^ 

 inches ; the wings above are of a uniform warm ochreous yellow, 

 the margin of both fore-wings and hind-wings is gray; on the under 

 side the fore-wings are ochreous yellow from the base to the 

 middle or end of the discal area, and then light, shading into gray 

 towards the outer margin ; the hind-wings arc gfay with a whitish 

 band transversely across the wing. This species is abundant on 

 the western prairies, and has also been taken at Hudson Bay and 

 in Newfoundland. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH. 



By invitation of Dr. Fletcher, one of the leaders of this 

 branch, a meeting was held at his residence on Thursday, Jan. 22, 

 1903, the following members being present : W. H. Harrington, 

 T. J. MacLaughlin, A. Halkett, W. Simpson, A. Gibson, C. H. 

 Young, W. R. S. Metcalfe, A. E. Richard and J. D. Evans (Tren- 

 ton). The convener stated that his object in calling them together 

 was to discuss the work of the branch and to see if some steps 

 might not be taken to stimulate and develop research, as the 



