84 The Ottawa Naturalist. [J uly 



Among many rare and interesting insects which have been 

 taken mention may be made of the following : 



Lepidoptera : 



Papilio machaon, L. var. aliaska, Scud, an exceedingly 

 rare insect, was taken in the Yukon Territory by Mr. Keele, and 

 on the Nagagami River on the Hudson Bay slope, by Mr. Wil- 

 son. 



Papilio brevicauda, Saunders. The larva was found at the 

 North-west River post of the Hudson Bay Company, on Lake 

 Melville, Ungava, by Mr. Lyman. 



Pontia protodice, B. & L. The second specimen taken at 

 Ottawa, Sept. 27 (Gibson.) 



Eurymus boothii, Curtis. Three specimens of this remark- 

 ably rare Coliad were taken in the Yukon Territory by Mr. Keele 

 fn the beginning of July. 



Erora laeta, Edw. Two specimens of this beautiful little 

 Thecla, Meach Lake, Que., May 18 (Young). 



Amblyscirtes samoset, Scud. Chelsea, Que., May 28. 

 (Gibson & Campbell). 



Pamphila paloemon, Pallas {mandah, Edw.) Eastman's 

 Springs, July 1 (Fletcher). 



Anthomaster leonardus, Harr. Britannia, Aug. 23. (Baldwin). 

 This skipper is very rare at Ottawa and has not been taken for 25 

 years. 



Utetheisa bella, L. Sept. 25 (Fletcher), the second speci- 

 men taken at Ottawa. 



Phragmatobia assimilans, Wlk. var. franconica, Sloss. 

 Meach Lake, May 16 & 17 (Young); Ottawa, June 3 (Gibson). 



Apantesis celia, Saunders. Ottawa, pupa, May 9th, moth 

 June 7 (Baldwin). 



Semiophora elimata, Gn. Meach Lake, May 8 (Young). 



Semiophora opacifrons, Grt. Meach Lake, Aug. 7 (Young.) 



Barathra occidentata, Grt. This rare moth has not appear- 

 ed for many years at Ottawa but during the summer of 1905 the 

 moths were abundant during the latter half of June and the lar- 

 vae were noticeably destructive in gardens during late summer. The 

 insect also occurred in Quebec and Nova Scotia. The life history 

 has been worked out and is published in the Report of the Domin- 

 ion Entomologist. 



