110 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 



above cited, and, without further evidence than appears, Mr. Dyar's 

 synonymical note is not justified. It is at least previous to the necessary 

 comparison of Brazihan and North American material. Probably our 

 species is distinct, as there are other cases of allied but distinct North 

 American and Brazilian moths, such as Hepialus auratus and our 

 common Orthodes reccently separated by Mr. Butler from the Brazilian 

 ififirma. • A. R. Grote. 



NOTES. 



ATTRACTING BUTTERFLIES IN COLORADO. 



I had generally considered Papilio indra to be a rare insect in 

 Colorado, and from the inquiries of correspondents would think it want- 

 ing in many collections. While collecting at about 7,000 feet elevation, 

 in June, '89, I occasionally saw one go past me like a flash up the moun- 

 tain sides ; but one sultry afternoon I took several examples in a narrow 

 canon as they sat upon a small piece of sandy ground that had been 

 soaked by a thunder storm in the morning. I acted on the hint thus given, 

 and kept the place well moistened with water from the creek near by, and 

 visited it frequently during the week I was in the vicinity, with the fol- 

 lowing result : — 



Papilio indra, 65 examples. 

 P. zolicaon, i. 

 P. euryniedo?i, 3, 

 P. dau/ms, 10. 

 Afit/iocharis olympia, 5. 

 Argynnis edwardsii, 2. 

 A. hakyofie, 5. 

 Chionobas uhleri. 4. 

 Lemonias fiais, common. 

 Nisoniades tatius, 3, 



and several common species in abundance. The " Section Boss" of the 

 railroad used to go past frequently, and he got quite interested with my 

 pursuit. I remarked to him one day, I thought it odd I did not attract 

 butterflies on the other places I watered. He said : " Well, it does seem 

 kind o' queer, and I buried a mule in that very spot last fall." 



David Bruce, Brockport, N. Y. 



