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captures 1 made being at light, on the few damp, warm evenings that were 

 vouchsafed me. 



The Sphingidse appeared in their usual species and quantity. June 

 20th was rather a red-letter night in my diary, as I took at light a 

 very fine Cossus, which seems different to any in my collection. I 

 believe this to be a rather notable catch ; at all events, it is so to me. 

 The few specimens I have were reared from larvae found frozen in 

 firewood during the winter, but I find them very difficult to feed to 

 maturity. From the number of larvae there seen, I should expect the 

 moth to be far more in evidence, but it seems to be of a very retiring 

 disposition, and conceals its beauties from vulgar gaze. Although 

 Noctuids were very scarce, some specimens of Geometers and " Micros " 

 generally were more than ordinarily abundant. I must have added some 

 fifteen or twenty species, which are as yet undetermined, to my collection. 



In August, sugar proved more attractive, though nothing very special 

 turned up. In a note to Mr. Hanham's list of our Manitoban moths, 

 recently published in the Canadian Entomologist, Dr. J. B. Smith says 

 that from material furnished by myself he thought that Carneades 

 incallida and C. quinquelinea must be taken as one species. I thought 

 so too at the time, but further observation of a long series of living 

 specimens induces me to think that a separation can be made into two 

 groups. One, which I take to be C. incallida, has rather broader 

 primaries of a dull, nearly white, colour, with the lines pale and 

 indistinct. The other group, Carneades quinquelinea, has the primaries 

 slightly narrower and of a more glossy, bluish-white colour, with the lines 

 strongly marked. Besides these groups there is a residuum of old worn 

 specimens of which it is very difficult to say to which species they belong. 



Many of our usual autumn Geometers were absent, but I was pleased 

 to take two or three Hybernia tiliaria, a moth I have not seen for many 

 years. 



A (ew species of Hydrcecia came to light, among them being single 

 specimens of nelita, Strecker, and frigida, Smith, and also cataphracta, 

 which last is new to the Manitoban list. 



The autumn Plusias were altogether wanting. 



That curious moth, so singular in its habits, Ufeus plicatus, has been 

 more than commonly numerous. I have only taken a single specimen 

 outside the house at light, but inside, from October to the beginning of 



