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NOTES ON ARCTIA AMERICANA. 



BY H. H. LYMAN, MONTREAL, P. Q. 



As I have reared the above named moth from the egg, I can add an 

 interesting fact or two to the account of its preparatory stages, published 

 by Mr. Bunker on p. 149, vol. vii, of this periodical. 



From a batch of eggs laid about August 6th, I obtained a number of 

 larvae, eight or ten of which passed through their last moult but one on 

 September 23rd, and one accomplished its last moult on October 5th, 

 after which it rapidly increased in size, attaining its full growth in a day 

 or two, and then spun itself up into a cocoon, which was kept in the 

 house. The imago emerged on November 28th. All the others died 

 during hybernation. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



I am able to add the names of two more species of butterflies to Mr. 

 Caulfield's " List of Diurnal Lepidoptera of the Island of Montreal," 

 published on pages 86-90, of vol. vii, namely : Lyccena violacea Edw., 

 very rare; I took one $ specimen on our mountain, on June 10th, 1874. 

 Amblyscirtes vialis Edw., very rare; one example taken on our mountain on 

 June 8th, 1875. I am indebted to Mr. Scudder for the determination 

 of these species. There is one error in Mr. Caulfield's List which requires 

 correction ; the name Euphyes metacomet Harris should be substituted for 

 HedoJie orono Scudder, as the latter docs not occur here as far as known. 



IT. H. Lyman, Montreal, P. Q. 



Weevil Cocoons. — W. H. G. writes in Science Gossip, No. 133, Jan'y 

 1, 1 876, that he obtained the Weevil (Cionus scrophiilaria) from cocoons 

 made by the larvae on the Water Betony (Scrophiilaria aquatica). 



Wm. Couper, Montreal, P. Q. 



Vanessa Milbertl- — This insect has lately come from its winter 

 retirement in some numbers. The weather has been delightful. 



W. L. Mead, Ithaca, N. Y. 



