406 THE CA.NADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



As it was possible for me to go to Lakewood before the others, Mr. 

 Watson very kindly provided me with a detailed map of the region, 

 showing the exact points where in previous years he had taken the species. 

 I arrived about noon on the 3rd, and went immediately to the collecting 

 ground. It had rained during the morning, and as clouds obscured the 

 sun during the rest of the day, the vegetation remained wet ; but despite 

 the unfavourable weather I took three males and one female of the new 

 species, and confined the last in a gauze bag over Vaccinium corymbosum. 

 During the evening it began to rain again, and the downpour continued 

 until 10.30 the next morning. The storm area then passed off to the east 

 and the sun shone brightly, though a high wind marred the prospect of 

 finding many butterflies about. The map enabled me to locate all points 

 readily, and from what I knew of the congeners oi polios, I felt confident 

 that the insects would again be found frequenting the same sunny spots 

 and flitting back and forth over the same restricted stretches of sandy 

 road. Such proved to be the case, and before one o'clock I had captured 

 a dozen or more. Of these one was a female, and I confined her over 

 Kalmia atigustifolia. - 



I had just taken another female when I was hailed by Mr. Watson 

 and Mr. Sunderland, and in the excitement of pleasant greetings the 

 butterfly was left a little too long in the stupefying bottle,* and did not 

 recover. Our combined efforts for the rest of the afternoon resulted in the 

 capture of several males and two females. Of the latter, one was confined 

 over cranberry and the other over sand-myrtle, Dendrmm ( Leiophyllum) 

 buxifoliiim. 



The following day appeared to be ideal for butterfly collecting, but 

 for some unexplained reason very few were on the wing. The female 

 tied up on corymbosum had died during the night, and none of the 

 survivors gave indications of a desire to oviposit. A hasty survey of the 

 surrounding flora induced us to alter our plan, and each female was 

 supplied with a variety of plants. Until the lengthening shadows put an 



*In endeavouring- to secure living females of species where the sex is not 

 readily discoverable, I have found it of advantage to use a very weak cyanide 

 bottle, from which the insect should be taken as soon as it loses the power of 

 flight. If then, upon examination it proves to be of the desired sex, a few 

 minutes in the air will usually suflfice to restore it completely. 



