68 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



vegetation than I had ever seen it before, owing to the frequent rain. I 

 had not searched long before I found several full grown larvae of Par- 

 nassiuss Smmtheus on Sedum. This was a fair beginning, as I had for 

 several years searched unsuccessfully for this larva. A .pretty Arctian 

 larva was also feeding on the same plant (from this I bred Arctia 

 cervinoides Strecker). I commenced overturning the smaller rocks, and 

 was soon rewarded by finding numerous larvae and pupae, also many 

 small Noctuids. Attached to the sides of larger rocks I found several 

 pupae of butterflies \ these produced in a it^^ days Melitcea anicia and 

 Argyn?iis Helena. Under flat stones and in crevices were many species 

 of Agrotis, sometimes from ten to thirty individuals crowded together. 

 The ants were swarming under most of the rocks, and they, with the 

 predaceous beetles had destroyed hundreds, as was evidenced by the 

 mutilated wings and empty pupte. I was so fascinated with my occupa- 

 tion that I forgot all about the weather. After I had filled all my tins 

 and boxes and got very hungry, I worked my way to the cabin again, 

 quiet satisfied and surprised with the morning's work. From tJie larvae 

 and pupae obtained I bred : — 



Arctia cervinoides Strecker, five specimens. 



Arctia Brucei H. Edw., three specimens. 



Arctia sp. (?), one specimen. 



A grey Bombyx, allied to Dasychira, from a tufted pupa enclosed in 

 a cocoon like Halesidota but thinner, this came out next day in the box, 

 and I didn't see it until it was spoilt and could not recognize it. 



Apatela, two, allied to Felina, but larger and darker. 



Flusia Hochenworthi, several. 



Agrotiphila MontaJia, six, the pupa and imago were common under 

 rocks. 



Agrotis ochrogaster, four, imagines abundant and variable. 



Agrotis, several specimens not yet determined. 



Hadena lateritia, one. 



Anarta melanopa, common, both pupae and moths. 



On sheltered sides of rocks were several Glaucopteryx magtioliata, 

 or a species very like it, and one G. phocataria. Larvae and pup?e of 

 Melitcea anicia were not uncommon. Argyimis Helena, one pupa, also 

 one of Pieris calyce. 



The elevation of my hunting ground was about 13,000 feet. 



