THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 



spot in the centre of the front wing, which is obscured in Cumatilis by its 

 heavy black markings. I have not seen the description given with either 

 name, but in a foot note to Cumatilis in his Check List, Mr. Grote 

 remarks : " Dr. Packard calls this species Guenee's Magnoliata ; Guenee's 

 descr., x., 455, calls the fore wings 'white, with black lines dividing the 

 wing in five spaces,' with a ' thick cellular spot.' The hind wings are 

 called ' white,' and there is no ' green ' mentioned. 



I think it is probable I have both forms in these specimens which I 

 captured here last summer for the first time. I have no doubt they are 

 one species, but so distinct in their appearance as to make the use of both 

 names desirable and convenient ; whilst from the boldness of its markings 

 and the superior beauty of the insect, Cutnatilis seems naturally to claim 

 the precedence. 



KIRBY'S "INSECTA." 



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CORRESPONDENCE. 



RARE MOTHS AT MONTREAL. 



Dear Sir : Last fall an important addition was made to our list of 

 Sphingidse. A number of larvae of Philampelus achemon were discovered 

 on cultivated grape-vines growing in the open air, at a gentleman's resi- 

 dence in this city. Another western Sphinx, Deilephila iineata, is taken 

 here, but very rarely. I have heard of only two specimens in ten years. 

 Last year, a specimen of Samia Columbia was brought to me, captured in 

 a central part of the city. A few days afterwards I received a Hepialus 

 thulc, Strecker, described by him in No. 12 of his " Lepidoptera," from 

 a specimen sent him from here by Mr. Caulfield. Mr. J. G. Jack, of 



