THE CA.NADIA.N ENTOMOLOGIST. 147 



NUTKS ON COLLECTlNrx, AND NAMES NEW TO THE 



CANADIAN LIST. 



BY J. ALSTON MOFFAT, LONDON, ONT. 



The season of 1894 was, in this locality, of rather an unusual 

 character. Spring appeared with March, lasting up to the 25th, when we 

 had a series of light snow-storms and hard frosts, which continued to the 

 7th of April. Then we had weeks of the most charming, moderate and 

 enjoyable weather. After the middle of May we had frequent thunder- 

 showers ; the 28th was cold and snowy, with a killing frost at night. It 

 remained cold to the 7th of June, when it changed to warm weather, and 

 for the rest of June and throughout July we had an almost unbroken time 

 of excessive heat. August was dry as well as hot, and its effects were 

 seen in the coloured leaves of trees and bushes, and much more so in 

 weeds and grasses. In the early part of September rain set in, which 

 freshened vegetation greatly, but frosts followed at the end of the month. 



I kept a look-out for P. cresphontes, to see if it would be as plentiful 

 as in the previous year. During June I saw a number on the wing. On 

 the 7th of July I got two full-fed larvse, which matured in due time, but 

 during the remainder of the season I did not see a specimen of cresphontes 

 in any stage. Just the reverse of my last season's observations of it. 



During the latter part of June and early part of July insect life was 

 in profusion, but a combination of causes prevented me from giving close 

 attention to it, yet I secured several interesting things new to me. 



I am indebted to Professors C. H. Fernald and J. B. Smith for the 

 following names, which are new to the Canadian list ; excepting the 

 geometer, which was identified by means of Packard's monograph : — 



Plusia dyaus, Grote. Taken by Anderson. This seems to be properly 

 a more southerly species ; might easily be mistaken iox precationis. 



Bomolocha citata, Grote. Taken by Anderson. Grote says : "Our smallest 

 species. Expanse, 19 mm." 



Bomoiocha ioretita, Grote. "Very recognizable from the whitish blotch 

 on internal margin of primaries." — Grote. 



Petrophora testata, Linn. I took a single specimen of this handsome 

 insect on the 9th of August, 1894, and diligent search failed to secure 

 another. As an example of " unequal distribution," I will mention 

 that there are now five species of Petrophora, represented in the 



