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The following species in Mr. Heath's collection struck me as being 

 of particular interest : — 



1. Papilio oregonia. — Precisely like specimens taken in the Okanagan 

 Valley, British Columbia, which was the most eastern locality previously 

 recorded in Canada, nearly one thousand miles due west. It may be 

 noted that Artemisia dracunculoides, the food plant of P. oregonia in 

 British Columbia, also grows wild on Mr, Heath's farm. 



2. Vanessa californica. — The occurrence of this species in Manitoba 

 is no less remarkable than that of the last. I do not think there is any 

 previous Canadian record east of the Rocky Mountains. 



3. Nat kalis iole. — This is very far out of its previously known range. 



4. Chio7iobas varwia. — Chiefly notable for the late date of capture, 

 namely, August ; but the locality also is much farther east than previous 

 records. 



5. Thecla strigosa. — Of this species I have had scores sent to me for 

 identification, from Ontario and Eastern Canada, during the last five 

 or six years, and never saw but two specimens of the form showing the 

 large fulvous patches on the primaries, which Mr. Scudder thinks was 

 intended to be represented under the name " T. liparops" by Boisduval 

 and Leconte. As far as I can remember, all of the Manitoban specimens 

 of T. strigosa that I have seen (about 40 in number) show these fulvous 

 blotches very distinctly, and the specimens are slightly but uniformly 

 smaller than specimens from Ontario, etc. This would indicate, I think, 

 that the Manitoban form is sufficiently distinct to be designated by a 

 special name, and I suggest for it T. strigosa, var. Liparops. I have 

 specimens from Cartwright, Winnipeg and Brandon. 



6. Thecla 1 Mr. Heath has one specimen of a very fine Thecla, 



quite unlike any described American species, of which I hope he will 

 some day obtain further specimens for description. 



7. Lyconna amyjittila. — This is the common tailed-blue, not only in 

 Southern Manitoba, but at Winnipeg, and as far east, at any rate, as 

 Nepigon, north of Lake Superior. The eggs are laid on the pedicels of 

 the flowers of Lathyrus ochroleticus, in identically the same manner as is 

 done by the same species in British Columbia, on the pedicels of the 

 same species and of Lathyrus venosus. 



