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species, several from the United States, and two from Switzerland ; some re- 

 markable Australian Hymenoptera and Coleoptera, recently sent out by Mr. 

 Walker; and a number of duplicate Coleoptera which were distributed 

 amongst the members present. Mr. Reed exhibited many interesting speci- 

 mens of Lepidoptera, including several bred from larvae. 



After spending a few pleasant hours examining specimens and comparing 

 notes, the meeting adjourned. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Extension of habitat of Pieris rap.e, Linn. — On the 1st of October 

 I captured a specimen of P. rapcc, Linn., on flowers in a salt marsh on the 

 New Jersey side of the Hudson River, less than a mile from this city. It in 

 nowise differed from a European specimen in my collection. This, I believe, 

 is the most southerly point from which the appearance of this butterfly has 

 been yet recorded. — Theodore L. Mead, New Tork. 



Pieris rapjE. — The larvae of this insect were very abundant and injurious 

 this year about Montreal ; here they were not numerous, and therefore did 

 little damage. — G. J. Bowles, Quebec. 



Melit.ea phaeton, Cram. — I am glad to be able to inform you that I 

 have a brood of M. phaeton feeding. They were found by Mr. J. L. Mead, 

 of New York, who has spent some time here this season. He found them 

 within close webs which were attached to Chelone glabra, and sometimes to 

 other plants, as Iron-weed " Veronica] and a Solidago. In one instance a 

 web was attached to the two last named. The larvae which I have feed on 

 Chelone) they appear to feed at night, and during the day collect in dense 

 clusters in the corner of the box in which they live. They are now half an 

 inch long, and marked much as the mature specimens. 



Mr. Mead has found the larvae of another species of Melitaea, quite black, 

 and lying — without a web — upon the under side of the leaves of the plant, a 

 specimen of which I enclose with this. [The plant has been kindly deter- 

 mined for us by Prof. Macoun, of Belleville, as the "Actinomeris squarrosa, 

 Nutt.; a tall branching plant from 4 to 8 feet high, with the stem winged 

 above. It is common on the western Prairies."] These larvae are difficult 

 to rear, and probably will not be brought to chrysalis state this season. I 

 suppose them to be M. tharos, or one of the allied small species. — W. H. 

 Edwards, Coalburgh, West Va., September 16th, 1869. 



Larvae on (Enothera. — I was intending to write to you and to Mr. 

 Saunders to-day about the larvae on the (Enothera, when No. I. of the Can. 

 Ent. came to hand. I had been watching them for some days and trying to 



