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fruit growers had derived from the pubHcation of the results of their 

 investigations on noxious insects injurious to fruits. 



Prof. Buckland, of the Department of Agriculture, Toronto, spoke 

 of the great utility of the work carried on by the Society in diffusing 

 information in reference to the various insect pests which afflict the farmer 

 and fruit grower, and of the flattering notices he had seen in foreign 

 journals concerning the Canadian Entomologist. He believed the 

 Society well deserved the cordial support of all those interested in 

 agriculture. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES 

 BELONGING TO THE N. AMERICAN FAUNA. 



BY W. H. EDWARDS, COALBURGH, W. VA. 



Melitaea tilrica. 



Male — Expands .85 inch. 



Upper side black, marked and spotted with deep red fulvous, much 

 as in P. vesia ; both wings have a submarginal series of small crescents, 

 the one on middle of primaries considerably larger than any other ; on 

 primaries this series is preceded by a sinuous row of small spots, and next 

 by a bent row of larger ones ; a fourth row curves round the end of the 

 cell, and there are some spots in and below cell. Secondaries have two 

 rows of irregular small spots across the extra discal area, and across the 

 disk a broad band ; some spots in cell and on basal area ; fringes fuscous 

 alternating with white. 



Under side of primaries black over the outer fourth ; next the margin 

 a narrow band made up of confluent fulvous spots, and immediately 

 beyond this is a series of small white spots, corresponding with the sub- 

 marginal series on upper side, the middle one long, lanceolate, and a 

 similar one at apex, but somewhat smaller ; the second row of upper side 

 is repeated, but beyond this to base the ground is mostly fulvous, repre- 

 senting the spots of upper side, but now enlarged and mostly confluent ; 

 secondaries have a marginal band like that of primaries, followed by a 

 complete series of large white spots, crenated, or the middle ones almost 



