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terested him in entomology, and taught him how to observe and collect. 

 This was in 1891. He was, therefore, 56 years of age at the time of his 

 death, though supposed to be a very much older man. He succeeded in 

 collecting a number of rare species, and made many careful observations 

 on the life habits of these and others, some of which have been published 

 in this and other entomological magazines. The last time I heard from 

 him was in February, when he sent me some specimens and a note on 

 the preparatory stages of Ardia virginalis. His untimely death is a loss 

 to entomology, as he was a keen observer and diligent collector in a 

 little-known locality, and had only just begun a work which would have 

 been of great value. He lived all alone among the moimtains, and has 

 left neither wife nor child to mourn his departure. C. J. S. B. 



CoLiAS C^soNiA. — In our last issue the capture of this butterfly at 

 Toronto was recorded. Mr. James Walker, of Orillia, Ont., writes : " I 

 saw numbers of Colias Ccp.so?iia flying over a clover field to-day (July 

 13th). I captured four, two of which were perfect. I had only liberty 

 to walk on the edge of the field, or I might have been more successful. 

 Mr. Grant has also captured five or six." 



Mr. E. F. Heath writes, from Cartwright, Manitoba: "On June 

 19th I captured a rather worn specimen of C. Ccesonia. A {evf days 

 subsequently I had a distant view of what I took to be another example. 

 On July loth I chased, but did not succeed in capturing, a fresh-looking 

 specimen, and on the 15th was fortunate enough to take a very good one. 

 I have since seen one or two more. It is not very easy of capture when 

 assisted by a prairie breeze. This is the first time I have noticed the 

 butterfly during a residence in the country of sixteen years." 



LiBYTHEA Bachmani. — Mr. McDonough captured a specimen east 

 of Toronto, in 1895, and one in his garden in the city on the 7th of 

 June last. The only previous Canadian records are Port Stanley, London 

 and Hamilton. 



Thecla Sheridani. — No less than fifteen specimens of this ex- 

 tremely rare butterfly were taken in the foothills west of Fort Collins, 

 Colorado, at the end of April, by Professor Gillette, of the State Agri- 

 cultural College, Fort Collins, and Mr. S. T. Mason, of Denver, 

 Colorado. 



Mailed August ist. 



