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of Noctuidae and loo or so of Geometridpe, etc., but having had no chance 

 of seeing other collections, from the present state of literature I cannot 

 identify a great number. 



I should like very much if some of your readers could give me the 

 life-history of Brephos infans, particularly as to the time of flight. I 

 have taken this rare moth when a boy, and knew enough to mention that 

 it was caught " at birch trees in May," but neglected to note whether it 

 was day or night, and I cannot remember now. I have several other 

 rare captures, and some day might report them if you think it would 

 interest your readers. 



\HqiT'^.— Brephos ijifans is a day flier, and from its irregular flight, as 

 well as its colour, is very difficult to follow. The larva feeds on birch. — 

 Ed.] 



NOTES ON THE PREPARATORY STAGES OF EREBIA 



EPIPSODEA (Butler). 



BY H. H. LYMAN, MONTREAL, 



In Part IX. of the 3rd series of Edwards's Butterflies of North 

 America is given a very full and beautifully illustrated history of this 

 species from the egg to imago ; but as I have bred this species during the 

 summer of 1895, through all its stages, and as the life-history, as worked 

 out by me, differs in certain important particulars from that recorded by 

 Mr. Edwards, I think it advisable that I should give my experience in 

 the rearing of this very interesting species. 



On 4th of July I received from Mr. J. A. Guignard, Assistant 

 Botanist and Entomologist of the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, 

 a number of eggs which had been sent to Dr. Fletcher by Mr. T. N. 

 Willing, of Olds, Alberta; Dr. Fletcher having left for an extended trip 

 through the Northwest Territories and British Colum.bia. The eggs were 

 hatching when received, and their colour could not, therefore, be ascer- 

 tained. They had been sent on 24th June, and the egg period, supposing 

 them to have been laid the day before they were mailed, would be, thus, 

 1 1 days. No intimation was given me as to the species, but I afterwards 

 received from Mr. Guignard a specimen of E. Epipsodea, which had 

 been sent along with the eggs, and was doubtless the one that laid them. 



Egg. — Height, i.c6 mm.; diameter, .89 mm.; very much of the general 

 shape of that of C Jutta, as figured in Scudder's Butterflies of New 



