30<i THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



before the middle of June, the latter Hying into July. Vanessa Alilbertii 

 and Pyrameis atalanta and car dm were unusually abundant duiing the 

 spring and early summer. 



Argyiifiis iievadensis, Edw. — I captured my first specimen of this 

 handsome '• fritillary " on June 25th at Carberry. Mr. Boger reports it 

 to have been plentiful in June at the Experimental Farm, Brandon. It 

 has not turned up yet at Winnipeg. 



Neonympha canthus, Bd. -Lee. —Some I took at Carberry on June 

 26th appeared to be unusually pale for fresh specimens. 



Erebia discoidalis, Kirby, and Erebia epipsodea, Butl. — Specimens 

 of both these species have been received from Mr. Dennis, of Beulah, 

 taken there in 1899. 



Hipparchia Ridingsii, Edw. — Mr. Norman Criddle, of Aweme, takes 

 this species in his district. 



Chionobas varima, Edw. — In June, 1899, Mr. Marmont, of Roun- 

 thwaite, and I took a good series on the slopes and summit of the 

 Brandon Hills, and in the sandy district near Treesbank and that of 

 Aweme it occurred quite plentifully. Some examples of Alberta were 

 captured during my visit to his place. 



Chionobas jidta, Hbn. — Through the kindness of the Messrs. Criddle 

 and their guidance from Aweme into the Douglas swamp (some 10 or 12 

 miles), we were able to see this fine butterfly on the wing. The date, 

 lune 1 8th (1899), however, was a little too late, and few of those netted 

 were worth keeping. I think the specimens were somewhat larger and 

 more brightly coloured than those from the Gomin swamp, Quebec. 



Fieris napi, Esp. — Early in May •' whites " were plentiful in the 

 vicinity of my house, and I supposed that they were rapce, which is our 

 common Pieris now. Examining my sn^all boy's captures later on. I was 

 surprised to find that he had been taking the above species, usually 

 a rarity here, and that there was not a single rapce in the lot. 



Anthocharis olympia, Edw. — Examples of this species have been 

 taken by Mr. N. Criddle, and by Mr. Robinson, of the Experimental 

 Farm, Brandon. 



Colias eurythenie, Bdv. — This season has been noted for the 

 abundance of " oranges "; they have been common from May into 

 October. In 1899, I did not see one the whole season. "Albinos" 

 were plentiful in June; on the 27th at Carberry this form predominated: 

 unfortunately, few were any good. 



