THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 109 



NOTE ON DEILEPHILA GALII, ROTT. 



Mr. Percy B. Gregson, of Blackfalds, Alta., sends a painting, made by- 

 Mr. F. C. Clare, of Edmonton, of the larva of Deilephila gaiii, Rottem- 

 burg. Mr. Gregson writes that these large larvai are a luscious treat for 

 prairie chickens in early autumn, and are quite often found entire, although, 

 of course, dead, in their crops. These larvae in the Northwest feed on the 

 Giant VVillowherb \Chanuenerion angustifoliuin (L.), Scop.], and it was 

 from this food-plant that its m.ore generally-known name of Chaincenerii 

 was derived. I have read that these larvae are also eaten regularly by 

 some tribes of Indians in California. Some years ago I examined the 

 contents of the crops of four prairie chickens from Western Manitoba, 

 and found them stuffed with the hips of the prairie rose, the leaves of the 

 alkali-loving Ranunculus \Oxygr aphis cymbalaria (Pursh) Prantl.], and 

 many specimens of Chrysomela luiiata, Fab. The specific name of the 

 insect under discussion is, I presume, merely the genitive case of Galium^ 

 the botanical name of the Bedstraw, one of the food-plants of the larva. 

 If this is the case, the usual spelling with the letter / doubled is a mistake, 

 notwithstanding that it appears so spelled in most lists. Although 

 properly spelled in the index of Dr. Dyar's new list, it is in the inaccurate 

 form in the body of the work. I merely mention the matter, because I 

 find that the mistake, if it is one, occurs both in European and American 

 lists. — J. Fletcher. 



NOTE ON NORTH AMERICAN ATTACI, 



BY A. KADCLIKFE GROTE, HILDESHEIM, GERMANY, 



I repeat here, for the benefit of American readers, the descriptions of 

 two abberations, given by me originally in the pages of the Insekten 

 Borse, 1902. 



Samia Cali/ornica, ab. pafzihnaciila. — The male specimen is of a 

 lighter red than usual, and the lunate discal spots are so reduced on all 

 four wings as to appear half the usual size. They are, in fact, narrow, 

 and only about 5 mm. in length, squarish in form. The antennae are 

 greatly reduced, the usual length being about 20 mm., while here they are 

 only about 14 to 15 mm., and the pectinations appear to be proportion- 

 ately reduced. The expanse is normal, about 95 mm., but at first sight 

 the specimen suggests a diff"erent species. 



I may mention here a female, S. Californica, which has the right 

 secondary smaller and of a peculiar translucent appearance, suggesting an 



