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Walker's catalogue. The labels are all in his handwriting. Mr. 

 D' Urban sent the collection to Mr. E. B. Reed who reset them, 

 taking care to preserve the identification. The collection has 

 thus twice crossed the Atlantic." 



The re-setting was probably a change from the English 

 custom of pinning low to the use of long pins and to a much higher 

 position. 



Dr. J. McDunnough, of Decatur, 111., has recently inspected 

 the collection and has published a series of notes on a number of 

 the specimens in vol. Ill, No. 1, of the Barnes & McDunnough, 

 "Contributions, to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of 

 North America." 



Mr. D' Urban published "A systematic list of Lepidoptera 

 collected in the vicinity of Montreal" in The Canadian Naturalist 

 and Geologist, vol. V, pp. 241-266, and in vol. VI, pp. 36-42 under 

 the title "Addenda to the Natural History of the River Rouge" 

 (Montreal, 1860-1861) descriptions of new species of Nocturnal 

 Lepidoptera, by Mr. Francis Walker of the British Museum, the 

 types of most of which are in this "D'LIrban Collection." 



The remaining forty-four drawers of this cabinet contain a 

 variety of very beautiful and interesting specimens from various 

 parts of the world. Fifteen drawers are filled with gorgeous 

 butterflies and moths from India, China, Japan, Africa, South 

 America and the West Indies; six with beetles of wonderful shapes 

 and colours from India, Australia, Africa and South America; 

 two with East Indian Hymenoptera, Hemiptera and Orthoptera; 

 one with tropical Arthropods (scorpions, centipedes, etc.) There 

 are also four drawers of English Lepidoptera and one of Diptera 

 sent by Mr. F. Walker of the British Museum. The remainder are 

 filled with North American specimens from the Southern and 

 Western States, Manitoba (collected by the late Mr. E. F. Heath), 

 some remarkable hybrids of Saturnian moths, silk and cocoons, 

 Insect Architecture, etc. 



The most important collections belonging to the Society are 

 contained in one hundred drawers arranged in five double cabinets. 

 Twelve drawers are filled with Butterflies, six with Sphinges, 

 twelve with Bombycid moths, nineteen with Noctuids, six with 

 Geometers and seven with Micro-Lepidoptera. The remaining 



