22 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



land, mostly unfit for agriculture, and in it I do not think there is a single 

 collector. The few we have are nearly all in the central portion of the 

 Province, and I alone am near the southern boundary. 



I have taken a few specimens during the last two years of Rhizagrotis 

 perolivalis. Smith, a species which was, I believe, originally taken near 

 Calgary in Alberta, and during the same years some six or seven examples 

 oi Xylophasia Miniota, Smith, came to my sugared trees during the early 

 part of June. Miniota, where the first specimens were taken that reached 

 Dr. J. B. Smith, and hence the name, is about the centre of the western 

 boundary of Manitoba. The species is a large and conspicuous one, as 

 larje as Hadena devastatrix, Brace, and one that could not possibly be 

 overlooked by a collector. It is strange that it should simultaneously 

 appear in two places so far apart. 



Eiixoa focinus^ Smith, was taken by me for the first time in 1906. 



In, I think, 1884 Deilephila lineata^ Fabr., was very plentiful, so 

 much so that I only took the trouble to catch two or three. I have not 

 seen it since. The other species, D. Chamcenerii, Harris, is generally to 

 be seen at bloom in the early summer. 



In 1905 I took at sugar about two dozen of Dargida procindus, 

 Grote, prior to which date I have only taken a couple ; in 1906 I did not 

 see one. Whole genera have disappeared, but this may in great measure 

 be attributed to the destruction of food-plants by cultivation and by 

 cattle. I have not taken an Hydrcecia for some years, thanks to my 

 sheep having cleared up all the weeds in the scrub and in the paddocks 

 round about my house. The Leucanias and the Plusias have also been 

 very scarce lately — probably from the same cause. I do not think I have 

 taken an Arctian imago or seen a larva for the last two or three years; 

 the same may be said of the genus Schinia. 



The Chorizagrotis genus has, on the other hand, come out strongly. 

 I have now taken six out of the eight species listed ; during the earlier 

 years of my collecting I rarely met with it. The first species to be 

 captured was C. iiitroferens, Grote, and the others followed. With regard 

 to Geometers the case is somewhat different ; they may be here, but the 

 weather may be unfavourable for them to come to ligiit or to be much on 

 the wing. The same with the Micros ; I have taken hardly any for the 

 last two seasons. In 1906 our few species of Sphingidse seemed to have 

 disappeared ; perhaps owing to the weather, light had no attraction; at all 

 events, I did not get any, while in some previous seasons they were a 

 perfect nuisance, as I had to kill them off my windows before I could take 

 other things that I wanted. 



