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They spun their white, compact cocoons in clusters attached to 

 the skins of their victims. The first imagos of milberti appeared 

 in my breeding-cage on the 13th of June. 



The large Skipper {Eudamus tityrus Fab.) might be seen on 

 the Caledonia Road. I had become acquainted with this insect 

 on Mount Royal, where its larvae fed on the Hog-peanut (Amplii- 

 carpoea monoica Nutt), but there I had seen it in its short flights 

 only, as it skipped from bush to bush. When there I witnessed 

 its rapid flight through the open for the first time, I was puzzled. 

 Its direct course; the peculiar motion of its wings; the flashes, in 

 the sunshine, of the large, heart-shaped, silvery patches on the 

 under side of the hind wings — all were new to me. I had to catch 

 the insect to make sure of its identity. In the neighbourhood of 

 Hull its larvae feed on Robinia pseudacacia L. It gathers several 

 leaflets of the tree together, binds them, and feeds under their 

 cover. 



A stream, the outlet of Fairy Lake, crossed the Caledonia 

 Road, and over it a rude wooden bridge w^as thrown. At this point 

 the Turtle-head (Chelone glabra L.), the Vervain (Verbena verticil- 

 lata H. B. K.), the lovely Swamp Loosestrife (Decodon verticillata 

 H.B.K.) and the Joe Pie Weed {Eiipatorium purpureum L.) grew 

 in a tangle. On the last named the larva? of the handsome Tiger 

 Moth (Arctia caja L.) fed. 



Ought not this specific name to be written and pronounced 

 Caia? Linneeus, in naming it, probably had in mind the form of 

 words spoken by the bride in the marriage ceremonies of the 

 ancients: " Ubi tii Cains, ibi ego Caia.'' We have an instance of the 

 use of the long i, or j, in the last of the numerals representing /o^^r 

 — iiij. Halleluiah was spelt w'th a j in former times; and I once knew 

 a worthy clergyman whose name was Micaiah, but who always 

 spelt it Micajah, with a thought, I doubt not, of the sacred name 

 in the 68th Psalm.* 



On the growth spoken of above the pretty Neuropteron 

 Chauliodes serricornis Say was often to be seen. 



Along the Caledonia Road locusts were numerous. In 1909, 

 particularly, our largest species, Dissosteira Carolina L., abounded. 



* Praise Him in His name Jah and rejoice before Him. Psalm LXV'HI, 4. 



