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cornel, etc., and the meadow, whicli has been caused by a former beaver- 

 dam, is covered with coarse grass and sedges, and bordered by small 

 spruce and tamarack. 



The afternoon was brighter and Mr. Evans drove us down to Sudbury 

 (about five miles), so that we might visit with him the locality where he 

 had captured five examples of the desired Erebia on 12th May, 1889 

 {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. III., p. 154.) It was of course a month later, 

 but he was almost certain that he had seen one of these butterflies flit past 

 the Sudbury Railway Station a week before, and we had hopes that we 

 might obtain the coveted insect. Along the road every butterfly that 

 flitted on ahead was anxiously watched, but each proved to belong to 

 some commoner species. We collected many fine examples of Phyciodes 

 JVycteis, which was very abundant and in perfect condition. We also 

 obtained, under the loose bark of a stump, a pupa of this species which 

 transformed to the imago during our visit. 



From Sudbury we walked across the country in the direction of the 

 Stobie mine ; the ground being, as usual, rough and largely covered with 

 ferns and brambles, interspersed with clumps of small poplars, birches, 

 chokecherries, etc. No trace of Erebia could be found, but smaller and 

 less remarkable insects occurred in fair numbers, including several 

 species of saw-flies, of which Tenthredo semirtifa was the most abundant. 

 Black-flies {Siimditim) were, however, so numerous and voracious that 

 they made collecting very difticult, while they were ably assisted by the 

 deer-flies {Chrysops.) 1 have had opportunities of becoming acquainted 

 with such intrusive insects from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but I think 

 that the black-flies of Sudbury could take first place for persistence of 

 attack. Having separated from my companions, who carried the bottle 

 of mosquito-oil, I was finally obliged to beat a retreat to the village, where 

 my gory visage excited the risibilities of some of the inhabitants and in- 

 duced them to size me up as a "tenderfoot." One mining individual 

 went so far as to make some personal reflections on my "everlastingly 

 chawed up " appearance, for which he afterwards apologized by stating 

 that he had recently suffered in the same way himself, and he offered to 

 confirm his unintention of giving offence, by inviting me to inspect the 

 nearest poison (not fly) dispensary, hoping probably to find out if I was 

 prospecting, or interested in mining areas. 



Returning to Copper Cliff we spent a very pleasant and profitable 

 evening examining the fine collections made by Mr. Evans in this district, 



