17(3 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



PAPILIO CRESPHONTES. 



Sir, — About the 17th of August, a specimen of Papilio cresphoiites 

 was seen by Mr. Charles Currelley, on the southern shore of Sparrow 

 Lake, about one hundred and ten miles north of Lake Ontario. It was a 

 fine specimen and was flying aimlessly about over the water. I think 

 that this is the most northerly appearance of this insect which has been 

 recorded. " Carlyle Ellis, Toronto. 



BREPHOS INFANS MOESCHL, AT OTTAWA. 



I have much pleasure in recording the capture of a nice specimen of 

 this rare and beautiful moth, at Ottawa. It was taken by Lady Marjorie A. 

 Hamilton-Gordon, who writes : "I caught it in a sunny glade of fir woods, 

 behind Government House, on April 12th. It was among fir trees 

 and stumps. 1 had seen one there two days before, flying high among 

 the trees. I noticed my specimen crawling up a long stalk, with its 

 wings closed; and then it flew away, more like a butterfly than a moth." 



The Ottawa entomologists have been on the lookout for this insect 

 for many years ; but, until now, no one has succeeded in securing it. We 

 hope that Lady Marjorie, who is an enthusiastic callector, will be equally 

 fortunate with some of the other insects which ought to be found at 

 Ottawa, but which have not yet been discovered here. J. Fletcher. 



CORRIGENDA. 



Sir, — It is, perhaps, worth while to suggest corrections for several 

 errors noticed in recent issues of Canadian Entomologist : — 



In October number, 1892, on p. 265, lines 12 to 14 contain an< 

 inaccuracy. My observations indicated wiUow as a food-plant of the 

 larva of Colias nastes (not C. interior). The record was correctly made 

 by Mr. Fletcher in 1889 (Twentieth Annual Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont., page 7). 



An error occurs in March number, 1S93. On p. 87, line 20, Banff is 

 mentioned as a Canadian habitat of Chionobas Brticei. The correct 

 locality is Hector, B. C. 



On p. 54, March number, 1892, Mr. W, H. Edwards mentions my 

 having told him that Vaccinium was the food-plant of Colias interior. 

 My statement requires correction. It referred to a local species, which 

 at that time I considered as probably Interior, but which, with more 

 complete material, has proved to be allied more closely to Pelidne and 

 Scuddcri than to Interior. Thomas E. Bean, Laggan, Alberta. 



Mailed June 9th. 



