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measures for the preservation of their crop. On the few plants in my own 

 garden scores of the larva; were found. A market-gardener who lives 

 close by me — Mr. Wra. Eddie — informs me that on one day during the 

 summer he and his assistants together gathered four bushels of the 

 " worms " off an acre and a quarter of tomatoes ! During many days 

 following they seemed almost as numerous as ever, in spite of continuous 

 hand-picking. Yesterday (Oct. 18) Mr, Eddie brought me a newly 

 escaped imago. Is not this autumnal appearance most unusual ? I sup- 

 pose that it may be attributed to the long continuance of warm weather ; 

 up to to-day nothing has yet been touched by frost in my garden. 



C. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope, Ont. 



on l. lucia and pseudargiolus. 

 Dear Sir, — 



In the absence of all knowledge of the preparatory stages of Lycaena 

 Lticia, the date of the first appearance of this species and L. pseudargiolus 

 var. neglecta, at this place the present season, are not favorable to Mr. 

 Edwards' view of their being one and the same thing. One male example 

 of Lucia was found on April 4th. On the 8th several appeared, two 

 males taken. On the 12th males common, one female taken. On the 

 19th several pairs taken copulating ; many observed. A male neglecta 

 taken, apparently just emerged. On 22nd both sexes of Lucia common ; 

 males worn ; several male neglectas abroad. On April 30th and May 4th 

 females of Lucia observed depositing eggs on flower buds of Cornus 

 Florida. May 9th, female neglectas abroad, both sexes of which have been 

 observed up to July 10th. The last Lucia was observed May 9th. The 

 above observations were carefully and conscientiously made. If, in the 

 end, it shall be proved that Lucia is'an early spring form oi pseudargiolus, 

 the above is almost couclusive evidence that deep coloration is not wholly 

 the result of frigid weather. 



Note. — It is with trepid hand that I pen the fact that two species of 

 Rhopalocera, believed by some of our boreal friends to exist no where in 

 this State outside of famous Center — N. canthus and A. vialis — are fre- 

 quently met with in this section. 



E. C. Howe, M. D., Yonkers, N. Y. 



