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appended, the editor of C. E. says that Mr. Edwards " informs us that 

 Mr. David Bruce has taken C. Taygete Hiib., which is syn. of Oeneis 

 jff^r^Sch., in Colorado," Not being satisfied that Mr. Bruce's examples 

 were Taygete Hiib., I sent a male, one of them, to Dr. Staudinger, who 

 replied, 1 6th Oct., 1885: "The Chionobas agrees perfectly with some 

 Bore Hiib., from the highest northern region of Europe, the Varanger 

 Fjord. Bore is a very variable species, and offers all passages to Taygete 

 Hiib., so that I consider the latter as the Labrador form of Bore. Now 

 that the true Bore is also discovered in Colorado is a very interesting 

 fact ; it would be interesting to see a large series of this Colorado form, 

 to know if there also will be passage to the Labrador Taygete!' I saw 

 six examples of this Bore, taken by Mr. Bruce, and they were all of one 

 pattern, so that I do not believe any passage into Taygete will be found 

 in Colorado. In the absence of such, I shall regard Bore as a species 

 distinct from Taygete. It may be one species in Europe, but so far as 

 appears is thoroughly distinct in America. 



On the end of abdomen of one of the females sent me by Mr. Bruce 

 was an egg shell adhering to the hairs. By softening the butterfly, I was 

 able to get this off in fair condition, so that Mrs. Peart has found it pos- 

 sible to make an excellent drawing of it. I do not despair of yet obtain- 

 ing eggs of this species and rearing the larv^. Mr. Bruce found Bore on 

 the highest summits visited by him. 



5. Chionobas Norna, Thunb. 



This species has hitherto been supposed to be limited to Europe and 

 Asia. But I have received three females of it from northern Alaska. One 

 I sent to Dr. Staudinger, who writes, 29th Nov., 1885 : " As far as I can 

 judge from this one bad specimen, it is a dark variety of Norna. This is 

 a very variable species, which I receive also from North and Central Asia, 

 and from whence I have some specimens like to this one sent, although 

 Norna is generally lighter colored."^ The other two females were nearly 

 perfect, and no doubt they are Noma. I hope to figure both Bore and 

 Norna in vol. 3, But. N. A. 



6. On feeding Larvae after Frost has killed the Leaves. 



Mr. A. H. Mundt, of Fairbury, Ills., has told in a former number of 

 Can. Ent. how he fed belated larvae of P. Cresphojites on dried leaves of 

 the prickly ash, which he softened in water, and that his larvae went to 

 pupation. He writes, 13th Nov., '85 : " I have still five larvae of Cres- 



