38 TrtK CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Addenda to the Entomological Society's second list of Canadian Lepidop- 

 tera, on the strength of a specimen captured near Belleville, Ont., and sent 

 us by Prof. Macoun for identification — a locality not far distant from 

 Brighton. We have never heard of any other specimens having been 

 taken in this country, hut we trust collectors will be on the look out for 

 this magnificent insect. Drury, the original describer of the species, states 

 that it breeds "twice in the year, in June and September. According to 

 Abbott and Smith, the larva feeds on the plane tree (Platanus occidentalism 

 L.) oak, liquidambar and pine ; some are tawny color, others tawny and 

 orange ; others green. They are furnished with long rigid hairs, and the 

 second and third segments of the body are armed with two pair of short, 

 erect, rugose horns." Dr. Fitch mentions the pine as its almost invariable 

 food plant in the Northern States. We trust Prof. Macoun will keep a 

 sharp look-out for the larva during his rambles this summer. — Ed. C. E.] 



Erratum. — In the Cam. Ent., vol. 2, page 157, the dimensions of the 

 larva of Sesia diffuiis is incorrectly given as " length 1-5 to i-7th inches :" 

 it should be 1-5 to 1-7 in.— that is, onc-and-five-tenths to one-and-seven- 

 tenths of an inch. — Theo. L. Mead, New York. 



Personal. —Mr. E. G. Sanborn has recently accepted a Professorship 



in Practical Entomology, in the Bussey Agricultural School of Harvard 

 University, lie will still continue to be connected with the Boston Society 

 of Natural History. — Mr. Theodore E. Mead, of New York, has just 

 started on a three months' collecting tour in Colorado, where he expects 

 to obtain many new and rare species of insects ; his address for the next 

 two or three months will be Denver. Col— Mr. G. VV. Belfrage, of Waco, 

 Texas, has set out on his expedition to New Mexico, as recently advertised 

 in this journal. During his absence shares in his collections may be had 

 at any time by paying the subscription ($25.00) to Swenson, Perkins&i Co., 

 80 Beaver street, New York. — Mr. C. V. Riley. State Entomologist of 

 Missouri, has left for England on a visit to his native land ; we heartily 

 wish him a pleasant voyage and safe return. 



Paimlioxid.-v.. — Mr. Wallace ("On Natural Selection,'' p. 189) states 

 that no less than 130 species of Malayan Papilionidae are now known. 

 The exceeding richness of the Malayan region in these fine insects is seen 

 by comparing the number of species found in the different tropical regions 

 of the earth. From all Africa only 33 species of Papilio are known ; but 

 as several are still undescribed in collections, we may raise their number to 

 about 40. In all tropical Asia there are at present described only 65 

 species ; in South America, south of Panama, there are 150 species belong- 

 ing to a single genus and eight groups. The Malay species belong to three 



