<% Canadian Entomologist. 



VOL. III. LONDON, ONT., SEPTEMBER, 1871. No. 5. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES DURING A TRIP TO LAKES 



HURON AND SUPERIOR. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



It was recently my good fortune to spend a very pleasant fortnight — from 

 August 10 to August 24 — on Lakes Huren and Superior, chiefly with a 

 view to obtain a thorough rest from work of every description, and to 

 enjoy the pure bracing air and splendid scenery of these inland seas. The 

 greater portion of the time was spent on the steamboats Algoma and 

 Ckicora, and as most of the stoppages at the various ports were made at 

 night, I had few opportunities for collecting insects. I remained over, 

 however, for five days on the Canadian side at Sault Ste. Marie, and 

 devoted as much of the time as I possibly could to the investigation 

 of the insects of the neighborhood. During the summer of 1870, I 

 also paid a short visit to the Sault, and passed a few days there and 

 at Garden River, and Bruce Mines. On that occasion, as I accompanied 

 the Bishop of Toronto on his Confirmation tour among the Indians, I 

 had no opportunity to do more than pick up a few specimens here 

 and there ; these I shall mention, with the captives of this year, under 

 their different localities. So few Entomological investigations have been 

 made in that far-stretching north-western region, that I do not hesitate 

 to occupy a portion of our space with an account of the little I have 

 been able to do myself, and trust that it may be of interest to the 

 reader. 



LEPIDOPTERA RHOPALOCERA. 



Pieris oleracea Boisd. (P. casta, Kirby). — Very common at Collingwood 

 both last year and this ; a few observed at Bruce Mines ; not uncommon 

 at Sault Ste. Marie. Taken on the north shore of Lake Superior by 

 Agassiz's •Expedition in 1848. 



Colias philodice Godt.— Plentiful at Collingwood, Bruce Mines, and 

 St. Joseph's Island ; excessively abundant at the Sault. 



