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BOOK NOTICE, 

 The Butterflies of North America, 3RD Series, Part XII. 



The last part of Mr. W. H. Edwards's magnificient work has just 

 appeared. For bi^auty of illustration and interest to Canadian Lepi- 

 dopterists, it surpasses all previously issued i:arts. The first plate .shows 

 the type of C/iiofwbas Chryxas, var. Calms, Scudder, from Hudson's 

 Bay and a similiar form which is found at Banff in the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. The second plate shows in full all the different stages of the 

 rare Canadian species, C. Jutia. This insect has been twice taken at 

 Ottawa. A special expedition having been arranged to visit the Mer 

 Bleue in the end of June last. The day was very unpropitious, and only 

 one specimen was seen. This was run down and captured after a hard 

 chase. The species has been taken in restricted localities in Maine, at 

 Quebec, Ottawa, Nepigon and in the Rocky Mountains. There are 

 some interesting points in its life-history which need clearing up and 

 we recommend the subject to our local members, as an opportunity for 

 doing good scientific work. The third plate shows two more rare 

 species of the same genus, C Grambis from Labrador and C. Briicti, 

 which is said to have been taken at Banff by Mr. T. E. Bean. 



Mr. Edwards's great work is indispensable to all Lepidopterists, and 

 we have lately learnt with great pleasure that $500 has been granted 

 from the " Bache Fund " ot the American National Academy towards 

 the publication of this important contribution to scientific knowledge. 



J. F. 

 ENTOMOLOGY. 

 Edited by W. Hague Harrington. 



Among the less common coleoptera taken during the past year may 

 be mentioned the following species : 



Chlcenius niger, Rand, of which a specimen was taken near Dow's 

 Swamp on April 30th. This is our rarest species of Chlaenius, 

 only two specimens having been taken by me previously, one in 

 Stewart's bush, (now nearly disappeared), on May 6th, 1S83, and one 

 near Hull on May 17th, 1890. 



Chlxnius totiuntosus, Say. This species is nlso not common, but 

 a specimen was taken in the same locality, on the slope of the dam, 

 between the canal and the swamp, on May 23rd. In shape it closely 



