1915] The Ottawa Naturalist. 155 



Raspberry, and in 1880 on mint. The pupa is a striking 

 object, being of a cream colour beautifully marked with a 

 wide, irregular, broken, black band on dorsum and a 

 row of lateral black spots. In length it is about 20 mm. 



Palceoplusia venusta Walk. 2 July, 1899, (Y); 24 Aug., 1900, 

 (Y); 27 Aug., 1902, (G) ; 30 Aug., 1899, (G). 



Abrostola urentis Gr. 19 Aug., 1900, (Y). 



The moths have also been reared by Mr. Young from 

 mature larvae collected on 15 Aug., 1898, 15 Sept., 1899, 

 and 8 June, 1905. The larvae were found on nettle. I 

 have recently had an opportunity of examining two inflated 

 specimens. The caterpillar is a rather handsome one, being 

 pale green in colour or pale brownish, with whitish 

 V-shaped marks on dorsum, one on each abdominal segment, 

 the sides of which inwardly are bordered with pale brown 

 in the green specimens and darker brown in the pale brownish 

 variety. On segments 5, 6 and 12, the lower portion of the 

 V-shaped mark is filled with brown, an indistinct whitish 

 dorsal stripe is present, and a wide white stigmatal band 

 bordered above with brown. On either side of each ab- 

 dominal segment is a wide oblique dark dash. Head pale 

 green, reticulated with brown. Down the centre of each 

 cheek is a darker band of brown and on either side a wide 

 margin of the same colour. In the brownish larvae the 

 head is of a much darker brown, the reticulations being 

 very distinct. The thoracic feet are pale brown, the 

 prolegs being concolorous with the body. The posterior 

 half of the anal feet are brown. 



RANDOM BOTANICAL NOTES FROM PORTNEUF 



COUNTY, QUE. 



By Bro. M. Victorin, of the Christian Schools, Longueuil 



College, Que. 



Botanically speaking, the Laurentian area of Quebec is 

 very nearly untrodden ground. It has been the good fortune of 

 the writer to spend a full week on the upper part of the River 

 Ste. Anne, Portneuf Co., towards St. Raymond and the vicinity, 

 and to observe some of its prominent fioristic features. 



;As could be expected we find that the flora of the district, 

 though not difTering essentially from that of the Laurentian 

 zone north of Montreal, exhibits, nevertheless, a somewhat 

 more pronounced boreal aspect. 



