368 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Species being in the collections of the U.S. National Museum has 

 led to a re-examination of them and the characters given show 

 them to be abundantly distinct. In view of these characters, what 

 Messrs. Swenk and Cockerell had under the name ornatipes is 

 somewhat of a mystery. 



Panurginus ornatipes Cresson. — Male type: Process of 

 labrum emarginate; punctures covering clypeus; punctures of 

 mesoscutum small, sparse, at median anterior margin the punctures 

 more sparse than at sides; a yellow stripe exteriorly on middle tibiae 

 (hind tibse missing, but in a specimen from Paris, Texas, which is 

 certainly conspecific with the type, the hind tibiae have a similar 

 stripe) ; wings yellowish and slightly dusky. 



Panurginus nehrascensis Crawford. — Male type: Process of 

 labrum rounded apically, punctures covering clypeus; punctures 

 of mesocutum, large, close, at anterior ends of parapsidal furrows 

 separated from each other by about the diameter of a puncture; 

 punctures at median anterior margin of mesoscutum finer and 

 crowded; middle and hind tibiae completely annulate with black; 

 wings dusky, more so apically. 



Panurgimis boylei Cockerell. — Male type: Process of labrum 

 emarginate apically; clypeus with a median impunctured space 

 which has a median depressed line; punctures of mesoscutum as large 

 as in nehrascensis but not crowded along anterior median margin ; 

 middle and hind tibiae completely annulate with black; wings 

 slightly yellowish. 



NOTE ON VANESSA CALIFORNICA AT PEACHLAND, B. C. 



IN 1912. 

 BY J. B. WALLIS, WINNIPEG, MAN. 



A somewhat remarkable visitation of Vanessa californica came 

 to my notice when in Peachland, B. C, during July, 1912. 



Almost immediately on my arrival I was questioned concerning 

 a caterpillar (descriptions decidedly remarkable!) which had oc- 

 curred in such numbers as to defoliate its food-plant, and had been 

 compelled to migrate by thousands. I was also told of the appear- 

 ance, in very large numbers, of a brown butterfly which was believed 

 to be connected with the "worms." 



In neither of my two previous visits (1907-9) had californica 

 been seen, so I was quite at a loss to place a caterpillar whose food- 

 plant was Ceanothus sp. 



Next day the problem was solved. On going a mile or two 

 into the hills, californica was found in very great numbers. There 

 must hsve been many thousands of them, and in favored spots they 

 almost filled the air.' Being in a wagon, I made little effort to se- 

 cure specimens, although five were taken at one almost aimless 

 sweep of the net. 



December, 1912 



