376 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Oct. 



Lepidoptera. Carried. The Committees are very anxious to 

 secure the co-operation of all persons having either named col- 

 lections or lists of species. Any information which would aid in 

 bringing out full and accurate catalogues should be communicated 

 without delay to Mr. Saunders or Prof. Hincks. Moved and 

 seconded that a supply of entomological pins, and sheet cork for 

 lining cabinets, be procured and kept on hand, to be furnished to 

 members at the lowest cost prices. Carried. 



It is intended ultimately to keep all the apparatus required in 

 capturing and preserving insects. 



Moved and seconded that the Rev. Chas. J. Bethune, B.A., be 

 requested to use his influence to advance the interests of the 

 Society among entomologists in Britain. Carried. 



A verbal communication was made by Dr. Morris on insects 

 captured in the vicinity of Orillia during the summer of 1863. 



Among the interesting specimens exhibited by Dr. Morris were 

 several examples of Colias edusaco, seldom met with in Canada, 

 only two or three individuals having been taken as yet. The Dr. 

 remarked that this insect seems to differ from the C. edusa of 

 British naturalists in its habits of flight, etc., which seem to indi- 

 cate either a new species or very wide variations. 



Both sexes of Lerias lesa, also very rare in Canada, had been 

 captured. A species of ArrJienodes, taken by Mr. F. Grant of 

 Orillia, was also exhibited. The general appearance of the insect 

 closely resembled that of A. septentrionis^ of which it is probably 

 a variety. The form of the rostrum, however, is so peculiar as to 

 lead the Dr. to think that possibly there may be two species 

 with us. 



Papers presented by Mr. Hubbert : 



(1). '• Notes on Insects captured near Kingston, 1863." 



(2). "What the Insects do in January." 



The meeting then adjourned. 



ON THE LARViE OF ATTACUS POLYPHEMUS. 

 BY WILLIAM COUPER, QUEBEC. 



On the 14th of August 1863, I found two caterpillars of A, 

 polyphemus feeding on sweet-briar in the vicinity of Montmo- 

 renci river, near Quebec. They were carefully carried to my 

 home, and the above food-plant supplied daily, excepting that the 



