THB 



CANADIAN 



MTUEALIST AID GEOLOGIST. 



Vol. Y. august, 1860. No. 4. 



ARTICLE XXXVII.— ^ Systematic List of Lepidoptera col- 

 lected in the vicinity of Montreal. By W. S. M. D'Urban. 



On my arrival in England, in the autumn of 1859, 1 placed the 

 whole of the Canadian Lepidoptera I brought home with me, in 

 the hands of Mr. Francis Walker, so well known for his attention 

 to this order of Insects, and the author of the British Museum 

 Catalogues of Lepidoptera Heterocera. He has lately returned 

 my specimens to me carefully named, and has generously placed 

 at my disposal his valuable descriptions of the new species for 

 publication in the " Canadian Naturalist and Geologist." 



Being persuaded that local lists are indispensable for a right 

 understanding of the geographical distribution of the animals 

 and plants of every country, I have drawn up a catalogue of 

 those Lepidoptera which were taken in the neighbourhood of 

 Montreal. The number of species (162) is, I am aware, but small, 

 and the greater portion of them were taken during the first few 

 months of my residence in Canada. I trust that others may be 

 induced to turn their attention to this interesting order, and to 

 form longer lists than the present, which, however, may be useful 

 as the first step towards the much to be desired result of a com- 

 plete catalogue of Canadian Lepidoptera. I think it is Agassiz, 

 who says somewhere, that " a hitherto unrecorded locality for a 

 Can. Nat. 1 Vql. V. No. 4 



