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be confined to the specimens I have brought for exhibition this 

 evening. Beginning with the Lepidoptera: — 



Papilio titrnus appeared to be plentiful in the open parts, flying 

 fast over low shrubs and flowers. 



Enchlo'e ausonides and Pieris protodice are respectively represented 

 by the female only. 



Colias Christina ^ is followed by a short series of ('. ennjthente, 

 including a $ with the costal portion of the forewings and the 

 whole of the hindwings fuscous; both sexes of the lemon -coloured 

 and smaller seasonal form, and a white ? , var. pallida. 



Danais archippiis was abundant about Winnipeg. One sunny day 

 I counted thirteen within the space of a few square yards in the 

 middle of the road in Portage Avenue, the chief street of the city, 

 where the trams are most frequent and the traffic is heavy. From 

 the nature of the repast on which they were apparently feasting with 

 much enjoyment, it was evident that a beautiful appearance is not 

 always accompanied by habits of refinement. 



Vanessa antiopa, the first butterfly I saw there on the wing, proved 

 to be fairly numerous around Ethelbert as soon as the snow bad all 

 disappeared. In the following season I remember taking a speci- 

 men from a shop front in Winnipeg, where it is commonly known 

 as the " Morning Cloak." 



The two species of Folygonia, P. interrogationis and P. satyrun, 

 are probably not common as a rule in Manitoba. I could have 

 taken plenty of the latter in the more open parts of the bush, but it 

 is most likely a very local species, and it may be doubted whether 

 any entomologist had previously visited this somewhat remote 

 district, only portions of which had at that time been surveyed by 

 the Government. I think the cabinets at South Kensington do not 

 contain a specimen of P. satyrus from the Dominion. 



Basilarchia arthemis and Pyrameis cardiii were not infrequent. 



Of the three species of Aryynnis taken, A. cyhele appeared to be the 

 most numerous, the others being A. atlantis and A. lais. 



Three species of Brenthis include B. friyga, B. bellona and B. 

 myrina. 



Phyciodes tharos was moderately common. P. hanliami, of 

 which I took two specimens, is of some special interest as being not 

 well known. It was described as a new species in the " Cana- 

 dian Entomologist " for 1904. 



Erebia discoidalis was occasionally flying in the more open parts. 



