1905 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



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the genus or family name, because these latter names are found in all sorts 

 of queer places, according to the fancy of the man who writes the list." 

 The first chapter, "General Features of Butterfly Life," consists of short 

 essays giving the author's views on many subjects which will be read with 

 interest, but with some of which lepidopterists will not agree. They are 

 valuable as being founded on the author's personal experience and observa- 

 tion of the species treated, mostly in California. A complete list of the but- 

 terflies of the United States gives the names as classified by Mr. W. H. Ed- 

 wards with the date of the original description. The names of the Pacific 

 coast species are in full-faced type and the descriptions are numbered in the 

 body of the book the same as' the figure on the plates, which makes them 

 very easy of reference. The points of difference between allied species are 

 original, and coming from one with such long experience with the species 

 mentioned will be very useful. This work will be of great value to our col- 

 lectors in British Columbia, where many of the California species occur; but 

 Thecla blenina and T. spinetoruTn, two species which probably they will first 

 look for, will be a disappointment. The former, although referred to in the 

 Index, is neither figured nor described, and syinetorum as figured is neither 

 the insect which occurs in collections under that name, nor the closely allied 

 T. Johnsonii, of Skinner. Our Vancouver Island friends will read with much 

 amusement the description of their climate given under Chionohas gigas. 

 Mr. Wright visited Mount Finlayson on July 3, 1891, for eggs of C . gigas. 

 He says : "The males stay about the bare rock-knobs, flirting and playing 

 during the few sunny hours that shine upon the rocks in that cloudy, raw 

 climate." C. gigas and nevadensis are treated as different species, the latter 

 being considered as more nearly related to calif ornica. 



The following is a list of the full names and addresses of the collectors 

 referred to in the "Notes of Captures" for 1905: — 



Anderson, E. M., Victoria, B.C. 

 Baldwin, J. W., Ottawa. 

 Bethune, Rev. C. J. S., London, Ont. 

 Bryant, Theodore, Wellington, B.C. 

 Bush. A. H., Vancouver, B.C. 

 Chagnon, Gus., Montreal. 

 Cockle, J. W., Kalso, B.C. 

 Criddle, Norman, Aweme, Man. 

 Dod, F. H. Wolley-, Millarville. Alta. 

 Draper, R., Vancouver, B.C. 

 Evans, J. D., Trenton, Ont. 

 Fletcher, Dr. James, Ottawa. 

 Fyles, Rev. T. W., Levis, Que, 

 Gibbon, Hugh, Miniota, Man. 

 Gibson, Arthur, Ottawa. 

 Grant, C. E., Orillia, Ont. 

 Hanham, A. W,. Victoria, B.C. 

 Harrington, W. H., Ottawa. 

 Harvey, R. V., Vancouver, B.C. 



Heath, E. F., Cartwright, Man. 



Hudson, A. F., Millarville, Alta. 



Jones, W. A. Dashwood, New Westmin- 

 ster, B.C. 



Keen, Rev. J. H., Metlakatlah, B.C. 



Keele, Jos., Ottawa. 



Lyman, H. H., Montreal. 



Marmont, L. E., Rounthwaite, Man. 



Metcalfe, W., Ottawa. 



Moore, W. H., Scotch Lake, N.B. 



Perrin, Jos., McNab's Island, Halifax, 

 N.S. 



Sanson, N. B., BanflF, Alta. 



Taylor, Rev. G. W., Wellington, B.C. 



Venables, E. P., Vernon, B.C. 



Walker, Dr. E. M., Toronto. 



Willing, T. N., Regina, N.W.T. 



Wilson, W. J., Ottawa. 



Young, C. H., Hurdman's Bridge, Ont. 



