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locality. It is remarked again and again by Bates in his travels on the 

 Amazon, and it is pointed out by Eye and Fowler in their hints to collectors 

 in Great Britain. 



In closing I should like to say that by no means the least pleasure to 

 a lover of nature is to observe the marvellous constancy with which season 

 after season these tiny creatures, the offspring of a last year's brood, return 

 to their ancestral haunt, be it blossom or leaf, true to the clock of the year, 

 almost to a day ; in obedience to a law there is no gainsaying, and which 

 yet in the creature's serene unconsciousness seems robbed of any touch of 

 harsh compulsion. 



TWO ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF BUTTERFLIES OF THE 

 ISLAND OF MONTREAL. 



By Albeht F. "VVinn, Westmount, P. Q. 



One of the great attractions of collecting Butterflies and Moths lies in 

 the probability of coming across, at any moment, something new to the locality 

 in which one is working, even though common elsewhere. 



Although the district about Montreal has been fairly well worked ever 

 since the formation of the Montreal Branch of the Entomological Society 

 of Ontario, 35 years ago, not a season passes in which we do not find some 

 moths large or small not previously observed and recorded. But finding 

 a new butterfly is a different matter and it was indeed a pleasant surprise 

 when I came across a specimen of the little pepper-and-salt Skipper, 

 AjnhJyscirtes samoset, Scudder, flying over a very muddy field at Pt. aux 

 Trembles, near the rifle ranges on June 7th, and a few minutes later I took 

 another. My companions also wanted some and a thorough search was 

 made, resulting in Mr. Chagnon also capturing one in an adjoining field. 

 The species is apparently commoner to the north among the Laurentian 

 Mountains, where I have taken it at Montfort and St. Faustin, and also at 

 Calumet on the Ottawa River— always in early June. 



A month later — July 12th — while walking across the Westmount Golf 

 Links, with Mr. A. R. M. Boulton, of the Quebec Branch, a small yellow 

 butterfly passed us, which looked like a very much undersized Colias 

 philodice. My net was not ready, so my companion offered to catch it for 

 me if I wanted it, but as the day was very warm I said not to chase it as 

 it would probably come back, but it kept straight on. We went the opposite 

 way, to the Nun's Woods at Cote St. Luc, to look for Hayloa confusa, 

 Lyman, and were busy catching a series of these moths, when another of 

 the little yellow butterflies came along. I was ready this time and in a 

 moment secured the first specimen of Terias lisa, Bd. and Lee. (the little 

 Sulphur. Holland aptly calls it) that I had seen alive. Another soon 

 appeared in the same place and Mr. Boulton captured it. As we were close 

 to a fine field of clover we thought the butterflies were probably coming from 

 it and therefore turned our attention to it, but without seeing any more. 

 We resumed our raid on the Haploas, going further into the woods where 

 H . confusa was scarcer and H. Lecontei more likely to be found. We were 

 again lucky, for on coming out of the woods on the west side into a small 

 cedar swamp another Terias lisa was flitting about, which I easily caught. 

 As no more were visible we adjourned to Cartierville for lunch. 



