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T<}iniocampa oviduca, Grt. Trenton, rare. (Evans.) 



Scopelosoma devia, Gvt. St. John, N. B. (Mcintosh.) One specimen. Had previously 

 been taken here once before, May 15 , 1898. 



Xylina thaxteri, Grt. One specimen Ottawa Apl. 23. (\'oung.) 



Plnsia thyatiroides, Gn. At light Aug. 24, Orillia. (Grant.) St. John. (Mcintosh.) 



Plusia dyaus. Gat. At flowers in town park, Orillia, Oct. 10. (Grant.) 



Plusia flacjellum Walk. St. John, N. B. (Mcintosh.) 



Catocala elda, Behvens. A few specimens. New Westminster. (Jones. ) Vancouver. (Bush. 

 This beautiful species which resembles the European C. fraxini much more than the American 

 €. rehcta, of which it is supposed to be a variety, was bred by the Rev. G. W. Taylor many years 

 ago from a larva found at Victoria on Oak. 



Erebus odora, Linn. This strong-winged wanderer from the West Indies has this year been 

 reported from as far west as Calgary, where a specimen was taken by Miss Moodie of that place. 

 Last year Mr. Hanham secured one at Winnipeg, and Mr. Dennis another at Beulah, Man. 

 Mr, Grant took a perfect female " at sugar " at Orillia, July 6. 



Bomoptera woodii, Grote. " A beauty, at sugar, " June 10, Orillia. (Grant.) 



Leucobrephos middendorfi,. Men. A pair of this rare and interesting moth taken at Aweme, 

 Man., early in the spring, " extremely difficult to see and to follow." (Criddle. ) 



Varieties. 



Argynnis lais, Edw. Some beautiful suflFused varieties of this species have been taken at 

 Aweme by Mr. Criddle, and during the past su.nmer a handsome specimen somewhat resembling 

 the figure of A. platina shown on plate 13, Ent. News, XII, No. 10, was taken at Beulah, Man., 

 by Mr. Dennis. This specimen has three large basal silver blotches and a sub-marginal band of 

 large silver spots. The primaries are more suffused with black than in the figure referred to. 

 A fine painting of this and Mr. Criddle's own specimens were exhibited at the annual meeting. 



Vanessa Antiopa, var. Lintnerii, Fitch. A fine specimen, with very wide border was this 

 year bred at Ottawa, July 10th. This is not a true variety, but merely an accidental form 

 which can be produced at will. (Fletcher.) 



Lycifua negleda, Edw. Mr. A. F. Winn caught last year at Bideford, Maine, on July 14th, 

 a very fine gynandromorph of this species, the left side of which was female and the right 

 male. 



COLEOPTERA. 



There are many who are collecting beetles in Canada, but, unfortunately, few records have 

 been received, compared with those which have come to hand from lepidopterists. 



The following are the names of some of the most active collectors : 



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



Chagnon, Gus., Montreal, Que. 



Crew, R. J., Toronto. 



Evans, J. D., Trenton, Ont. 



Fletcher, J., Ottawa, Ont. 



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



Harrington, W. H., Ottawa, Ont. 



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



Mcintosh, Wm., St. John, N.B. 



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



Mr. Keen has sent few records this year, but no one has done more to increase our knowledge 

 of rare species from the extreme north-west coast than he has. He collected assiduously 



