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The large Skipper {Eudamus tityrus Fab.) might be seen on the Caledonia 

 Koad. I had become acquainted with this insect on Mount Eoyal, where its larvae- 

 fed on the Hog-peanut {Amphicarpoea monoica Nutt.), but there I had seen it in 

 its short flights only, as it skipped from bush to bush. When then I witnessed 

 its rapid flight through the open for the first time, I was puzzled. Its direct 

 course; the peculiar motion of its wings; the flashes, in the sunshine, of the large, 

 heart-shaped, silvery patches on the under side of the hind wings — all were new 

 to me. I had to catch the insect to make sure of its identity. In the neighbour- 

 hood of Hull its larvffi feed on Robiniu pseudacacia L. It gathers several leaflets- 

 of the tree together, binds them, and feeds under their cover. 



A stream, the outlet of Fairy Lake, crossed the Caledonia Road, and over it a 

 rude wooden bridge was thrown. At this point the Turtle-head (Chelone glabra 

 L.), the Vervain (Verbena verticillata H. B. K.), the lovely Swamp Loosestrife 

 (Decodon verticillata H. B. K.) and the Joe Pie Weed {Eupatorium purpureum 

 L.) grew in a tangle. On the last named the larvae of the handsome Tiger Moth 

 [Arctia caja L.) fed. 



Ought not this speeiffc name to be written and pronounced Caia? Linnaeus, 

 in naming it, probably had in mind the form of words spoken by the bride in the 

 marriage ceremonies of the ancients :" Ubi tu Caiiis, ibi ego Caia." We have an 

 instance of the use of the long i, or j, in the last of the numerals representing four 

 — iiij. Hallelviah was spelt with a J in former times; and I once knew a worthy 

 clergyman whose name was ]\Iicaiah, but who always spelt it Micajah, with a 

 thought, I doubt not, of the sacred name in the 68th Psalm.* 



On the growth spoken of above the pretty Xeuropteron Chauliodes serricomis 

 Say was often to be seen. 



Along the Caledonia Road locusts were numerous. In 1909, particularly, our 

 largest species, Dissosteira Carolina L., abounded. But a natural check to its 

 undue increase came ; many of the insects were affected by Entomophthora grylli,. 

 and the species has not been so plentiful since. 



Levis Military Road. — A by-way of interest to naturalists is the road con- 

 necting the Forts on Levis Heights. Tlie lamparts raised for the defence of this 

 road are now overgrown with brush, and bushes and young trees have sprung up 

 on both sides of it. In the scrub the tall Diplo pappus umbellaius (Miller) grows 

 abundantly, and upon this the galls of Gnoremoschema gal I a' diplo pap pi Fyles may 

 be found. 



What a formidable name "Gnoremoschema " is ! It was derived, 1 suppose, 

 from the Greek, Gnorimos — well known, and Cheima — in winter. Tlie insects that 

 cause the galls, however, do not occupy them in winter. Having escaped their 

 enemies and come to perfection, they quit their dwellings in August, or September 

 at the latest. 



But in some instances the galls are not without winter tenants, several kinds 

 of Ichneumon flies, having preyed upon the former inhabitants, spin their cocoon? 

 within the galls and remain in them till summer comes around. 



The young gregarious larvae of that lovely butterfly Mclitoea harrisii Scudder 

 may be found, late in the season, in dingy, closely clinging webs, on the stalks of 

 the Diplopappus. In the spring they disperse and thrive rapidly on the young 

 shoots of the plant. 



♦Praise Him in His name Jah and rejoice before Him. Psalm Ixvlil: 4. 



