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In the last week of July a second brood of Colias Philodice, Godt. (Fig 23.) appeared. It 

 ■was out in al)undance by the 1st of August. Oa the 31st of that month worn females 

 ■were still to be seen laying their eggs on Vicia cracca. On the 2nd of October I captured 

 fresh specituf ns of a third brood of Philodice ; and on the 22od of that mouth this species 

 was still plentiful, Hitting about the ilower-hsads of Taraxacum. 



Argynnis C yhele, Fabr., Argynnis Aphrodite, Fabr., and Argynnis Atlantis Edw., 

 appear in July. On the 6th of the month they were all on the wing together. I found 

 a full-grown larva of the first named on June 18th. It went into chrysalis on the 20t.h, 

 and the imago appeared on July 9th. For the escijie of this the pupa case was ruptured 

 un 111". Hurler side — the upper remaining intact. On the 31st of August very worn speci- 

 mens of Atianti.s were still on the wing. 



Me/ita'a Harrisii, Scud., was plentiful at L3vis, this year at the end of June. It 

 continued till the 2nd week in July. A few years ago I took this species at St. Henri, 9 

 miles south from Livis. It frequents spots in which its food-plant, Diplopappus umbel- 

 latus, is abundant. 



Limenitis Arlhemis, Drury, was rather plentiful from the 1st of July till the middle 

 of the month. 



Two of the prizes of the season were taken by Mr. Hanham on the Island of 

 Orkar.s, viz : 



Anisota senatorla, Guen, and Plusia thyatiroides, Guen. Thanks to the generosity of 

 Mr. Hanham the former is now in my collection 1 have only heard of one previous 

 capture ot this insect in the Province of Quebec. It was made some years ago by the 

 late Mr. Bowles. 



Other captures worth recording weie Feniseca Tarquinius, Fabr., Aug. 14th, Isle 

 of Orleans. Grapta gracilis, Gr. & R, July 17tb, Levis. Vanessa Milberti, Godt., July 

 3rd, Isle of Orleans. Pyrameis Hurdera, Drury, Aug. 5th, Isle of Orleans. Hemaris 

 tenuis, Gr., Aug. 5th, Isle of Orleans. 



The season has been a fine one for the " Skippers." The order in which the different 

 kinds of these appeared at Quebec was as follows : 



The first to show itself was Pamphila Zahulon, Bd. — Lee. It came early in June. 

 While it was still out Pamphila Taumus appeared in crowds dodging about the meadows 

 like children " playing tag." 



Pamphila Mystic, Edw,, presented itself on the 1st of July and continued till the 

 20th, On the former date Mr. Hanham took a worn specimen of Garterocephalus 

 Mandan, Edw., at St. David's, on the south side of the St. Lawrence ; and on the 9th of 

 the same month he captured at the same place a specimen of Amblyscirtes Samoset. Scud. 

 Both Mandan and Samoset are very rare at Quebec, two or three specimens only of each 

 kind having, to my knowledge, been taken. On the 11th of July Pamphila Wamsutta, 

 Harr., and Pamphila Metacomet, Harr., showed themselves. At this date Taumus was 

 still plentiful. 



Pamphila Manitoba, Scudder, appeared on the 5th of August and continued till the 

 25th. It was plentiful on the Island of Orleans and on the Heights of Levis (see 23rd 

 Rep., p. 31) frequenting the flower-heads of Solidago and Gnaphalium. On the 10th of 

 the month and again on the 13th I obtained eggs of the spscies. They were laid dis- 

 persedly on blades of grass, etc. Their size (nearly one-twentieth of an inch in diameter 

 at the base) was large in comparison with that of the mother insect. Their shape was 

 that of a gum-drop— flat at the bottom and rounded above. They were white like frost- 

 ing and in some lights seemed to be irrorated with red, blue and green. They have not yet 

 hatched. 



An insect which has been very abundant in this locality this season is Depressaria 

 I/eracleana, De Geer. The species was well and fully described by Dr. Bethune in the 

 Canadian Entomologist, vol. II, page 1. In this district it feeds in the umbels of the 

 Cow Parsnip, Heracleum lanatum, and, when full fed, bites its way into the hollow-stems 

 of the plant and spins its cocoons in their recesses. The moths come out in the Fall and 

 liibernate. 



