258 tAprii, 



tliat of the back, its upper edge tlie darlost ; next below comes the spiracular lino 

 either ■whitish, greenish, or pale yellow, and on it the circular white or pale ground- 

 coloured spiracles, outlined with black, are placed ; then conies a stripe of ground 

 colour, or else ochreous or green, followed by a line of white, which runs down the 

 front of the anal leg ; the belly is of the ground colour, with a darker rather inter- 

 rupted band above the legs, which are of the ground colour, or else greenish. The 

 texture of the skin in the darker lines and parts is rough, being composed of ex- 

 tremely short and minute bristly blackish points ; while in the intervals, and on all 

 the pale stripes, it is smooth. 



The pupa is five-eighths of an inch in length, of moderate bulk, the head and 

 palpi rather sharply produced, back of thorax swollen, wing-covers broad at the ends ; 

 abdomen tapering, and ending in two longish anal points, the abdominal rings 

 roughened on the middle : the colour a pinkish red-brown ; but I see the pupae that 

 are standing over to the second year have become dark brown. The cocoon, com- 

 posed of silk of the weakest texture, is very flaccid, but no doubt protects the pupa 

 in the sandy soil. — William Bucklee, Emsworth : March 12th, 1875. 



Captures of NoctuidcB at St. Catharines in the Province of Ontario, Canada 

 West. — In the spring of this year I commenced collecting the NoctucB of this part 

 of Canada, and in the hope that a list of my captures, and the dates of appearance, 

 may be of interest to English Entomologists, I ventvire to send the same for 

 publication. 



Being a stranger to the insect fauna of North America, and in the absence of 

 anything like a Manual of this Heterocera, I should, even with the assistance of the 

 British Museum Catalogues and Guenee's work, have had great difficulty in identi- 

 fying my specimens. Fortunately for me, this difficulty was removed by Mr. Grote of 

 Buffalo, who in the kindest manner has, from time to time, named my material^ 

 For this courteous assistance I am under lasting obligations. I have thought it 

 advisable not in all cases to adopt the genera of Mr. Grote's " List of North American 

 Noctuidse," for in the unsettled state of nomenclature at present existing, I prefer 

 the arrangement of M. Guenee. 



This I moreover do for reasons not necessary here to mention. It will be 

 observed that there are in my list several species, and even some genera, hitherto new 

 to science. These have been pubhshed by Mr. Grote in various journals. 



Many of the Homopteridce I have omitted altogether, as it seems hopeless to 

 indentify them by the meagre descriptions existing. Finally, Mr. Grote has still 

 several specimens yet undetermined ; these will have to be added to the list. The 

 country in this immediate neighbourhood is not favourable for collecting, being so 

 sparsely wooded. In the Rhopalocera it seems to me to be very poor in species 

 JPajjilio Turnits is i-arc, the larvce I found on Laurus sassafras. P. Asterias very 

 common, the larvae on carrots, parsnips, and other umbcUiferse. Danais Archipjms 

 very common, the larvae on milk-weed (AsclepiasJ by the way, one of the best plants 

 I know of as an attraction for Noctua. Vanessa Antiopa very common, and I think 

 larger than in Europe. Colias Philodice very abundant all the season, while our 

 advent iiro'is Britisher, Pieris rapa, is now by far the commonest butterfly here, the 

 larvae making a clean sweep of everything eatable in the way of coleworts. The large 



