SATYRODES I. 



it. But the game was not in my own hands. At the first movement, off he went, 

 jerking in and out among the cypress Ivnees and live oak buttresses, for some dis- 

 tance, becoming invisible when he lit. Capture on the wing seemed the only 

 possible means of securing him, and so oft" I dashed, into tree trunks, splashing 

 through water, occasionally falling flat in the mud over a concealed root ; but the 

 last time I fell, my net was over my prize, which proved to be Canthus. After con- 

 siderable beating about, I started another, whose final capture was effected after 

 a repetition of my first chase. These were the only two seen, though I hunted 

 the same swamp for the next day. This capture seemed strange, for that espe- 

 cial swamp has been a favorite of mine for over eight years, and has been 

 searched thoroughly by me. It is the only instance, to my knowledge, of the oc- 

 currence of the species anywhere in the southeastern States."- 



On reading this, I wrote Mr. C. Troxlei', Senr., of Louisville, Kentucky, a col- 

 lector of experience, but the reply came that he had never known Ccmihus to 

 have been taken in Kentucky. Nevertheless, from the secluded habits of the 

 species, it may perhaps haunt many a spot in the South. 



In British America, the species ranges from Nova Scotia to Hudson's Bay, and 

 westward nearly to longitude 85°, perhaps farther. Mr. Scudder speaks of a 

 colony far to the north, at Great Slave Lake. It is said to be not uncommon in 

 the Adirondacks of New York, but I have never seen it in the Catskills, in the 

 same State. Mr. Scudder tells us that, in New England, it lives in elevated, 

 moist meadows, and " is so restricted to them that one may sometimes find it in a 

 spot but a few acres in extent, and search in vain beyond." Dr. Holland writes : 

 "I found it very abundant at Saratoga, New York, in the grassy meadows near 

 the lake. It seemed to hide among the tall drooping tufts of marsh grass, and by 

 beating these, I succeeded in startling forth a large number of fresh specimens, 

 male and female." 



Mr. Bruce, at Brockport, western New York, says : " Canthus is common near 

 here, in a genuine bog by the side of the Erie Canal. Another station in this 

 State is near Syracuse. I never met with it on open, dry places." 



Mr. James Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada, says " It is a common species here, 

 found in many places. I have never taken it before 28th June, nor after August 

 2d, that I remember. It flies with a slow, drooping flight, very much like that 

 of Satyrus Nephele. Notwithstanding this, however, it is very difficult to catch, 

 being quicksighted and wary. It has, when settled, the same habit as Debis 

 Portlandla, of facing round and watching as you approach. It always flies in 

 wet meadows, or swamps, and nearly always over water. I got the larvte by 

 beating beds of Scirpus eriophorum in the beginning of June. They will feed on 

 any of the coarse Cyperaceae. I have also found the larviB on Carex bromoides. 



