SATYRODES I. 



Mr. Fletcher says he received an example of Cantlms fi-ora Rev. W. A. 

 Biirman, at Griswold, Manitoba, taken "in a shady ravine." 



Professor French writes : " My observations are that this species flies in dry 

 grass lands, and in the edge of low brushy places. I did not find it in swamps at 

 all. But I never saw it flying except in one locality, in northern Indiana, where 

 I was staying a few days." 



I see no reason why the species should not frequent upland and dry places, or 

 dry, open woods, as well as wet meadows, though from the testimony it is most 

 often found near water. But in confinement, the larvae eat lawn grass, and, of 

 course, could eat any grass in a state of nature, though they seem to have a 

 preference for coai'ser sorts, and such as grow in wet places. 



Mr. Worthington sent me the first eggs I obtained, laid 11th to 13th July, 

 1879, by females tied in a bag over grass. When they reached me, on 20th, 

 some were still unhatched. The first moult was passed 27th July, the second, 2d 

 August, the third, 16tli August ; but at each stage some larvte lagged, so that 

 the third moult came on at various dates up to 2d September. The color of 

 all the larviTB was green till after the third moult, when the first which had 

 passed that moult, in course of twenty-four hours after same, changed to buff 

 and brown, and on 31st August, these were evidently beginning their hiberna- 

 tion. But two, which passed third moult latest, went to fourth, one of them 

 having changed to buff and brown, and passed that moult on 19th September, 

 the other retaining its original color. This last passed fourth moult, 17th Sep- 

 tember, and during the day after, had also changed color. I lost all the larvae 

 of this brood. 



On 25th July, 1881, I again received eggs, this time from Mr. W. C. 

 Gallagher, then at Whitings, Lake County, Indiana, and another lot on 1st 

 August. From one cause or other, the most efficient being minute spiders in 

 the sod, I had but three larvaa left on 30th August, all past the third moult. 

 All changed from green to buff and brown shortly after that moult. One was 

 sent to Mrs. Peart, in Philadelphia. By 10th September, the other two were in 

 lethargy, but it was observed that they had moved several times up to 4th 

 December. One died during the winter, the other I brought into a warm room, 

 13th February, and placed in the sun. In about fifteen minutes it moved, and 

 soon after, was feeding-. When brous:ht in, it was much smaller than when it went 

 into lethargy ; then measuring .6 inch, now less than .4 inch. By 2'3th February, 

 it had reached .5 inch, and by 2d March, its former length, .6 inch. Early in 

 March it began to change color, and by 6th inst., had become green again. It 

 reached .66 before the fourth moult occurred, 24th March. I sent it to Mrs. 

 Peart, for drawing, and there it passed 5th moult, 25th April ; and continued to 

 feed, by 7th May becoming full grown. After this, it seemed to be at rest all 



