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journal above referred to, a paper on " The Natural History of the Valley of the River 

 Rouge," in which he gives the names of twenty-oue species of butterflies observed by him, 

 and mentions three others which he had been unable to determine. In August of that 

 year he published in the same journal, Vol. V. No. 4, " A Systematic List of Lepidoptera, 

 collected in the vicinity of Montreal," in which he enumerates thirty species of butter- 

 flies. The stimulus given by these publications to entomological pursuits was felt not 

 only in Quebec but also in Ontario, and was followed there by the organization in April, 

 1863, of the Entomological Society of Canada. 



In December of that year, a committee of the members of this new Society was 

 appointed to prepare and publish catalogues of Canadian insects. Of this committee the 

 writer was a member, and early in 1864 the first sheet was published, containing the 

 names of a number of the Lepidoptera. Special efforts had been taken to make the list of 

 butterflies as complete as possible, and all the collectors then at work, in both the Upper 

 and Lo%ver Provinces, were appealed to for information ; and, when the local lists thus 

 obtained vfeve brought together, it was found that the number of species of Canadian but- 

 terflies was increased to sixty-six. In the course of two or three years an additional sheet 

 was published, which contained the names of eleven butterflies not hitherto recorded as 

 Canadian, and in 1876 a further list appeared, containing thirteen additional names, bring- 

 ing the list of butterflies up to ninety in all. These later additions included a few of the 

 Northwestern species, but up to that time there had been very little systematic collecting 

 in that vast region. 



Since Confederation, British Columbia, which is very fertile in species of butterflies, 

 has been laid under tribute, and, although as yet but imperfectly explored, has already 

 added many species to our list, and that Province is now doubtless the most promising field 

 in the Dominion for work in this department. In 1883, a list was compiled and published 

 under the auspices of the Natural History Society of Toronto, which contained the 

 names of one hundred and sixty-four species. During the same year, Captain Gamble 

 Gi-eddes proceeded to the Northwest Territories and the Rocky Mountains on a special col- 

 lecting tour, and worked very assiduously. His first list, which was published in the 

 Canadian Entomologist for December, 1883, contained the names of ninety-two species, which 

 was increased by two small supplementary lists, published early in 1884, to one hundred 

 and twenty-two. Among these, there were several species new to science, and c^uite a 

 number of others which had been taken by collectors in Colorado, Nevada, and other 

 Western States and Territories, but which had not, prior to this, been recorded as Canadian. 



While distant fields have thus been harvested, the gathering has also gone on nearer 

 home. At ihe last annual meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, I had the honor to 

 present a paper in which was recorded the finding of two butterflies new to Canada on 

 Point Pelee, in Ontario. One of these was a south-western form which is common in 

 Texas, the other a rare insect which is found occasionally in the State of New York. The 

 instructions lately given by the Director of the Geological and Natural History Survey of 

 Canada to the exploring parties under his direction, to devote increased attention to the 

 collecting of insects, has also yielded good result.^. Last summer, in addition to other new 

 insects, a very beautiful new butterfly was collected by Professor .1. Macoun, at Lake 

 Nipigon. This belongs to the genus Chionobas, and has been named by Mr. W. H. Edwards, 

 in honor of its discover, Chionobas Macounii. 



