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a few miles below Quebec City, a rare Blister beetle. Pomphopoea sayi. 

 at elderberry flowers; and on the stime Island on Aut;-. lOtli. 1893, 

 flying about the spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) in 

 a small clearing, 30 specimens of Autographa, 7 or 8 species being cap- 

 tured. 1894 found me settled in Winnipeg, and I record little seen or 

 taken on flowers or blossom, except butterflies and beetles, until well 

 on in the summer or fall, when the Canada thistle (Cnicus arvensis), 

 asters and golden rod were out. At Bird's Hill, near Winnipeg, on .Labor 

 Day, 1890, some good noetuids (day flying) w^ere swept off golden rod, 

 and some rare beetles (Lebia) off asters. On July 29th, Aug. 2nd and 

 5th, 1900, a number of Melicleptria villosa, form sexata, Avere taken at 

 rest in the centre of a purplish daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum), 

 and in the same meadow I swept off flowers, my first specimen of Pam- 

 phila ottoe. During my sojourn on the Prairies my best collecting off 

 flowers was made at Brandon and Rounshwaite, Man., where in 1896 and 

 1897, particularly, as recorded in Vol. 30 of The Canadian Entomologist, 

 many good species of noetuids w^ere swept at dusk in July and August 

 off the following; the spreading dogbane, wild bergamot or horsemint 

 (Monarda fistvilosa, var. mollis), Scotch thistle (Cuicus undulatus), wild 

 sunflowers (Helianthus scabra and rigidus), and species of golden rod, 

 of which Solidago rigidus proved the most attractive. The moths includ- 

 ed Autographa biloba, brassicae, flagellum, and californica (tlic last 

 named was looked on as a rai'ity on the Prairies.) Perhaps at Kouiish- 

 waite, where I was the guest of Mr. Marmont, on several occasions, Oncoc- 

 nemis atrifasciata Avas our most beautiful, if not also our liest catch. 



In August, 1896, five specimens of Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides wei-e 

 taken at dusk in Elm Pai-k, Winnipeg, off one of the above-mentioni'd 

 sunflowers (scabra). 



During flying visits to Carberry, Man., I bagged my first specimen 

 of Argynnis nevadensis (green washed frit), a number of Eurymus (albi 

 iKis I. Euptoieta claudia and some rare "Skippers," off milk v.ecd ; and at 

 dusk off golden rod, many rare noetuids, including Oncocnemis viridi- 

 tincta; the only time I ever took it. When I lived in Victoria, liold- 

 stream was a favorite hunting ground with me, and in May and June 

 especially, many good captures were made on the mountain slopes, and 

 along the railway line ; needless to say, the majority off flowers. I remem- 

 ber my first view of the Dogwoods in flower, and my disappointment 

 when I found that virtually nothing seemed to be attracted. One year in 

 May, in Victoria, I took some nice noetuids about the holly trees in blos- 

 som. Since my residence near Quamichan Lake, 21/r, miles from Duncan, 

 V. I., wdiere I came in 1906, I have devoted much time to collecting at 

 flowers chiefly in my own garden. In August and Septembei-. 1913. at 

 dusk, off sunflowers, I made my first big catch here of autographas; 

 they included nine species; the sunflowers were mostly of the double 

 variety. I first grew Mathiola (night blooming stock) a year or two 



