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food for fowls. A green cricket (not so common as the black) 
resembles our Gryllus viridissimus, and may be the same. The 
Arabs from Africa, who go over to trade with the “ habitants,” 
eat them. I found a yellow spider on Senecio Jacobea pro- 
tectively coloured. It eats the whole fly, wings and all, and 
returns a small black pellet (probably the chitin of the fly) not 
larger than a small pin’s head. A brown spider, domestic in 
habit, acted in a quite opposite manner, merely killing the fly 
and taking a minimum of juice from it. This spider slew 20 
to 80 flies a day, and is a great boon to the housewife. 
Acris gryllus, one of the arboreal frogs anatomically, fre- 
quents the ditches and chirps like a cricket. 
Of Lepidoptera I saw in abundance Pieris rape, introduced 
at’ Quebec years since in ballast (teste Dr. William Brodie of 
Toronto). Vanessa antiopa (Camberwell Beauty). Two broods 
(Dr. Brodie): A. The first a dwarfed variety, from eggs laid by 
hibernated specimens in June. B. The second, appearing about 
September from the eggs of (A), are large and fine. 
Colias philodyce, a beautiful blended yellow and green, was 
common in September in Quebec province. 
Thecla niphon is a Japanese butterfly also. Dr. Brodie 
informed me quite a number on West Coast U.S.A. are closely 
related to Japanese lepidoptera. 
The larva of Feniseca tarquinius feeds on aphides, and is a 
farmer’s friend. 
In Ontario there are 2 Vanesside, 6 Pieride, 5 Limenitida, 
2 Satyride, 6 Theclide, 7 Papilionide, 7 Coliade, 5 Argynnide, 
1 Melitea, 7 Graptide, 7 Lycenide, 1 Catacephalus, 1 Feniseca, 
4 Thanaide, 2 Parnassiide, 3 Physiodide, 3 Pyrameide, 
1 Junonia, 2 Neonymphide, 2 Coenonymphide, 3 Erebiade, 
3 Chionobidw, 5 Chrysophanidx, 10 Pamphilide, 3 Eudamide 
(Dr. Brodie). 
Danais Archippus ascends into the air when autumn com- 
_ mences, and in two days has been reported from Florida, 
1500 miles off. 
Canada and U.S.A. seem to be the meeting-ground of forms 
from Europe on the east, and Asia on the west. 
