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of Basilarchia astyanax also included an 
Je ofthe variety alec, from Staten Island. 
exhibited a number of Lacrtias philenor, 
from Bicyeaiids, allof which had the tails consider- 
Gro. P. EnGetuarnvt, Recording Secretary. 
eeting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, November 
x 7. The President, Dr. Zabriskie, in the chair; fifteen 
bers present. ; 
werett S. Howell, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was elected a 
a 
| an address entitled : ‘Collecting Bomébus at Banff, Al- 
.,"” Dr. Zabriskie gave an interesting account of a five 
eks’ trip, undertaken during the past summer in the com- 
ny of thirty-eight tourists, to the Pacific coast and Alaska, 
urning over the Canadian Pacific Railroad. 
eaving New York on the 24th of July, stops were made at 
llowstone National Park, at Portland, and Seattle, where 
amer bound for Alaskan waters was boarded. Visiting 
t, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Muir Glacier, and Vancouver, 
A rney was continued over the Canadian Pacific Railroad 
Banff, Alberta, where the travelers arrived on the 22d of 
gust and remained for two nights and a day. 
G ing due attention to the magnificent scenery, the beau- 
ul flora, and the many other attractions for which this 
ntain resort is noted, Dr. ‘Zabriskie did not neglect to 
serve in a general way the occurrence of insects. Consid- 
rable snow, still lying on the mountains, had fallen a few 
day s previously; nevertheless, a number of butterflies, princi- 
pally of the genera Argynnis and Colias, were seen on the 
] A species of flowering Goldenrod, not exceeding 
inches in height, proved very attractive to bumble- 
not being very active, could be easily taken with 
Of the forty-seven specimens collected and exhib- 
nine were females. The variation of color and size, 
