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marginaria {progemmaria), and Ptcvophorus nwnodadyhis, in 

 Epping Forest, in some numbers. 



Mr. Turner read the following notes on the entomology of 

 Assiniboia, which he had received from Mr. A. J. Croker: 



"The season opened up very late ; not until nearly the end of 

 April did the snow vanish, and then what a state trails and 

 land were in, the ravines with water rushing along at a rapid 

 rate ! But it did not take long to dry up, and all over the 

 prairie out came the crocuses in millions. It was well on 

 towards June, however, before any Lepidoptera appeared, 

 the first species being a solitary specimen, in appearance 

 like Ccenoiiyuiplia paniphilus, but larger and darker ; this was 

 followed by a very pretty fritillary, somewhat like Brenthis 

 euphrosync, but with a different under-side. This latter occurred 

 abundantly, and after these some fresh species were met with 

 nearly ever}' day, and in odd times I have managed to get 

 together a nice little representative set, which I will send 

 on shortly. Euvancssa antiopa occurs here, but not very 

 commonly. I have only succeeded in taking one, and what 

 a graceful insect it is on the wing ! I have also bred three 

 specimens of a very large moth, like that large American 

 silk-producing moth, from cocoons, which I found attached 

 to willow stems. There does not appear to be a great variety 

 of butterflies here, but the species that do occur are very 

 prolific, and are very closely allied to British species. Two 

 species of Colins are very abundant. One day when on the 

 trail I noticed a very brilliant patch some distance away, 

 and when I came a little nearer, up went a cloud of one of 

 the Colias sp. ? What a sight ! Just imagine driving into a 

 cloud of thousands of C . cdnsa, only this species is far more 

 attractive, and I shall be sending you a nice series later on. 



In the evenings during July and August I did a bit of 

 night-work. A long grass, called " red top," growing in low 

 places, seemed the attraction, and I have taken many speci- 

 mens of Noctuse at it, strange to say, most of them allied to 

 our British forms. One very common species, out in August 

 in millions, must be Noduce augur. But perhaps it would be 

 better for me to attach my notes to the several species when 

 I send them on. One drawback here to collecting in August 

 is the prevalence of boisterous wind. 



Corrigendum. 



" Proceedings," 1903, p. i. For " Pearly Nautilus," read 

 " The Argonauta." 



