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YoL. I. TOKONTO, SEPTEMBEE 15, 1868. Ko. 2. 

 NOTES ON CANADIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



BT THE EDITOR. 



Two lists of Canadian Lepidoptera have been published by our Eniomologi- 

 eal Society; the first one, prepared by Mr. W. Saunders and issued in 1864, 

 contained the names of all the Butterflies, Sphinges, and Bombyces then 

 known to inhabit this country ; the next year a second list, prepared by 

 ourselves, was issued, containing the names of species in the remaining 

 families of moths, and some additions to the former list. Since then a 

 number of new species have been captured in this country, whose names may 

 now be added to our lists ;■ great changes have also been made in the generic 

 nomenclature of others, and in some cases the very species has been proved 

 to be erroneous and to require correction. On these grounds it is necessary 

 that the lists should be revised and corrected preparatory to the publication 

 of new ones at some future period ; this we now propose doing as far as our 

 own materials extend, trusting that others will lend their assistance and make 

 the corrections and additions as complete as possible. With regard to the 

 substitution of new generic names, while we make the alterations in order 

 that we may not be " behind the times," we yet cannot but think that this 

 endless splitting up of old and well known genera into numberless new ones 

 is a serious drawback to the study of entomology. At the present rate we 

 shall soon have a separate genus for each species, .as is already very nearly the 

 case in some families, further than which eub-division can hardly go. 



1. Argynnis AiLiiNTis, Edwards. — This beautiful butterfly, which some- 

 what resembles our well-known A. aphrodite, is figured in Mr. Edwards' 

 magnificent new work on the " Butterflies of North America." He states 

 that " it is found in the mountainous districts of New York, and in British 

 America at least as far north as Rupert's House, Hudson's Bay, and Lake 

 Winnipeg." It was taken by Mr. Saunders, below Quebec, in 1866. 



2. Chionobas Jutta, Moschler. — Mr. Scudder, in his revision of this 

 genus (Pro. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. 3-5), states that this name should be substi- 

 tuted for C. halder, Bois. & Lee, which is on our first list. It has been 

 taken in the neighbourhood of Quebec. 



