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D. — Fore-wings brown. 



r. Glossy reddish brown, with a broad silvery stripe divided into three parts 

 of diminishing length. 

 C, myelins, Hiibner. 



8. Dark brown with white markings and black spots. 

 C. Labradoriensis, Christoph. 



E. — Fore-wings brownish lilac. 



t. Brownish lilac (fugacious) with stripe and other markings white. 

 C. minimellus, Robs. 



Note. — A. nivalis is taken at Sherbrooke ; A. auratella and C. laqueatellus, in the 

 Island of Montreal ; C. Labradoriensis and C. minimellus at Bergerville, G. myellus at 



Levis. 



The foregoing information as to the times of appearance, habits, etc., of the different 

 Bpecies of the grass eating larva? will have prepared the way for this declaration : 



The very best preventive to injury from the Lepidopterous pests of the 

 meadow and the lawn is the use of the iron roller 



The best form of roller for field use is the' toothed roller formed in sections. This 

 should be passed over the meadows in spring when the grass begins to shoot, and, if pos- 

 sible, at night, for then both the hibernated and the newly-hatched larva? will have left 

 their retreats and be at work. 



Again the roller should be used after the hay-crop has been taken from the fields, for 

 it will ther> kill such larvae and pupa? as have been shaken into the undergrowth. 



Of course in the use of the roller as in other things, judgment needs to be exercised. 

 It would not do to pass it over heavy clay-lands in wet weather. 



When an assault of the Army -worm upon standing crops is anticipated, a deep fur- 

 row should be run around the meadow. This would disconcert and entrap the foe ; and 

 a suitable log attached by a chain to a whiffle-tree should be in readiness, to draw along 

 the trench, as often as may be necessary, for the purpose of crushing the assailants. 



The use of Paris green about the meadows and pasture lands cannot — under ordi- 

 nary circumstances — be recommended. It is far too dangerous. 



RARE CAPTURES DURING THE SEASON OF 1896. 



By Arthur Gibson, Toronto. 



It is my intention here to give the benefit, if any, of a few notes I made, F and to 

 briefly describe some of the rarer captures and observations in Lepidoptera, which have 

 personally come under my notice during the collecting season just closed. 



The present year has been a most remarkable one for the appearance and capture of 

 interesting and rare specimens of Lepidoptera, in and about the neighborhood of Toronto. 

 Butterflies which have never been recorded as having been taken in this part of Ontario, 

 previous to this year, have been collected in considerable numbers during the past 

 summer, while others which were seldom seen on the wing here have been observe:! and 

 taken again and again. It is something very unusual for this locality to see so many 

 strangers in the butterfly line, as have paid a visit to Toronto throughout last summer. 

 Whether we shall see the same insects here again next year remains'to be seen. 



The very first specimen which I met with this last season proved to be a good one, 

 and one which I was exceedingly pleased to get. While out on Saturday afternoon, the 

 11th April, getting some larva? of Arzama obliquata, I took my first specimen of Brephos 

 infans. This beautiful moth I found lying in a small pool of water, where the ice had 



