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reported from Canada. It is much deeper in the reddish-brown of the underside than 

 is represented in Mr. Grote's colored illustration, fig 5, plate 1, vol. 1, Trans. Amer. 

 Ent. Soc. Phila. A single specimen of Aplodes rubromarginaria, Pack. Also one of 

 Plagodes Kentzingaria, Pack. One of Gortgna speciosissima, G. & R., a particularly 

 attractive species, illustrated on plate 7, fig. 52, vol. 1 Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Phila Also 

 a sphinx new to Canada. Dilophonota obscura, Fab. Dr. J. B. Smith directed me to 

 his description in the " Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 15, 

 page 157, where it is clearly defined. He gives the habitat as, "Pa.(1) Texas, Mexico, 

 West Indies, South America." Then adds, " Easily recognized by the small size, gray 

 primaries and unhanded abdomen. Specimens of this very rarely range northward, and 

 a specimen in my possession was said to have been taken in Pennsylvania. I do not 

 know the source whence I obtained it and I cannot vouch for the locality. It is a 

 southern form." All these were most generously surrendered by Mr. Bice to the Society, 

 and form a valuable addition to its collection. He also took several specimens of that 

 curious little snout moth, Gaberasa ambigualis of Walker, the Tortricodes bifidalis of 

 Grote. It has a split in the front wings of the males, fringed like an incipient feather 

 wing. The first one I saw puzzled me greatly, not knowing but it might be only a 

 freak of nature, instead of a characteristic of th6 species. An appeal to Dr. Smith put 

 me straight, when he also informed me that the wings of the female were entire Both 

 sexes were taken by Mr. Bice. Mr. Grote at first described the females as a separate 

 species, whilst at the same time strongly suspf cting that they were but the different 

 sexes of one species. There are a number of Mr. Bice's captures yet to be determined. 



NOTES ON THE SEASON OF 1897. 



By Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, F.L.S., South Quebec. 



The " Notes on the Seasons," published in the Annual Reports of the Entomological 

 Society, of Ontario, will, I think, be found useful to the rising entomologists of oar own 

 day, and, in the future will afford material that may be worked into a complete history 

 of the insects of Canada. In this belief I contribute to the store my memoranda on 

 things that have come under my observation during the past summer. 



The season was a remarkable one ; the early summer was cold and wet, then came a 

 period of intense heat, which was succeeded by a bright, mild autumn prolonged into 

 November. 



Brephos Infans, Moeschler. 



On the 24th of April members of the Montreal Branch invited me to join them for 

 an excursion in search of Brephos infans, Moesch. We went to a birch wood some dis- 

 tance from Montreal, and soon had the pleasure of seing infans on the wing. It flies 

 amid the tops of the birches, making an occasional descent to lower foliage. These 

 descents are the entomologist's opportunities ; but, as the insect has a rapid and uncertain 

 flight, they can be captured only by a lucky stroke, or a well sustained effort. 



I left the business of catching to my companions, for, as we advance in years, we 

 lose — to use the words of Alexander Smith — 



" the wild-deer from the blood, 



The falcon from the eye." 



I sat on a stone and watched my friends dash through puddles formed by melting 

 snow and amidst the scrub on the outskirts of the wood, admiring their zeal. 



The expedition was a successful one, and, from a female captured on the occasion, 

 Mr. D wight Brainerd obtained eggs, from which both he and I succeeded in bringing 

 larvae to the pupal stage. His notes regarding them will be found in the November 

 number of the Canadian Entomologist. 



