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tained from June 14th for a month, some chrysalids carried south gave out the butterfly 

 the same year, one in eighteen days." 



If in the northern part of its range the butterflies fly through June and begin to lay 

 eggs before the middle of the month, it seems probable that it should occur in a warmer 

 region, such as Kamouraska, even earlier, and there would be ample time for a second 

 brood before the middle of August, but to settle this point it would be necessary to see 

 the butterflies on the wing and eggs laid in June, and chrysalids in July, and some mem- 

 ber of our newly formed Quebec branch could easily solve the matter. Finding the 

 species in so many stages at the same time seems to me to favor the idea that there are 

 two broods, as in my experience in species that are single brooded the imagos appear for 

 a short period with great regularity, and in the early stages the moulting and pupating 

 of all are within a comparatively short time of one another, but in two brooded species 

 the first brood is regular and the second not, while in many brooded species, such as 

 Pieris rapae and Grapta interrogations, the last broods seem hopelessly mixed up. 



The last femalethat I saw on the wing at Kamouraska seemed to be a perfect specimen 

 and if single brooded must have spent at least eleven months in the chrysalis, which 

 Gosse states (Can. Ent. XV, 45) is the period of this species in Newfoundland. 



Dr. Fyles, in commenting on the paper, said that he had received some of the larvae 

 from Mr. Winn, with a supply of food-plant ; when this was exhausted he endeavored to 

 find a substitute, but the larvae were very hard to please. Eventually he succeeded in 

 getting them to eat the leaves of parsnip, though they would not touch carrot, on which 

 the larva of P. asterias feeds. He found that the chrysalids formed on the stem of the 

 plant were like it green in color, while those which transformed in the box were brown. 

 (Specimens of both were exhibited). He had five chrysalids in good condition, from 

 which he hoped to obtain the butterflies, 



Dr. William Saunders, the original describer of the species, upon being called upon 

 said his specimens were sent to him from Newfoundland by a collector there, and 

 he had never met with it personally. He was very much interested in the careful work 

 detailed by Mr. Winn ; just such work should be done in every species, studying it 

 in every stage until its life history was completely known. The society has shewn by its 

 publication of so many original papers in the Canadian Entomologist that it fully 

 appreciates this line of work, and he believed that in no other publication had so many 

 and such valuable papers appeared as in our own magazine. 



The meeting then adjourned, it being six o'clock p.m. 



THE CONVERSAZIONE. 



On the evening of the 8th November a very enjoyable Conversazione was held at 

 the Natural History Society's Museum. 



This was got up by the Montreal Branch in celebration of the 25 th anniversary of 

 its formation, and with the kind assistance of the Natural History Society and Micro- 

 scopical Society of Montreal and the Parent Entomologiaal Society, which all gave grants 

 towards the expenses as well as other assistance. 



Unfortunately there were other powerful attractions as Lord and Lady Aberdeen 

 were making their farewell visit to Montreal and it was also the opening week of the 

 much advertised new theatre, Her Majesty's, but in spite of these other attractions about 

 two hundred guests accepted the invitation. The guests were received by Mr. Henry H. 

 Lyman, President of the Entomological Society, and Mrs. Clarence Lyman, Dr. F. J. 

 Adams, President of the Natural History Society, and Mrs. Adams, Mr. Albert Holden, 

 President of the Microscopical Society, and Mrs. Holden. Among those present were 

 noticed Mr. Samuel Finley, a Governor of McGill University, and Mrs. Finley, Dr. 



