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The female does not appear to be capable of long nights, my observations going to 

 prove that when flying from one tree to another at any considerable distance, she will 

 drop into the grass for a rest, about half way, and then after remaining in perfect repose 

 for several minutes, she will clumsily struggle free of the grass and complete the journey. 

 Here, lighting on the leaf of a tree, she moves about selecting a sunny spot, where she sits 

 with her abdomen curled up, enjoying the sunshine and the breeze. 



Colias Philodice, Godt. — (Fig. 2, male; Fig. 3, female.) At Erlescourt, Davenport, 

 Ontario, in the early part of September, 1887, I captured a large number of a very dimin- 



Fig. 2. 



utive form of Col. Philodice male and only two females, one being a small albino variety, 

 corresponding exactly with the commoner large albino. These two small females were 

 laying their eggs upon lucerne (Medicago sativa), and I am curious to know if any of our 

 collectors have made any observations with regard to the effect of this food-plant upon the 

 size of the larvae of 0. Philodice. It is a curious fact that in this field of lucerne I should 

 take all these small specimens, whilst about 300 yards from the same spot the common 

 large Philodice was plentiful upon red clover. 



Catocala Relicta, Walk. — In sugaring for Noctuids, etc., the past season, I have been 

 iortunate in obtaining excellent examples of these lovely creatures, (Fig. 4) varying in the 



black and white markings of the upper side in a remarkable manner. Whilst some are 

 nearly all black and dark grey, with very little white about them, others are snowy 

 white with very occasional black patches. In a single pine grove, not fifty yards in 

 length, I captured as many of these Pelictas as I have done in three or four years by 

 trying orchards and woods. The place is very dark and the wind almost entirely 

 excluded by the close growth of the pines, and it may be useful to collectors to observe 

 this in future when sugaring. 



