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Of the rare and beautiful Calasymbolus cerisii I have two specimens (male and 

 female) taken at light, in my bed-room at Cowansville. Concerning this insect, Strecker 

 says (Lepidoptera p. 59): — " This 4s certainly the rarest of all the heretofore described 

 N". American Spkingidae ; but three authentic examples, all male, are known ; the first 

 was figured and described by Kirby, in 1837, who did not know in what precise 

 locality it was captured ; this example perhaps may still be preserved in the British 

 museum, otherwise it is probably lost ; the second was taken by the late Robt. Kennicott 

 at Rupert House, in British America, and is at present in the museum of Comp. Zool, at 

 Cambridge ; this is the largest specimen of the three, expanding about three inches. The 

 third and last, the original of figure 3, I received in a small collection of things from near 

 Providence, Rhode Island." 



Calasymbolus geminatus is abundant in Missisquoi county. 



Paonias excoecatus is plentiful in the Eastern Townships. The larvae are found on 

 apple trees ; and the moth is taken at light. 



Of Gressonia jugla?idis, I have one specimen taken at Cowansville, and another taken 

 at Quebec. Both were attracted by light. 



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Fig 21. 



I have a fine specimen of Triptogon modesta, (Fig 21) which was taken at Sherbrooke, 

 P. Que.; and I have seen several other specimens that were captured in the same locality. 



I have found the larvae of Ceratomia amyntor in abundance in the Township of 

 Farnham. They feed upon the elm, and their side-lines closely resemble the ribs on the 

 curled leaves of the tree. When the leaves turn brown, the larvae also change colour, 

 maintaining the illusion that is their security from their foes. 



Deremma undulosa I have found in the townships and at Quebec. It feeds upon the 

 ash, etc. 



I have taken Dolba hylceus in the Township of Dunham abundantly, at flowers after 

 sunset. 



Phlegethontius celeus was formerly rare. It was seldom that one came upon the 

 larva' in the wide expanses of our potato-fields ; but since the advent of the potato beetle 

 and the use ot Paris green as an insecticide, the larvae have been frequently found. The 

 fact is, the moth has shunned the puisoned plants, and has laid her eggs on the unprotected 

 potato and tomato patches in our gardens. I have seen as many as fifty full grown larvae 

 on one such patch of tomatoes in the neighborhood of East Farnham. 



I possess one specimen only of Ellema conifer •arum. It was taken at light at 

 Cowansville. 



