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Among the pleasing contrasts in the colouring of insects the following are con- 

 spicuous : — 



Contrasted Colours. 



Black and white Melanippe hastata 



Black and yellow Papilio Turnus (Turnus' butterfly). 



Black and red Ghrysophanus Americana (small copper). 



Black and orange Melitoea phaeton (Baltimore fritillary). 



Black and grey Catocala relicta. 



Black and Indian yellow Catocala suhnata. 



Black and fuscous Danais Archippus. 



Grey and magenta Catocala concumbens. 



Grey and scarlet Catocala parta. 



Grey and crimson Catocala Briseis. 



Brown-madder and rose Philampelus Achemon. 



BufF and rose . . Dryocampa ruhicunda. 



Then we have — 



Blue-black barred with white Lvmenitis A rthemis. 



Black barred with red Cynthia Atalanta. 



Black barred with white Baptria alhovittata. 



Black spotted with white Alypia Langtoni. 



Grey spotted with seal brown Harrisimemna trisignata. 



Rust red spotted with silver Calopistria monetifera. 



Fuscous washed with gold Plusia festucce. 



Olive green washed with bronze .... Plusia halluca. 



We cannot rise from the survey of any portion of the insect world, having examined 

 the wonderful fitness to its surroundings that every individual in it displays, the adjust- 

 ment of parts in the perfect whole in every case, the strength and compactness and 

 exquisite finish of the most minute organs in even the least attractive species, the 

 harmony of colouring presented by some kinds, the gradation of tints or the brilliant 

 contrasts by others, without feeling a measure of the admiration that filled the breast of 

 the ancient king, when he looked round upon the works of God, and without catching 

 an echo of his inspired utterance, " O Lord, how manifold are Thy works ! In wisdom 

 hast Thou made them all ; the earth is full of Thy riches." 



NOTES ON WORMS. 



By James Fletcher, Ottawa, Ont. 



It is probable that some naturalists, on taking up this report, may be not a little sur- 

 prised at seeing " Notes on Worms" as the title of a paper in an entomological report. 

 Judging, however, from my own correspondence and the number of applications which, as 

 a member of our Society, I have received for information on these interesting creatures, 

 I am of the opinion that a large proportion of those for whom these reports are chiefly 

 written will be considerably more surprised than these savants when they are informed 

 that earth-worms do not legitimately come within the limits of an entomologist's- 

 .studies. It must be borne in mind that* our annual Report is prepared principally for 

 the benefit of the farmer, the fruit grower, and the horticulturist ; and it is in recognition 

 of this fact that it is always bound up together with the report of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association of Ontario. As only a small number, comparatively, of those engaged in 

 these pursuits are scientific entomologists, the papers are all written in as popular a manner 

 as possible, and with as many scientific names and phrases omitted as accuracy will allow. 



