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each of which interesting papers were read by members, and the specimens collected on 

 the excursions exhibited. Many of the papers are published in the Transactions ; also a 

 list of plants collected in the Ottawa district by the energetic Vice-President, Mr. James 

 Fletcher. 



In the successful maintenance of this Natural History Club, Ottawa has set a noble 

 example, which we trust will be speedily followed by similar organizations in other cities 

 of our Province. 



OBITUARY. 



Professor Samuel Stehman Haldeman, of the University of Pennsylvania, a dis- 

 tinguished naturalist and philologist, and at one time President of the American Philo- 

 logical Association, died on Tuesday evening, September 10th, at his residence inChickis, 

 near Columbia, Pa., aged sixty-eight years. 



Professor Haldeman has long been noted also for his devotion to Entomology. He 

 attended the late meetings of the Entomological Sub-section of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, at Boston, in August, and took an active part in the 

 discussions. At that time he seemed to be in good health and spirits. By his genial 

 disposition and open generous bearing he has endeared himself to a large circle of friends, 

 who will sincerely mourn his loss. 



NOTES OX SOME RARE INSECTS CAPTURED IN ONTARIO DURING 1880. 



By Wm. Saunders, London, Ont. 



LlBYTHEA BaCHMANI. 



Twelve years ago, in August, 1868, a specimen of this butterfly was captured on the 

 beach, in Hamilton, by Miss Mills, and a record of this capture, with some observations 

 on the insect, appeared in the November number of the Canadian Entomologist for that 

 year. We have no evidence of its having been found before this, and no records of any 

 such capture since, until the present season, when a good specimen was taken by Mr. J. M. 

 Denton, at Port Stanley. 



In tig. 15, we give a representation of this species, 

 which is remarkable for its very long palpi — fully one-fifth 

 of an inch in length, and presenting the appearance of a 

 beak ; brown above, whitish below. 



The wings are angular, and expand about an inch 

 and three quarters. The fore wings are dark brown, with 

 three white spots arranged in a triangle near the tip ; the 

 upper inner one largest, oblong, and irregular in form ; 

 the lower one is also oblong, but smaller, and the outer 

 one smallest. Beyond the middle of the wing there are -^S- 15 - 



two large fulvous spots, the upper one elongated and pointed at both ends, the lower one 

 oblong, irregular, and divided near the middle by a dark brown nervule. The hind wings 

 are dark brown above, with a large, irregular, fulvous patch across the middle. 



The under side of the fore wings is paler than the upper, with the same white spots 

 and fulvous markings, the latter somewhat larger than above. The hind wings have a 

 wide brown border on the hind margin, within which they are bluish, iridescent and 

 streaked with brown. 



