But little seems to have been written on the fauna of this interesting island, and therefore I hope that a few notes bearing on the subject may not be without interest to the readers of the Canadian Entomoloigst. It was my good fortune to spend nearly a month in the vicinity of Victoria last summer, and I append some account of observations made at the time.

Egg.—Cylindrical, ends rounded; .06 inch long by .04 inch in diameter, smooth. Colour chestnut-brown. Duration of this period about 195 days.

Young larva.—Length .15 inch; cylindrical, a little larger at anterior part; each joint with six tubercles from which arise spreading hairs, varying in length from short ones, that are not longer thant the diameter of the body to those that are as long as the body, the two kinds distributed over the whole body; the short ones white and long ones grey; the longest hairs at the anterior and posterior parts of the body a little longer than the long ones on the middle; colour grey, black. Duration of this period three days.

Mr. L. Bruner has kindly identified the following Orthoptera, found at 10,000 feet and upwards:-

Circotettix undulatus Thos. near Micawber Mine, Aug. 6.

Ceuthophilus maculatus Scudd.,♀, near Micawber mine.

Egg.— Nearly, spherical the base flattened a little. Around the sides are eighteen vertical ribs, every other one shorter, not reaching the summit. The natural color could not be ascertained.

The faunæ of high altitudes always posses a peculiar interest by virtue of the light they throw on problems of geographical distribution, and especially the distribution in ancient times of what is now a strictly Arctic and Alpine fauna. For this reason, the following lists of species, fragmentary as they are, may be of some value as a contribution to our knowledge of the Alpine fauna of Colorado, and for comparison with Arctic and Alpine faunæ in general.

The nests of Argiope riparia were unusually abundant las autumn in the neighborhood of this city. During the preceding summer this gayly colored, but atrocious looking spider, could be seen stationed in the centre of its well formed geometeric web on nearly all of the low shrubbery in the uncultivated portion of Centra Park.

The Tachinid Parasite of Cimbex Americana.—Mr. L. Bruner, in the report of the Entomologist, Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, for 1888, has an interesting article on that notable pest Cimbex Americana Leach, in which he states that although the insect is abundant in Nebraska, he has failed to find that it has any parasite.

Orchestes niger and O. subhirtus are both found on willow when in bloom. (Harrington Can. Ent, 16, p. 119.)

Orchestes niger and O. pallicornis were taken together in July on the leaves of low willows by Mr. Chittenden. O. ephippiatus was found in abundance on willow (Salix fragilis) by Mr. C.W Leng and myself on Staten Island, N.Y.

In May, 1888, I received from Mr. W. H. Edwards, of Coalburgh, two larvæof Anthocharis genutia which were feeding on pepper grass. On the 22nd (May), both larvæ pupated, having suspended two days before.

A Rare Butterfuly.— We learn from the Ottawa Naturalist that five specimens of Erebia discoidalis Kirby, one to the rarest in the Canadian fauna, were taken by Mr. John D. Evans, at Sudbury, Ontairo, on the 12th May last. The perfect insect is figured and described in Edwards “Butterflies of North America,” 3rd Series, Part VII.

Many minor malformations of wings, elytra, etc., have been observed in examining insects, but recently I have met with two monstrosities which seem worthy of record. The first insect is a ♀ Fœnus tarsitorius Say., given to me by my friend, Mr. Guignard, and captured by him on 24th June, 1885. In this speciment the left posterior tibia becomes trifid about one-fourth of its length from the base, the side branches diverging at an angle of about 30°.