THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. ee ee ee VOLUME. 11. EDITED BY THE REV. C. Jo Ss BETHUNES MEA: SECRETARY TO THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. TORONTO: COPP, CLARK & CO., 17 & 19 KING STREET EAST. 1870. URN Epe i RE ee ee ee eee or ATTN T RTT COPP, CLARK & CO., PRINTERS, 17 & 19 KING STREET EAST, AND 67 & 69 COLBORNE STREET, TORONTO. nn - ~> SF. INDEX FO VOLUME II. =e ee A, ACCENTUATED List of Canadian Lepidoptera, 121, 149, ADVERTISEMENTS, 72, 88, 104, 120, 136, 159, 180. ALARIA FLORIDA, Notes on, 6, 37. An Insect Friend, 93. AnpDREws, W. V., Articles by, 55. ANARTA, A new species of, 64, AMERICAN Butterflies and "Moths, 116. rs: Association, 116, APOLOGETIC, 121. ARCTIAN, Supposed new, 4. A Sing ular Case, 43. Meas Luna, 27, 43, 82. Actinomeris helianthoides, 163. Agonum affine, 105. cupripenne, 105, 106. as erythropum, 106. ve extensicolle, 91. ss lenum, 02. id melanariwm, 92. «© picipenne, 91. $s parumpunctatum, 105. 7 seminitidum, 105. 53 sexpunctatum, 105, $6 simile, 93. se sordeus, 92. : versutum, 82. Alaria florida, 3, 6. Alypia Langtonit, 38. Amara convexiusculus, 108. discors, 143. «< discrepans, 143. << impuneticollis, 142. «< inequalis, 142. “«< interstitialis, 142. = levipennis, 1438. se laticollis, 108. 2x rufimanus, 108. “© septentrionalis, 170. ce similis, 108. «cs vulgaris, 142. Amphipyra tragopogonis, pyramidoides, 74. “ inornata, 74. Anarta acadiensis, 64, Anisoctactylus melanopus, 144. “+ carbonarius, 145. Arctia bimaculata, 5. ss celia, 74. “« parthenice, 4. Argutor bicolar, 106. “s brevicornis, 107. << femoralis, 106. « — mandibularis, 107. s¢ vernalis, 106. Argynnis Aphrodite, 8, 164. “§ bellona, 8. << cybele, 8, 164. iE diana, 164. oe myrina, 8, ~ 73. 1 Arma modesta, 33. “<< placidum, 93. ‘* spinosa, 33. Attacus Cecropia, 82. B. Bassett, H. F., Articles by, 98. BrEE HvuMBLE, Odd place for Nest of, 68. BETHUNE, Rev. C. J. §., Articles by, 1, 7, 8, 19, 316 38, 55, 64, 68, 73, "6, 89, 105, 115, 116, 121, 137, 142, 161, 164, 168. Books Received, 21, 55, 70, 86, 119. Bow Es, G. J., Articles by, 36, 38, 95, 115. BRITISH INSECTS, List of, 158. BUTTERFLIES, Rearing from Eggs of, 115, 133, 156, 162. Bembidium bimaculatus, 170. concolor, 171. & impressum, 173, Je inornatum, 172. ce intermedius, 172. “§ nigripes, 172. sé nitidus, 171. ee oppositum, 171. s¢ pictpes, 171. cs postremum, 170. fs quadrimaculatus, 171, ed rupestre, 171. sc rupicola, 170. ce scopulinus, 170, —- EXCHANGES. Gattis anD Gatt-Insects.——Galls and Gall-Insects from all parts of the globe are my speciality, and since the lamented death of my friend Mr. Wilson Armistead, of Leeds, ({ February 18th, 1868,) I am carrying on the researches which he so vigorously started in this field. I shall therefore be happy to enter into corres- pondence and exchange, or contributions of specimens, with any gentleman in Canada who takes an interest in this particular branch of Entomology.—ALBERT 40 THER CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Mutuier (of Basle, Switzerland, but residing now in England), Eaton Cottage, ~ South Norwood, London, S. E., England. LePipoPTERA.—lI wish to obtain any North American specimens of Phalenites, Latr., especially such forms as are not likely to be found in southern New Hamp- shire or Eastern Mass; any species of Urapteryx, Acidalia, Coremia, Cidaria, and Boarmia, will be particularly acceptable. New Canadian species I will describe in the Can. Ent. I have some 70 specimens of Hesperia metacomet, Harris, about equal numbers of both sexes, for exchange.—C. 8. Mrnort, 39 Court Street, Boston, Mass. CoLEopTeRA.—Species desired from Canada, especially the eastern region; can give in exchange Southern and Californian forms, as well as those froin the New England States.—P. S. Spraeun, 227 Broadway, South Boston, Mass. Pnorocrapns. —An esteemed correspondent writes to us asking, ‘‘Is it possible to get up a ‘ Naturalists Photo. Exchange Club,’ as I am anxious to fill an album with the portraits of my fellow labourers in the field of science?” Should such a thing be practicable, we should be very happy to render any assistance in our power; perhaps some of our correspondents will give us their opinion on the sub- ject. Personally, we should be delighted to fill our album with the cartes of all our ‘bug-hunting’ friends, and should willingly send a copy of our own in return to any who cared to have it.—Ep. C. E. Texan Insects.—25,000 specimens of insects from Texas, for sale and exchange. G. W. Betrrace, Waco, McLennan Co., Texas. Care of Forsgard & Co. LEPIpopTeRA.—1 wish to exchange eggs of B, Yama-mai, Pernyi, and Cynthia, for good specimens of Arctia parthenos, A. Americana, D. versicolor, Thecla On- tario, Augustus, strigosa, or almost any exclusively northern species. Corres- pondence requested.— W. V. Anprews, 130 Charlton Street, New York. eae TO CORRESPONDENTS. Sugpscriptions Recrtvep.—To vols. I. and II.: From A. M., London, England ; J. W. H. R., Yarmouth, N.S. To vol. Il.: From H. L. M., Malden, Mass.; C. S2M:. Boston, Mass. :F"L. MON. Y:;"E. P." A: ‘Cambridge, Mass)- ras do. (per Am. Ent.); W. H. E., Coalburgh, Va. Subscription to Packard’s Guide from B. B., Ottawa. C. H. B., Rock Island, I1l.—Your first letter enclosing 50 cents, has never reached us. Our rate of subscription is now $1.25 per vol. Money must be at the sender’s risk, unless in a registered letter, P. O. order, or Bank draft. The postage to Canada from the U. S. is 6 cents; when only 3 are put on a letter we have to pay 10. N. H. C., Stratford, Ontario.—Please send a specimen of the Dacne that we may be able to determine the species. The pale colour is probably owing to immaturity. vA 1a , , ¥ Fig. No. 1 shows the Mentum with emarginate tooth, Zigula and Paraglossa of Plerostichus lucublandus, Say. Fig. No. 2. The toothed Mentum, narrow Ligula and broad Paraglossa of Bradycellus rupestris, Say. Fig. 3. Anisodactylus harrisit, Lec., Mentum not toothed, apical dilatation of Ligula, and basal joints of Labial palpus. PARTS OF CUT. Ventral surface of [arpulus caliginosus. A Mandible. IX Prosternum. S Mesosternum. B Maxillary palpus. L Episternum of protho- T Metasternum. C Outer lobe of maxilla. rax. U_ Episternum of meso- D Inner lobe of maxilla. M Coxe. thorax. E Labial palpus. N_ Trochanter. V_ Episternum of meta- F Paraglosse. O Femora. thorax. G Ligula. P Tibiee. W Ventral segments. H Mentum. Q Tarsi. X Epimeron of metatho- I Antenna. RK Ungues. Y Epipleura. [rax, EXPLANATION OF TERMS. Base—That point of any organ nearest the centre of the insect. Apex—tThat point of any organ farthest from the centre of the insect. Dorsal—Upper surface. Ventral—Under surface, Emarginate—Sharp indentation. Sinuate—Curved indentation. Lateral—Pertaining to the sides. Marginate—With the edge surrounded by a border. Truncate—Squarely cut. Transverse—Crosswise. Obtuse—Rounded, not acute. Acuie— Pointed. Thorax—Usually the dorsal surface between the head and elytra. Prothorax—Usually the ventral surface to which the anterior legs are attached. Mesothorax—That part to which the middle legs are attached. Metathorax--That part to which the posterior legs are attached. Elytra—The wing covers. Elytral striz—Longitudinal grooves in wing covers. Elytral interstices—Spaces between the strie. Elytral dorsal punctures—Small impressions usually between the first and third strive. Scutel—Triangular piece at the base of the suture of wing covers. Scutellar striaa—Abbreviated striae each side of the scutel. Suture—The longitudinal line of juncture between the wing covers. Sutural stria—The groove next to the suture. Rugose—W rinkled. Sulcate—Broad shallow groove. Fovea—Large impression. Connate—Joined together. Reticulate—Covered with lines intersecting each other like a net. Che Canadian Entomologist. Vor Tt. TORONTO, JANUARY 1, 1870. No, 4. —— ee THF ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. To-day our Society enters with the New Year upon a new phase of exist- ence. Hitherto it has been entirely dependant upon the unaided contributions and voluntary assistance of its members, who, in the very nature of things, are comparatively few in number, and scattered over a wide area of country; now it has received official recognition, and is furnished with such pecuniary aid as will enable it to carry out more effectually the work that it was intended to perform. We trust, then, that all our members will now bestir themselves, and work zealously and «ctively for the cause of Entomology in this country, and will show by their labours that the encouragement afforded them has been usefully and worthily bestowed. We have now made our first moult, but still continue in a larval state, with all a caterpi!lar’s voracity for food; unless we get plenty we shall shrivel up and die. The sustenance that we require is more members, more work, more books, more specimens, more scientific con- tributions, more subscribers to our journal, more active co-operation on the part of all! The following resolution unanimously adopted at the last meeting of the Council of the Agricultural and Arts Association of Ontario, describes our new position :— “* Resolved.—That the sum of four hundred dollars be appropriated in aid of | the Entomological Society fur the ensuing year, on the condition that the Society furnish an Annual Report, and form a Cabinet of Insects, useful or prejudicial to Agriculture and Horticulture, to be placed at the disposal of this Council, and that they also continue to publish their Journal.” This assistance is very timely and acceptable, but it will be observed that it imposes upon us fresh work which will require the active assistance of our members to perform satisfactorily. The Annual Report is intended to be of a practical character and to resemble those issued by the State Entomologisis in the United States; notes and observations in economic Entomology from all parts of the country will be especially needed for this. The cabinet of noxious and beneficial insects will also stand in need of contributions from all our mem- 49, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. bers everywhere, and will require an entirely distinct arrangement and system from that adopted in the Society’s classified collections. Our readers will per- ceive that this is work for all to do; the humblest beginner, the merest collec- tor, can render valuable assistance in his own way, as well as the more-ad- vanced student of the science. Hearty co-operation, regular systematic obser- vation and work are what we require, and what all can render if they choose. Since our last issue, two regular meetings of the Society have been held in Toronto. At the first, Nov. 10, 1869, in addition to the ordinary routine busi- ness, letters were read from Baron Osten Sacken, and Dr. Hagen, acknowledg- ing their election as Honorary Members of the Society, and from Mr. Sanborn and Mr. D’Urban as Corresponding Members; the thanks of the Society were voted to the Boston Society of Natural History, for the donation to the Library of acopy of the ‘‘ Harris Correspondence ;” and a number of specimens of Buprestidz were exhibited by Messrs. Saunders, Reed, and Bethune. At the second meeting, Dec. 14, 1869, the resolution quoted above was read, and the meeting resolved upon accepting the grant of the Agricultural and Arts Asso- ciation upon the conditions specified. Mr, F. B. Robertson was elected an Ordinary Member; the Secretary announced the much lamented death of Mr. B. D. Walsh, State Entomologist of Illinois, and obituary resolutions of a simi- Jar character to those passed at a meeting of the London branch, were adopted. —— DEATH OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OF ILLINOIS. It is with feelings of very great grief that we record the death of our much esteemed correspondent, Benjamin D. Waish, M.A., State Entomologist of Ilinois. He was walking, it appears, on the railroad track near the depot, at Rock Island, on Friday, Nov. 12th, when a train coming on him unawares, the engine caught his foot and crushed it. The injured limb was amputated, and for several days no great alarm was felt respecting his condition; it soon however, became evident that he had received serious internal injuries, and that there was no hope of his recovery. He lived till the 18th of the month, and then, after much suffering, breathed his last. No words of ours are needed to tell the reader of the loss science has sus- taiged by this sad accident. One of the most thorough entomologists in America, has been taken from us in the full maturity of his powers; the accu- mulated stores of knowledge gathered during many years of zealous labors in the field, and in the study, have been closed to us for ever. Deeply do we deplore the bereavement, but humbly must we bow in meek submission to the incomprehensible wisdom of an overruling Providence. The following resolutions respecting this sad event were adopted at a recent meeting of the London Branch of the Entomological Society of Canada :— THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 43 “« Resolued.—That the members of this Society have Jearned with deep regret of the sudden death of Benjamin D. Walsh, State Entomologist of Illinois. We have long admired his zeal and earnestness in endeavouring to advance entomolo- gical science, and we feel that our favourite study has lost in him one of its staunchest supporters and advocates, and those of us who had the privilege of his personal acquaintance, a warm friend. We tender our heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved widow and friends, and assure them that his labour of love manifest in his many valuable contributions to entomological literature will ever be fondly cherished in our memories.” “ Resolved.—That the Secretary be instructed to transmit copies of the above resolution to the widow of the late B. D. Walsh, and also to the editors of the American Entomologist, and Canadian Entomologist, requesting them to insert the same in their next issues.” —— -$- A SINGULAR CASE. Seeing in the last number of the Canadian Entomologist, a description of the eggs of A. Luna, reminds me to ask of you the explanation of a curious circumstance in the life-history of one bred by me from the larva last year. I will premise that I am writing without my notes, and therefore cannot give figures accurately, but can give the facts. There may be nothing very strange about it, but two of the best entomologists in the United States inform me that it is entirely new to them. It is this:—Some time in the latter part of the summer of 1868 I took, feeding on walnut leaves, a mature larva of A. Luna, from which I did not hope to rear the mature insect, because I counted on the larva over twenty eggs like those of a Yachina. Underneath some of these eggs I could discern with a lens a minute opening through which the fly-larva had entered the body of the Luna larva. The skin of the latter was more or less discoloured under each egg, but under some—under mary in fact—there was a dense black spot, sometimes two lines in diameter. I made slight incision in the skin of the Luna larva at the place where a Tachina larva seemed to have entered by one of the little holes, to see if I could find the Tachina larva. It was a very slight incision, as I did not wish to kill the Luna larva, but wanted to rear the flies from it to see if they were the same as those bred from Saturnia Jo. Before it spun up it changed colour, becom- ing almost pink. It spun up, and to my surprise, instead of producing Tachi- ne, there last spring emerged from it an unusually large Luna. The question which puzzles me is, what became of the parasites? According to all the books, I believe, the entrance of the parasite into the body of its proper host is certain death. Could it have been that the parent Zachina made a mistake, and that its progeny, not finding the Luna to their taste, died or made their escape? Even if they had died inside the Luna larva, must they not have occasioned its death, especially considering the number of them ? 44 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. I will add that there was no possibility of a mistake, as I had but one other Luna larva, (and it had spun up before I found the infested. one, and like it produced a perfect moth, though not so large as that from the infested one), and these were the only two Luna larvee and the only two Luna moths that Teversaw. I still have both. The infested larva was the last to spin up, but the first to emerge. Can you tell me what became of the Tachine? * V.T. CuamBers, Covington, Ky. P. S —Since the above was written, I have referred to my journal, and find that the first larva was taken on Sept. 2; the infested one on Sept. 4. The latter came out on May 6th, and the former on May 15th. Otherwise the facts are as above stated.—V. T. C. ——_@¢—_ NOTES ON SOME OF THE COMMON SPECIES OF CARABIDA, FOUND IN TEMPERATE NORTH AMERICA. BY PHILIP 8S. SPRAGUE, BOSTON, MASS. The many difficulties encountered by those entomologists who have neither time nor access to scientific Jibraries, but who wish to be more than mere collectors, have induced me to try and assist them, more especially those who are to some extent advanced enough to distinguish many of the families and genera of the Coleoptera’ I also hope to be of some assistance to those beginners who have a true love of nature and her works. Yet were I to write for this class only, the Entomologist would be more than full for years. My first atterapt will be to help the reader to classify some of the more com- mon genera of Carabide, after which I will refer to the species, pointing out their particular differences by comparative descriptions. I shall endeavor to express myself in familiar phraseology, rather than in technical. To those who have not these instruments, a convenient magnifying glass, Le Conte’s ‘Classification and List of Coleoptera of N. A.,’ are absolutely necessary. (1). I have had prepared a highly magnified drawing of one of our common sum- mer beetles, arpalus caliginosus, to plainly represent all those parts which are of the most importance in classification, the names should be printed with a pen on their appropriate parts, very plainly that you may know them at a glance. You will find it of the greatest advantage to dissect a number of beetles, of the same and allied genera, comparing the different parts with each oiher and with the cut, and making drawings of the same, thus familiarising yourself with the form and parts pertaining to the subject; if you are a new beginner, or have never done this, it is absolutely necessary, and you will be surprised to find how much you have learned with so little trouble (2), The cut only represents the ventral or under surface. When viewed from above you will find at the extreme anterior part of the head, between the . THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 45 mandibles and covering the mouth, the Labrum,; a little behind this, at the sides just forward of the eyes, are inserted the antennee. The head fits into the thorax, which extends to the e/ytra, or wing covers, which are sometimes entire (Cychrus viduus) sometimes the true wings beneath are entirely wanting (Pterostichus permundus). The small triangular piece at the centre and base of the thorax and elytra is the scutel, the characters of which are not used itm the classification of this family. ‘The sexual characteristics are of particular importance, and may usually be known by the greater dilatation of the anterior tarsi of the male. In many genera it is absolutely necessary to have the % to be positive; an instance in point is recorded, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.. page 882, Dec, 1868 (3). By reference to Le Conte’s Classification you will find the family Carabidze divided into sub-families, the last of which, Harpalide, the only one we shall now consider, contains the greater number of the species of Carabidw. This sub-family is divided into tribes, these again into groups, two only of which, Eurytricht and Harpal’, containing most of the common summer beetles, will be now considered. In these forms we have the following plan of arrangement:—Ligula free at the apex, Paraglosse distinct, E/ytra rounded and sinuate at the tip, anteiior and middle tarsi of the $ usuaily broadly dilated,—Harpalini, tribe. Anterior and middle tarsi of the § usually broadly dilated and covered beneath with a dense brush of hairs,—Eurytrichi. Group. Anterior and middle tarsi of the $ usually strongly dilated, and covered beneath with two rows (oneon eachside) of bristles—Harpali. Group. AsI presupposed in the beginning that you were somewhat acqvainted with the different forms of the Genera, you wili not confound these with Pterestichus, which has in the % only three joints of the anterior tarsi dilated, or with Chlenius, which has bright metallic. species, usually pubescent, or with Ovdes, which very much resembles Harpalus in form, but differs by having the eighth and ninth elytral strize confluent and the ocellate punctures very near the margin; this genus is scarce, and not easily distinguished from a number of others, except by those who have had much experience. We will now take into consideration part of the genera embraced in these Groups, remembering, that where they run into one another you will often be puzzled, and must refer to the classification, where the whole subject is carefully elaborated. The Group Hurpali contains a numbcr of genera, one of which Gynandropus, with but a single species common at the north, is .25 long, guite slender, shining black, thorax much prarrower than the elytra, rounded before and behind, and decidedly convex ; it resembles both Pterostichus and Steno- lophus, but differs from all other species by the characters of the Group, and by having three rows of punctures on each elytron on the second, fifth and * 46 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. seventh stric, and by the anterior tarsi having the Jast joint elongated and and dilated in the 2. This last character is of much importance, as we have a division of Harpalus having the elytra punctured in three rows ; to you who have this insect named in your collection, the above will enable you to verify it ; to others it is of little importance, as it is one of the more d ficult forms to determine. Bradyccllus has the mentum strongly toothed, but with the exception of the two first species in the list, they are quite small, Jess than .25 long. The species of Stenolophus are Wes small and slender beetles, with the thorax rounded before and behind, which distinguishes them from Harpalus.. With a common glass you will make but little progress with the two last named genera, for although they THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 53 Nests of the second and third colonies which I took from branches about fourteen feet from the ground, at the end of October, 1868, are infested with a Hymenopterous parasite. One of these species issued from a cell of macu- lata about six days after it was in my possession. Five came from one cell. I sent this Hymenopter to Mr. Cresson, of Philadelphia, and he has since described it as a new species, Huceros burrus (Cancdian Entomologist, i. p. 104). This parasite occupied a longitudinal position in. the cell of the wasp, and its cocoons were slightly made, and stood side by side. I also remarked that they issued from a cell which was covered with the cap which is generally spun by the wasp larva prior to its changing into a pupa. Therefore I think that 7. burrus is a wasp pupa parasite. There are at present cocoons of what I take to be another species occupying about two-thirds of the cells of a nest of Vespa maculata, but differently shaped from the cocoons of L. burrus, being generally triangular in shape externally, but having an inte- rior cocoon occupied at present with the larva. The curious shaped cocoons, of chestnut color, are all situated at the bottom of the cells, and only in those cells which are open, but having the larval lining to the walls of the cells, and in every instance uncovered. For this reason I believe that this parasitic larva, which has now lain in cocoon since October, 1868, and is not yet developed into the perfect insect, is probably a wasp larvee parasite, and they illustrate what entomologists term ‘‘the metropolis of a species.” When they issue, we may conclude it to be their prolific year. —-4~— LIST OF COLEOPTERA. TAKEN AT GRIMSBY ORDARLO, BY. J. PEPE (Continued from page 18.) GYRINID. Gyrinus, Linn. *Aeneolus, Lez. Dingures, JfeLeay. *Picipes, Aube. Fraternus, Couper. Americanus, Zinn. *Veatralis, Kirby. *Tugens, Zimm. *Carolinus, Lec. * Analis, Say. *Limbatus, Say.t HYDROPHILID 22, Hetoruoris, Pub. Hyprocuts, Germ. Hyprmna, Klug. Lacustris, Dee. Squamifer, Lec. | *Pensylvanica, Kes. Lineatus, Say. *HKxeavatus, Lec. HypROopPHILUS, Geoff. Scaber, Lee. *Simplex, Lec. Triangularis, Suy. * Species marked with an asterisk have not before been included in the list of Cana- dian Coleoptera. 1¥rom Canada East, ‘Ne Se a 54 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. ; Hypropattes, Geoff, cont. 1yprosrus, Leach. Ochraceus, Mels. Lateralis, dst. *Tnsculptus, Lice. Cinctus, Say. *QOvalis, Zieg.” *Digestus, Lec. *Bifidus, Lee. Hyprocuaris, Latr. *Subcupreus, Say. Crrcyon, Leach. Obtusatus, Say. Puituyprus, Sol. Flavipes, Hr. Berosus, Leach. *Fimbriatus, Afels. *Preetextatum, Muls. Striatus, Say. *Maculicollis, (Muls). CrypropLeuruM, Muls. Lacoozgtius, Er, *Nebulosus, Say. Vagans, Lec. Agilis, Rand. Perplexus, Lec. SILPHIDA. Necropuorvs, fab. Surinamensis, Fab. Awntsoroma, Jil. Marginatus, Fab. Lapponica, LHodst. Obsoleta, Lec. Pustulatus, Herschel. Marginalis, Fab. Liopves, Latr. Mortuorum, Fad. Inzequalis, Fad. Globosa, Lec. *Pyomeeus, Kirby.s Peltata, Catesby. *Polita, Lee. Orbicollis, Say. Necroruiuvs, Latr. *Dichroa, Lec.. Sayi, Lap. (lunatus *Subterraneus, Fad. Acarurpium, Jl. Lec.) Cators, Fab. *Qniscoides, Beauv. Velutinus, Fad. Opacus, Say. Exiguum, Mes. Obscurus, Kirby. *Terminans, Lec. Revolvens, Lec. StupuHa, Linn. *Parasitus, Lec. SCYDM NIDA. Scypmnvs, Latr. *Capillosulus, Lec. Rasus, Lee. *Fossiger, Lec. *Basalis, Lec. PSELAPHID.i—(Brenpet’s Synopsis). Crenistes, Fetch. Rubicunda, Aubé. Kuptectus, Leach. *Piceus, Lec. Decarturon, Brend. *Confluens, Lec. Bryaxis, Leach. *Abnorme, Lec. Ruexius, Lec. *Perforata, Brend. Barrisus, Aubé. *Insculptus, Lec. *Illinoisensis, Brend. *Lineaticollis, Aubé. (To be continued.) —_¢—— MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Pierts Rapa, Linn.—In your “ Miscellaneous Notes,” of Nov. 15, your correspondent, T. L. Mead of New York, speaks of having captured “ a spe- cimen of P. rape on flowers in a salt marsh on the New Jersey side of the 2 A single specimen taken several years ago on the shore of the Lake, only lately identified. ° Dr. Le Conte, in his List, has placed WV. pygmeus, Kirby, as a synonym of WN. mor- tuorum, Fab., but, as Dr. Horn informs me, now considers them distinct. A fine speci- men of the variety erispetus, Motsch, was taken here by Dr. Milward. Bee) ; aay THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 55 Hudson River.” If he had ‘hunted’ the ‘ Hill’ on which Hudson City stands, instead of the ‘salt marsh’ at its foot, he might have captured a hundred specimens instead of one. ‘The increase of this insect during the last two years is marvellous— W. V. Anprews, New York. Limfnitis proserpPina, Edw.—Mr. J. M. Jones sent us a coloured drawing of a specimen captured near Halifax, Nova Scotia, which we consider to be a specimen of J. proserpina Edw. We sent the drawing, however, to Mr. Edwards, the highest autherity, who replied as follows:—‘‘I think the figure is of Proserpina; the white band is rather unusually broad on the upper surface, but no two of the specimens I have seen are alike in this respect. If you examine a series of Arthemis you will notice a large range of variation in all respects, and probably Proserpina varies as much.—C. J. S. B. 4 —— BOOKS RECEIVED. We regret that our limited space will not permit us to give more than a line of acknowledgment to the many books, papers, etc., that we have received since our last notice. Our regular exchanges will please accept our thanks for their favours during the past year, and our request for their continuance in the future. Packard’s Guide to the Sludy of Insects. Part X., October, 1869. This thick part, of nearly 150 pages, illustrated with three full-page plates and 80 wood-cuts, completes this valuable work, which ought to be in the library of every entomolo- gist in America, The part before us contains an account of the Neuroptera, Arachnida and Myriapoda ; an Entomological Calendar, Glossary, copious Index to the whole work, and the Author’s Preface and acknowledgments. Notice of the Crustacea collected by Prof. C. F. Hartt on the coast of Brazil in 1868, with a list of Brazilian Podophthalmia. By Sidney I. Smith. Description of a new species of Grapta, and Notes on G. interrogationis. By J. A. Lintner. A Descriptive Catalogue of Medical and Scientific Books. By J. Y. Green, Newport, Vt. Le Naturaliste Canadien. Vol. ii., No.1. Dec., 1869. Quebec. We rejoice to observe the tokens of prosperity manifested in the handsome wrapper and gene- rally iinproved appearance of our French contemporary. 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In my previous article upon this subject, I treated upon the classification and tbe particular distinguishing characters of the genus Harpalus ; in this I wish to call attention to their specific differences, by noting those varia- tions of form or structure which are so constant as to cause us to consider them'as denoting distinct species. The general form of the beetles of this genus is oblong-oval, rather broad, thorax quadrate and in length from -30-1 inch, black piceous, shining. Our northern exceptions to this color are HT. viridiaencus, Beauv., and H. erraticus, Say, the former being bright brassy green, the latter dark ferruginous or the colour of immaturity. The cut accompanying the previous article was of Harpalus caliginosus, Say., a beetle so well known that I shall describe it in detail, that you may better | understand my ideas in describing others. I shall suppose that you have taken up this beetle without any previous knowledge of its name; you per- ceive it has the general form of the genus Harpalus. We now proceed to examine the anterior and middle tarsi, the four first joints of which are strongly dilated, consequently it is a male, beneath they have at the sides a few coarse short bristles (had they been covered with a dense brush of hair, we should have laid it aside as most likely belonging to the genus Anisodac- tylus), its length from the apex of labrum to the end of the elytra is -90 (-80-1.05 are the extremes of specimens in my collection), width -35. If we now had access to descriptions of the beetles of this genus, we should find only one of this length or near it, consequently without further trouble we should only have to see that it agreed with the specific description. This is the largest Harpalus we have, being one-half longer than any other, and if the generic characters are well worked up, it cannot be mistaken for any other. The head is black with a few scattered punctures, nearly obsolete, the frontal impressions between the antenne are well marked, apex of labrum 58 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. slightly emarginate at centre; mouth, tarsi and antennz reddish brown, the latter with the two basal joints smooth; thorax nearly twice as wide as the head and much wider than long, finely punctured, confluently at the base and near the apex, sparsely at the centre on top, the dorsal longitudinal line distinct, abbreviated in front, sides depressed and flattened, making a wide margin which is punctured, it is narrow at the apical angle and very broad at the base, there is a very narrow raised border at the edge, on each side between the middle and margin a little inward from the base is a broad shallow fovea (basal fovea), more roughly punctured than the other parts, the sides are narrowed and rather broadly rounded forward from a little behind the middle, and sinuated posteriorly, the basal angles are acute with the apex pointed and somewhat extended outwards; elytra broader than the thorax, oval, with its greatest width near the middle, the apex is obliquely and slighily sinuated, the strize are deep, very finely and rather sparsely punctured, inter- stices convex, no dorsal puncture; beneath dark piceous, punctured at the sides, mentum not toothed, on the abdominal segments beneath, each side of the centre, are seen a row of punctures from whigh a long bristle projects (ambu- qatorial sete). I wish ‘to call your attention to this marking for weghave those with another set of setee nearer the sides of the abdomen and called accessory ambulatorial sete. The great length and breadth of this beetle distinguish it from all others of the genus, and I know of no beetle that it can be taken for. During the middle of summer, under stones and boards in sandy soil near running water, beetles are found quite commonly, having the appear- ance of being immature in color; this is Harpalus erraticus, Say. Long -60 (50-68). Testaceous Leneath, darker above with the elytra piceous, more slender than the preceeding. Head smooth, frontal impressions shallow, antenne concolorous, with the two basal joints smooth ; thorax smooth, with the sides depressed, leaving a wide margin suddenly and broadly dilated behind, finely punctured, the basal foveze are distinct and usually punctured, Sides rounded forward of the middle and strongly narrowed behind but not rounded, basal angles obtuse, scarcely rounded at the extreme apex; elytra much wider than the base of thorax, sub-oval, deeply and obliquely sinuate at tip, in the the outer angle acute and dentiform, the extreme apex is some- times sub-sinuate, leaving a sutural spine, the strize are moderately deep and ‘impunctured, it has no dorsal punctures ; the abdomen beneath is finely pune- tured and pubescent at base. In most examples of this species a slight sinuation of the thorax is seen on each side, about one-third of its length from the base, in some the basal foveze are scarcely punctured, making the whole ‘thorax nearly smooth. I have in my collection one specimen which is wholly / THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. ; 59 dark piceous, almost black, with the exception of the outer joints of the antenne, which are covered with fuscous hairs. This beetle differs from al} other species of Harpalus (except H. retractue, Lec., from New Mexico, which I have never seen), by the deep and peculiar sinuation of the apex of elytra and also by its immature color. Harpalus testaceus, Lec.—Iowa and Illinois—must be similar in color, but is much smaller, long. 41, and also differs by belonging to the subdivision having accessory ambulatorial setae. I presume from the fact that I never have obtained this beetle in my many western exchanges, that it is quite rare. Harpalus viridiaeneus, Beauv., length -40 (32.42). Beneath black, above bright metallic green, more or less bronzed, sometimes coppery, rarely black; epipleurae, legs, mouth and anteunze reddish- brown; head smooth, nearly black and darker than the thorax, which is a little wider than long, sides narrowed behind but not depressed, showing only the narrow border which is distinct wholly around the thorax, its basal foveze shallow, somewhat linear, and with the“angles and base punctured, posterior angles obtuse and very slightly rounded at the extreme apex; elytra wider than the thorax, with the sides finely punctured and pubescent, strize not deep, and in some specimens nearly obsolete punctures may be seen, interstices flat, the apex is obliquely and strongly sinuate, in the 2 the outer angle acute, no dorsal puncture. The color of this beetle marks it well, and with the apical sinuation of the elytra quite distinguishes it from others of the genus. Harpalus amputatus, Say. Dr. LeConte refers to a beetle somewhat resembling the above (Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, page 99, 1865), as coming from Kansas, New Mexico, Saskatchewan, Montreal, Canada, which 1 will describe, hoping that others may have been more fortunate than myself in procuring it from this section. The only specimens I have scen were from New Mexico, one of which by the kindness of Mr. G. D. Smith, of this city, I have in my collection. Dr. LeConte, says (loc. cit.) “above metallic blue or green, nearly black, with the apex of elytra truncate.” Three of the four specimens I have examined arc nearly black, with the faintest tint of dark blue, and only one was brassy green. ‘Uhe following is a description :—Length 88 (37-41). Above and below nearly black, shining, legs and antennz piceous. Head smooth; the thorax at the sides broadly rounded before and behind, basal angles nearly obsolete, sides of thorax not depressed, basal foveze shallow, with the outer angles somewhat flattened and punctured ; elytra broader than thorax with the apex nearly squarely cut off, striz well marked, the 9 with sutural spine. The truncate elytra and round thorax suficiently mark this species. Harpalus laticeps, Lec. Length -55 (52-60). Black above and below, 60 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. shining, very broad and convex, legs and antenne rufo-piceous. Head very broad, black, shining, smooth, the frontal impressions small, antennze short, not reaching the base of thorax, dark testaceous; thorax one-half broader than long, sides distinctly depressed at and behind the middle, basal foveze broad, not very deep, finely punctured, sides well rounded before, dis- tinctly narrowed behind, basal angles obtuse and rounded at the extreme apex, the fine raised border is distinct at the side and base, the dorsal line distinct, abbreviated in front ; elytra a little wider than the thorax, not deeply striate, impunctured, interstices flat, a dorsal puncture behind the middle near the second stria, N. H., Me., Vt. The large head and convex and obese form, well mark this beetle. In the ? the elytra are slightly opaque or silky (sericeo-opaca) and generally with a small sutural spine. In nearly all of my specimens the sides of the thorax for a short space behind the middle are very slightly sinuate, the terminal spur of the anterior tibise is quite long and broad. Harpalus rufimanus, Lec., -40--48. Black, shining; tibie, tarsi and antennee rufo-piceous. Head smooth, not as broad as in the preceding, antennee quite short; thorax distinctly wider than head, one-half wider than long, sides slightly depressed behind, broadly rounded and distinctly narrowed posteriorly, basal foveze deep, somewhat linear, finely and confluently punc- tured, basal angles obtuse, scarcely rounded and sparsely punctured; elytra wider than thorax, 2 ‘‘sericeo-opaca,”’ striee deeper than in the preceding, impunctured, a small but distinct sutural spine in the 2, behind the middle two dorsal punctures on the third interstices, near the second stria. The two punctures near together behind the middle on each elytron mark this beetle from all the other species, and perhaps I may say from all Harpalide. I cannot understand why this peculiarity has not been noted; Dr. LeConte neither mentions it in his description of the species (Am. Lyc. Nat. Hist. 4.402), or in his notes “ On the species of Harpalus inhabiting America, north of Mexico” (Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, page 98, 1865). I have in my collection 3 $, 2 2 thus marked, one of which Dr. Horn, of Phila- delphia, and Mr. Ulke, of D. C., identified as H. rufimanus, Lec. I have seen two specimens in another collection thus marked, and I have also seen in Dr. Harris’ collection, a specimen sent him by Dr. LeConte, from Lake Superior, and by me sent back to Dr. LeConte ‘last year, for the Boston Society Nat. Hist., to be identified; now with eight specimens before me, one from Lake Superior, the others from N. H. near the White Mountains, all that I have ever seen agreeing perfectly with all descriptions (save this peculiarity), and these particular specimens identified by Dr. LeConte, Dr. G. H. Horn and Mr. Henry Ulke, three of our greatest American Hntomolo- gists, I can see no reason for believing this an accidental marking. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 61 Harpalus spadiceus, Dej. Length -33-38. Rufo-piceous, legs and anten- nx ferruginous. Head smooth, rather large, mandibles long ; thorax one-half wider than head, a little wider than long, sides broadly rounded, not at all depressed, strongly narrowed behind, basal angles obtuse, not rounded, basal foveze narrow, shallow, more or less punctured, disk smooth, somewhat con- vex; elytra oval, widest a little behind the middle, striz deep, impunctured, interstices copvex with a dorsal puncture on the third near the second stria, behind the middle, elytra not opaque or reticulate in either sex. This beetle resembles H. herbivagus in color and size, but is more robust (convex), and in this respect more like H, fallax, Lec., and H. Pleuriticus, Kirby, but differs from both by the larger head and mandibles, and the strongly narrowed thorax posteriorly ; it resembles in form of thorax, H. virtdiaeneus, but is still more strongly narrowed behind. Not common in New England; two examples from Massachusetts. The above descriptions comprise most of our species whose form is so well marked, as to be most readily recognized, and not easily confounded with others. The reader is requested to make the following correction in my first paper: —Page 46, line 15 from top, after “ ths paper” insert “‘ (4) ;” and at line 22, for “ having’ read “ the latter, however, has.” —— es ON THE LARVA OF THECLA INORATA, G. & R. BY W. SAUNDERS, LONDON, ONT. On the 15th of June, 1869, I obtained several Thecla larve by beating over an umbrella the branches of some small oak trees growing in a cemetery about two miles west of London. Not having met with them before I at once took the following description : Length, -40in., onisciform. Head small, pale greenish-yellow, with a minute black dot on each side. Mandibles pale brown, with a faint whitish _ patch immediately above them. Body above yeliowish-green, streaked above with yellowish-white, and thickly covered with fine, short, white hairs; second segment of rather a darker shade of green than the rest of the body. A dark green dorsaé stripe, on 3rd, 4th and 5th segments, the full width of the dorsal crest ; narrow on the four terminal seyments, almost obsolete on those intermediate. A faint whitish dorsal line runs through the centre of this stripe. Dorsal crest edged with yellowish-white, most apparent where it borders the darker portions of dorsal stripe; sides of body with a few faint oblique lines of yellowish-white ; body margined on each side with the same color close to 62 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. under surface extending around the posterior segments. In some younger specimens these yellowish-white markings have a reddish or brownish tint. Under surface deeper bluish-green, with a faint white bloom. Feet and prolegs partake of the general color. June 21st.—Since the 15th most of the larvae have moulted, resulting in some change in their appearance. Length ‘55 in. Head, eolor and markings as before. Body above dull white with a faint green tinge, changing in some speci- ‘ mens to a slight ochrey-reddish tinge, thickly covered with minute white hairs ; second segment pale green. The green dorsal stripe on third, fourth, and fifth segments has aequired a deep greenish brown tint, which contrasts strongly with the general .color of body; the same change is also observable on the last four segments, and here the stripe is much widened, the anterior portion of it assuming the form of a triangular patch, its base on posterior part of eleventh segment, its apex on anterior part of tenth; on the interme- diate segments the dorsal stripe is obsolete. On the fifth segment a streak of dark brown crosses the end of the dark dorsal stripe extending about half way down the sides; there is also a dot of the same color on each side of this segment close to under surface. On the sides of the fourth and sixth segments are several additional brown dots, very small. The tenth and eleventh segments have an oblique brown streak on each side, with a small spot of the same color placed below it. The sides of body have five or six white oblique lines. Under surface green, with a whitish bloom; a patch of brown on each side in continuation of spots on tenth and eleventh segments; a patch of the same also behind the last pair of prolegs. Before entering the pupa state these larvee assumed a delicaté pink color, the dorsal stripe becoming darker, the other lines paler. Length .60 in. Head, color and markings as before. Body above dull whitish pink ; second segment greenish; dorsal stripe on third, fourth and fifth segments very dark brown, widest on fifth, where there is a spot of the same color on each side of it. The lines bordering dorsal crest, oblique lines on sides, and edg- ing of under surface, all pale pink. On the hinder segments the anterior portion of dorsal stripe is widened, assuming the form of a triangular patch as before, its color scarcely so dark as that on anterior segments. Under surface green with a yellowish tint, feet and prolegs of the same shade. One of these became a chrysalis on the 27th of June. Length of pupa, ‘40 in. Color pale brown, sprinkled with many dots of a darker shade, and thickly covered with short yellow hairs. A ventral line of dark brown along THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 63 posterior segments. Under surface much paler, This description was taken June 30th. The imago appeared on the 13th July. Among the first lot of-larvee secured one differed materially from the others in its appearance just before entering the chrysalis state. The body assumed a deep green color with the same dark brown dorsal markings, while the yellow edging of dorsal crest appeared very prominent in consequence of the deepening of general culor, on posterior segments it was indistinct. The bordering around body close to under surface was dull pink, and the oblique lines on sides of body scarcely perceptible. The under surface was a little deeper in color than upper ; feet faintly tipped with brown. This specimen became a pupa June 24th, and the following description was taken on the 28th. Length, 40in. Color, brownish black, thickly covered with short yellowish hairs, with three or four faint brown spots on each side of the ventral line on posterior segments. Wing cases mottled with pale brown, under surface paler. This produced the imago July 10th. On the first of July some additional specimens of the larva were taken by Mr. E. B. Reed in another locality, also on oak. Several of these were kindly placed at my disposal. Some were of the normal cast as first described, while two or three appeared very distinct. The head had the same color and markings in all; but in one case the body was pale brown with a pinkish ~ tinge, thickly covered with short whitish hairs; no yellow or other mark- ings. Under surface yellowish-green. Ina second specimen the eolor was of the same pale brown shade, but the yellow markings were present. Both these examples presented a marked contrast with the common form of whitish or greenish-white larva with broken dorsal stripe. In all these cases the imago appeared identical—after a careful examination IT could not detect any difference worthy of notice. Two of the common form of larvee produced each three dipterous parasites, which escaped from the larva when full grown, and produced pupz .19 in. in length, nearly oval in form; color dark brownish-red. One of these produced the imago on the 11th of July. The insect has not yet been determined. In this interesting series of specimens we have the same imago produced from First—A dull white or whitish-green larva, with green dorsal stripe and whitish lines, producing a pale-brown chrysalis. Second—A deep green larva with dark brown dorsal stripe and yellow lines, producing a brownish-black chrysalis. Third—A pale brown larva with a pinkish tinge, with no dorsal stripe or other markings. Fourth—A pale brown larva with yellow lines. Thus showing variations as wide as those marking some distinct species. 64 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. The figure of this larva given in Boisduval and Leconte (PI. 29, fig. 4), although very imperfect, is evidently intended to represent the normal form of this larva. It is there stated to feed on different species of thorn ( Crategus Y- a A NEW SPECIES OF ANARTA FROM NOVA SCOTIA. BY THE EDITOR. In the Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science (1868-9, p. 78-87), I have given a list of some specimens of Nova Scotian Lepidoptera, sent me for determination by the esteemed President of the Institute, J. Matthew Jones, Hsq., of Halifax. Among these was included a new species of Anarta, the description of which I re- print here, as many of those interested in this department of Entomology may not have access to the original publication. “* Anarta Acadiensis, Bethune (Pro. Trans. N.S. Inst. Nat. Sci., 1868-9, p. 84). The pretty little species of this genus are chiefly confined to mountainous and sub-arctic regions; one, however, is taken all over England, and another A. luteola, Grote & Rob., has been found in the neighborhood of Quebec; Dr. Packard (Pro. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Oct. 17, 1866), has described several species taken in Labrador. The following is a description of our species :— “Anterior wings dull brick red, sparsely powdered with black scales. Basal line indistinct, doubled, slightly dentate, black; transverse anterior line black, perpendicular to costa for nearly half its length, then curved outwards forming an irregular arc to the inner margin. Median space darker, with a transverse central black shade; orbicular spot very conspicuous, creamy white, with a few scattered ferruginous scales in the middle, narrowed posteriorly and produced till it meets the edge of the reniform; this spot is of the normal shape, concolorous with the rest of the wing, conspicuously bordered with white, except inferiorly where it is open and encroached upon by the dark central shade. Transverse posterior line, black, fine, forming a very convex arc outside of the reniform spot. Subterminal and terminal spaces paler; subterminal line rather broad, distinct, black, arising from a triangular black spot on the costa, slightly wavy, parallel to the outer margin; terminal line deep black, very distinct ; fringes concolorous with the wing. ‘Posterior wings shining, straw-yellow, with a broad well-defined black border, which is slightly excavated interiorly just before the anal angle ; costa, base and inner margin broadly discolored with black scales; fringes golden yellow at apex, pale yellow inferiorly. ‘‘ Under side of anterior wings shining, the costa narrowly, and the outer margin broadly, reddish-yellow, especially at the apex; inner margin rather broadly pale yellow; all the rest uniformly deep black. Posterior wings shining, pale yellow, with the costa and apex broadly irrorate with bright ferruginous scales, and a narrow ill-defined submarginal band ; fringes pale yellow. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. ** Antenne pale ferruginous, with a slight pubescence. ginous. anal tuft ferruginous. Tarsi annulated. * Alar expansion 1.15 inch. Length of body 0.50 inch, “* Habitat, Nova Scotia. (No. 281, J. M. Jones). “Halifax: rare, taken in July at Ashbourne.—J. M. J.” —+—. LIST OF COLHOPTERA, TAKEN AT GRIMSBY. ONTARIO, BY J. PETTIT. (Continued from page 54.) STAPHYLINIDA. Fauaeria, Mann. *Capucinus, Lr. Dissecta, Hr. Molochinus, Er. *Venustula, Hr. CREOPHILUS, Sleph. Cephalus, Say. LEucoPAaRYPHUS,Kraats. Villosus, Kirby. Hamatus, Suy. *Silphoides, Ar. LeristoTropuHus, Perty. BAPToLINus, Kr. Corroporus, Kr. Cingulatus, Ar. *Filicornis, Pays. Ventriculus, Kr. . Ocyrus, Kirby. LATHROBIUM, Grav. TACHINUS, Grav. Ater, Zr. Grande, Lec. *Flavipennis, De. STaAPHYLINUS, Linn. Punctulatum, Lec. *Memnonius, Grav, Maculosus, Grav. Angulare, Lec. Fumipenuis, £7. *Mysticus, Hr. Concolor, Lec. Picipes, Er. Vulpinus, Word. *Armatum, Say. Fimbriatus, Gre». Fossator, Grav. Limbatus, JMels. SPAPHYLINUS (contin’d). Tacyporus, Grav. Badipes, Lec. Jocosus, Say. Cinnamopterus, Grav. Conosoma, Kr. Violaceus, Grav. Crassum, Lec. Capitatus, Bland. Basale, Lec. PHILONTHUS, Curtis. Bouertosius, Leach. XANTHOLINUS, Serv. Fulgidus, #7. *Longiusculus, Grav. *Collare, Er. CryproBiuM, Mann. Bicolor, Er. Pallipes, Nord. *Latebricola, Nord. Sriuicus, Latr. Head and thorax ferru- Abdomen cinereous above, darker from numerous black scales below ; This very pretty little moth may be readily distinguished by its color and the conspicuous peculiarly shaped “orbicular spot. *Niger, Er. *Cincticollis, Er. Cinctus, Lr. *Rostratus, Lec. *Longiceps, Lec. QuEDIus, Steph. Fulgidus, Er. *Leevigatus, Er. Cyanipennis, Lr. Aeneus, Nord. Blandus, £7. Promptus, Hr. Debilis, Er. Lomatus, #r. *Fulvipes, Nord. *Aterrimus, 7. Apicalis, Hr. *Angularis, Hr. *Dentatus, Lr. Lituocuaris, Lr. Confluens, Lr. Sunius, Steph. *Prolixus, £7. *Linearis, Hr. SuNIUS (continued). Longiusculus, Er. 66 Paprrus, Grav. Littorarius,. Grav. Srenus, Latr. *Colon, Say. Juno, Fab. Oxyrorus, Fab. Rufipennis, Lec. *Temoralis, Grav. Lateralis, Grav. Buepius, Steph. Fumatus, Lec. PLATYSTETHUS, Mann. Americanus, Zr. Hotouepra, Pays. Fossularis, Say. Hister, Linn. Interruptus, Beauv. Merdarius, Payk. *Harrisii, Kirby. Foedatus, Lec. *Cognatus, Lec. Marginicollis, Lee. Depurator, Say. Abbreviatus, Fad. *Sedecim striatus, Say. Americanus, Payk. *Carolinus, Payk. LeContei, Mars. Parallelus, Say. OXYTELUS, Grov. Sculptus, Grav. TrocorHLaus, Jann. *Morio, Lr. ANTHOPHAGUS, Grav. *Ceesus, Er. Lesteva, Lar. *Biguttula, Lec. Acrpora, Steph. *Subcarinata, Zr. *Patruelis, Lee. OLopHRUM, £7. *Emarginatum, Zr. HISTERIDA. Coarctatus, Lec. *Oylindricus, Payk. *“Gracilis, Lec. Pue.ister, Mars. *Subrotundus, Jars. Trispatus, Lr, * A mericanus, Lec. Paromatus, Jr. ——! SAPRINUS, Leach. Distinguendus, Mars. *Pensylvanicus, Lr. *Conformis, Lec. Assimilis, Hr. *Scupularis, Lec. Fraternus, Lec. ——— THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. TRIGONODEMUS, Lec. Striatus, Lec. ANTHOBIUM, Steph. Protectum, Lee. Paoreinus, Latr. *Parvulus, Lec. MerGcartTurus, Steph. * A mericanus, Sachse. Angulicollis, A/a. OnistHaRus, Lr. Nitidus, Lec. Guyrtoma, Lr. *Costale, Hr. *Deletus, Lec. Tererrivs, Hr. *Americanus, Lec. PLecaDERvs, Lr. Transversus, Say. Acritus, Lec. *Hxiguus, Lec. ScaPHIDIID&. Scoapuipium, Oliv. 4 Pustulatum, Say. Piceum, Mes. Scapuisoma, Leach. Convexum, S7zy. Toxipium, Lec. *Gammaroides, Lec. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Larva or HeLiornis ARMIGERA.—At a recent meeting of the Entomologi- cal Society of London, Eng., “ Mr. J. Jenner Weir exhibited two specimens of Heliothis armigera, Linn. (H. umbrosus, Grote), bred from larvee which fed in tomatoes. An importation of tomatoes from Spain or Portugal had been greatly damaged bya number of green larvee, with black lines and spots, which fed in the fruit, where there was apparently juice enough to drown them, and which ultimately produced the moths exhibited.” This insect has * Species marked with an asterisk have not been before included in the list of Canadian Coleoptera. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 67 been taken in all parts of the world, and of late years in the United States. In Illinois and Kentucky the larva has been very destructive to Indian Corn, and in the former State to the tomato as well (Amer. Hnt., 1.212). Mr. Glover has found it feeding ina young pumpkin; but it is best known in -the United States as the Cotton Boll-worm, from the injury it inflicts upon the cotton crop. It is probable also that it attacks Indian Corn in Canada, (Vide C. Farmer, 1869, p. 425). Carrures at Norra Dovro.—An attack of ague—for although that depressing complaint is happily of infrequent occurrence ia our village, it was exceedingly prevalent last year—and a subsequent lengthened absence from home for the recuperation of health, prevented me from devoting much time, last summer, to the capture of entomological specimens for my cabinet. Perhaps the most interesting addition I made to my collection was a very good specimen of the 7hyreus nessus. The Colias philodice appeared in great abundance, noticed chiefly around the puddles on the roads. Among the Coleoptera captured was the “ one-coloured Prionus,” Prionus unicolor, called now, I believe, Orthosoma cylindricum. It is a good speci- men, measuring 1}in., exceeding by fin. another specimen previously included in my collection. Some of the “ Buprestians,” particularly the Buprestes Virginica, we find constantly in our neighbourhood. Last year I captured the Buprestis fulvo- guttata, the “ tawny-spotted Buprestis;” it measures a little over 7 in. The large ‘‘ Capricorn beetles,” Monohammis titillator, were unusually abundant last season. I captured numerous specimens for the purpose of measuring their antenne, one pair of which had attained to the unusual— as far as my experience extends—length of 3% in. I also added a “ Tree-hopper,”’ Cicada eanicularis, to my collection. Both my specimens are of the same length, a little over 1; in. to the end of the Wing covers, My Dabilias, last year, were infested with hemiptera. Indisposition at the time of their appearance disinclined me from the trouble of endeavouring to ascertain even the group to which they belonged. They were about 3% in. in length, and prettily coloured. " Around my currant bushes were playing, during the summer months, innumerable ** Ichneumon flies.” I never saw so many congregated within a similar space before.. They were of different sizes and colours. I noticed one of the larger ones, of a steel-blue colour, with a linear body, entangled in a spider’s web. Madame Arachne, however, soon discovered that she had “caught a Tartar;” for, after a few ineffectual struggles to escape, the 68 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Ichneumon managed to insert her ovi-positor into the body of the spider, retaining it there for a longer period than would have sufficed for the deposit of an egg—probably the original intention—in fact, until the spider was, or appeared to be, dead. I need scarcely add, that I always welcome the appearance of the ichneumons, cruel as is their mode of propagation. I saw a Zremex columba on one of the window-sills of my church. It was beyond my reach, and, having specimens in my cabinet, I took no pains to secure it. And, to conclude this gossiping communication, I found, on a spruce tree, two /arvee of the Orgyia leucostigma.—V. Ciementi, North Douro, Ont. Raspperry Gatu.—Towards the end of the summer of 1868, while ento- mologizing in the neighborhood of Billing’s Bridge, south of Ottawa, in com- pany with Mr. B. Billings, I noticed that the roots of the common raspberry, — growing in certain localities, were attacked by a species of gall-fly. 1 recog- nized this gall as similar to one which I found on the 31st May, at a place called La Table Bay, Labrador. The galls are generally attached to the roots, but they sometimes occur on that portion of the stem which is covered with earth. I collected a quantity of the Labrador galls, which were placed in a paper bag, and brought to Quebec, where the (Hymenopterous) insects emerged, but unfortunately the galls and insects were lust on my removal to this city. The galls are small, spherical, and sometimes found in clusters, each being a cell, containing one insect. I visited the locality near this city this spring, but found the place covered with water, and I have not had another opportunity to look after them. I believe it was not described up to 1868. Do any of your correspondents know it?—Witu1am Courrr, Ottawa, Ontario. Aw Opp Prace For A Humsie Bex’s Nest.—Our country butcher being for a long time annoyed in his shop with humble bees, was at a loss to find out where they all came from. His shop is a wooden erection, having a broad running beam at the top of the wall to support the roof. The windows are open in the summer and the apertures covered with hexagon wire netting. On carefully searching the premises, he discovered on the top of this beam, at the foot of a rafter, a thriving colony of humble bees, snugly esconced among the wool ina sheep’s tail which he had cut off and thrown there some time in the spring. At my request the butcher promised to preserve it, but unfortunately, when I next went to see it, I learned that some rats had found it out and destroyed it.—R. D. CruDEN, in Science Gossip. [Last summer I observed a somewhat similar instance. In the spring I carelessly threw a buffalo skin over a beam in my barn, in such a way that the sides hung down with the hairy portions inwards. Sometime afterwards, suspecting the s THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 69 depredations of moths, I proceeded to beat the skin with a stick, and was considerably astonished to hear a great buzzing, and find myself attacked by some enraged humble bees, who had made their nest among the hair. After a time the skin was knocked down upon the floor, and the bees deserted their novel quarters.—C. J. S. B.] ca ge ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. At a recent Meeting of the Council of the Agricultural and Arts Associa- tion of Ontario, the following resolution was adopted :— “That the Secretary notify the Entomological Society that their Report will not be required until about the 1st of October; also that the grant will be paid at _ the same time as the County Societies; also that they will be furnished with room for their Cabinet in the Agricultural Hall.” At an informal meeting of some members of the Council of the Entomolo- gical Society, who met in London, on the 15th ult., it was resolved that the Report for 1870, should comprise a description of the insects noxious and beneficial to the following productions of the field, the garden and the orchard : wheat, potatoes, peas, hops: the apple, plum, grape, currant and gooseberry ; the strawberry, cabbage, cucumber and squash, and any other crop, fruit, or vegetable that may be attacked during the coming season by a new ravager or in a more than ordinary degree. Members of the Society, and the public generally are requested to kindly render such assistance as may be in their power, by forwarding specimens and furnishing information of insect depreda- tions, to either the general Secretary, Rev. C. J.S. Bethune, Credit, Ont., or to the Secretary of the London Branch, E. B. Reed, Esq., London, Ont. Specimens of noxious and beneficial insects in all their stages, and examples of their work and operation, are earnestly requested for the Cabinet of the Society. They may be sent by mail, with perfect safety, if enclosed in stiff pasteboard, or tin boxes of convenient size, and packed with a little cotton- batting, wool, or other soft substance. They should never be enclosed in a letter without some such protection, nor should dead specimens be sent loose ina box. Living larvee should be sent in air-tight boxes, with sufficient food ~0 last them on their journey ; otherwise they die on the road and shrivel so much as to become unrecognizable. Dead !aryze should be carefully packed in small vials filled with diluted spirits. As much information as can be afforded about the specimens is always most desirable. —+—. REPORT OF THE LONDON BRANCH, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1869. Your Committee present the Fifth Anuual Report. We congratulate the mem- bers on the prosperous state of the London Branch. The Financial Statement shows a small balance in hand, after paying off some $45 of the debt on the 70 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Society’s Apparatus, and we trust that during the present year this debt will be | greatly reduced.—The Society numbers 30, and we hope to procure some fresh additions to our ranks.—We feel that the Society is greatly indebted to those of our members, who, not being practical entomologists themselves, yet aid and encourage us by their subscriptions in prosecuting our useful work. The last Provincial Exhibition bore good testimony to the industry and perseverance of London Collectors. The display of Insects there, was probably the finest ever yet exhibited in the Dominion. We feel proud in recording that Four Prizes were obtained, amounting to $26 50. This sum, in accordance with our usual] custom, was added to the funds of the Branch. We must not omit to notice that Entomology has been started at the Hellmuth College, and the Head Master, the Rey. A. Sweatman, is desirous of giving the science every encouragement. It is with pleasure that we now record the success of the Parent Society in ob- taining aid from government. Upon a strong application to the Agricultural Asso- ciation of Ontario, the Board has made a grant of $400 for the present year, con- ditional on a Report being made and collections procured, and the publication of the CanapIAN Entomosocist being continued. This is, indeed, a great success, and we trust that through this wise liberality the Society may be enabled to dif- fuse, far and wide, a more practical knowledge of Entomology. The Canapran Enromotocist has entered on its second year, aud bids fair to obtain a good share of success. We notice that its pages are now doubled. We earnestly request our members to contribute to its pages any interesting facts in Entomology that may come under their notice. We also beg to inform the members that the Parent Society in acknowledgment of the industry and importanoe of the London Branch, has donated $75 for the purchase of a Cabinet for the Branch; any contributions of Insects will therefore be most welcome. In conclusion, we trust that the members will use their best endeavors to pro- mote the interests of the Socicty, remembering that our aim is not a selfish one, but that the practical results of our labor affect the interests of a very large por- tion of our community. Epmunp Baynzs Rerp. Grorce M. Innzs. Sec. and Treasurer. President London Branch. pe ci BOOKS RECEIVED. Nature.—A weekly illustrated Journal of Science. Macmillan & Co., London, Nos. 9-15. 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A regular perusal of this publi- cation cannot fail to be of great benefit to any naturalist or scientific student. No. 14 contains some copious extracts from what appears to have been a very able and interesting address delivered to the Entomological Soeiety of London by the President, Mr. W. H. Bates. No. 15, an article on ‘“‘ Entomology in America,” referring especially to Dr. Packard’s Guide to tne Siudy of Insects. Hardwicke’s Science Gossip—Nos. 61 and 62, Januzry and February, 1870— Contains many entomological articles and notes, as well as much that is interest- ing in other departments of science. Le Naturalisie Canadien, Vol. ii., Nos. 2and 3; January and February, 1870. The former number contains a continuation of the list of Coleopiera taken at Portneuf, R. Q., which it is interesting to compare with Mr. Pettit’s of Grimsby, Ont. 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April Ist is the date set down for the issue of No. 6; communications for insertion should be in our hands at least ten days previously. Che Canadian Entomologist, or. tl. TORONTO, APRIL 8, 1870. No. 6. NOTE ON AMPHIPYRA TRAGOPOGONIS, Linn. BY THE EDITOR. On the 6th of June, 1868, we observed for the first tinie a handsome green caterpillar eating some lettuce that we were growing in our grapery; think- ing that it could not very well escape we merely took a rough description, as follows :—Sixteen footed caterpillar, about an inch long, pale green (almost the colour of lettuce leaves) above, deeper green below; a white dorsal line, two lateral white lines, the lower passing through the spiracles ; all five lines proceeding from head to tail. Before we secured it, it did however escape probably entering the ground. The following year, in June and early in July, we observed many similar larvee on a number of different plants, both in the garden and in the woods. The following description of a nearly full-grown specimen was taken on the 3rd of July :— Length 1:00 inch. Colour beautiful apple-green. Head pale green, with a dark spot on each side in front; dorsal, sub-dorsal, and spiracular lines, narrow, pure white; the spiracular lines begin on the second segment, the others on the third; on all the segments except the head and second, there are a few minute white granulations tipped with black, and terminating each in a fine hair; spiracles white ; feet green. On July 11th it formed a slight silken cocoon in the box in which it was confined, having no earth to burrow into, and there assumed the pupa state. The imago appeared on the 3rd of August, and proved to be a specimen of Amphipyra tragopogonis, Linn. This excessively common moth, found all over the Province of Ontario y ’ L£. and also in Quebec, appears to be an importation from Europe, where, accord- ing to Guénée and Stainton, itis very abundant. Its specific name is derived from the Salsify, or Vegetable-oyster plant ( 7’ragopegon), on which, as well as on Spinach, Dock, aud other plants, it feeds according to Fabricius. In England it is called the ‘ Mouse’ moth, either from its colour or its habit “ of creeping into houses, and secreting itself in blinds, and when dislodged, if it < 74. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. falls on its back or belly, of shuffling along in a very peculiar manner” (Stainton). In this country we often find it about venetian shutters in the summer time, and through the winter its remains are very abundant in cob- webs about the windows of little-used buildings,+as, for instance, in the Cemetery Chapel at Cobourg a few years ago. The imago may be at once recognized by the three black dots,—one on the disk, and two occupying the place of the reniform spot,—on the dull ereyish-brown fore-wings ; the hind-wings are much paler, shaded exteriorly, and immaculate; the abdomen is flattened; and the whole insect has a satiny lustre in certain lights. There is another equally abundant species of this genus, the Copper Underwing (A. pyramidoides, Guén.), which can usually be taken in great numbers in August and September. Its larva is stated (Amer. Ent. ii. 26) to feed on the leaves of the Grape, Poplar, and Red-bud ( Cercis canadensis) ; and by Guénée, on Oaks (Quercus). Grote (Pro. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. 86) describes, under the name of 4. ¢nornata, another species from Canada, taken by Mr. Saunders, but we have never met with it, and are inclined to think from his description that it is merely a variety of the foregoing. oe — — ON THE LARVE OF SOME LEPIDOPTERA. BY W. SAUNDERS. ARCTIA CELIA, Saunders. A single full grown specimen of the larva of this species was found under a log in a wood near London on the 11th of June. Length one inch. Head black and shining. Body above brownish black, closely covered with tufts of moderately long, stiff hairs, proceeding from elevated shining tubercles. Hairs and tubercles a little darker than the surface of body excepting along the sides, where, although the tubercles continue the same, the hairs are changed to a yellowish- brown color. Under surface brown, with a slight greenish tint ; fifth, sixth, eleventh, and twelfth segments are each belted with a series of tufts of short yellowish- brown hairs, in continuation of those above. Feet black and shining. Pro- legs yellowish-brown and hairy. This larva changed to a chrysalis on the 13th of June, and produced the imago on the 80th of the same month. Crparia piversiLineata, Hubn. The date of the capture of these larvee I failed to record. It was early in summer, and they were very abundant on the leaves of the American Ivy (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), on which they fed. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 75 Length from one to one and a quarter inches. Head flat, with two promi- nent black points or processes above, madibles yellowish-white. Body above dark dull brown, with a slightly reddish tint, and patches of a darker shade along the dorsal region. On each side close to under surface is a longitudinal ridge. Under surface similar in color to upper, excepting the spaces between the feet and the two pairs of prolegs, which are of a greenish color. Feet crowd- ed closely together, of a brownish-black color, prolegs of a similar shade. The hinder pair tinged with green. In some specimens the general color is lighter. When alarmed they straighten themselves out, and remain for some time in that position, and being so nearly of the hue of the twigs of the plant they feed on, they thus often escape detection. Mamestra arctica, Mncyc. In No. 3 of the present volume of the Entomologist, C. S. Minot, Esq., of Boston, published some interesting notes on the eggs of this species. Obser- vations made last year enable me to add another fragment to the knowledge we have of the history of this—one of our commonest moths. On the first of June two full grown specimens of the larvee were found under turf—they probably fed on the roots of the grass, Xe. Length one and a quarter inches. Head rather large, bilobed, reddish, with a polished surface; mandibles black. Body above dull greenish-white, smooth, shining, and somewhat semi- transparent, a Jittle darker between segments. Second sezment with a horny plate above similar in appearance to head, but of rather a darker hue. There are on each segment a few very small brownish dots, from each of which there arises a single fine brownish hair. Sides of body much wrinkled; ter- minal segment small, brownish-black ; spiracles black. . Under surface similar to upper, feet brown, prolegs tipped with black- These changed to chrysalides about the 5rd of June, and produced the imago in the latter part of the same month. In a previous year [ found the same larva full grown as late as the 26th of June. Dryocampa ruBIcuNDA, Jab. Larva found feeding on silver maple July 30th. Length one inch, cylindrical. Head rather small, flattened, in front bilob- ed, pale orange, with a black dot on each side below, near mandibles. Body above yellowish-white, thickly covered with minute whitish granula- tions, only visible with a magnifying lens, with a dorsal and three lateral 76 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST: stripes of pale green, rather indistinct. Second segment greenish-white with a row of six black dots or minute tubercles, but slightly raised on its anterior edge. Third segment with two black horns nearly one-tenth of an inch long, one on each side of the dorsal line and spreading outwards, and forward below these on each side are two small black tubercles. Hach segment behind this to eleventh inclusive has a transverse row of six of these black points or tubercles, those close to under surface being largest, those above much smaller, the upper ones scarcely visible without a magnifying glass. On twelfth and thirteenth segments these tubercles are a little more prominent and about equal sized throughout, numbering six on twelfth and three on thirteenth segments. Anal lid pale green, with its outer edge fringed with eight small black tubercles, so small as to be seareely visible. On sides of twelfth segment, close to under surface, and extending slightly into the seg- ments on each side, is a pale reddish-orange patch or short stripe nearly the color of head. Under surface glossy green, with a faint whitish line down the middle and many small blackish dots or tubercles, some of which are arranged in a Jongitudinal row outside feet and prolegs. Feet dark-brown, nearly black, shining ; prolegs pale green. On the 28th of August these larvae were about full grown. Length 12 inches. Wead as before. Horns on third segment fully one- tenth of an inch long. Upper tubercles on middle and hinder segments quite distinct. Reddish patch on sides of posterior segments larger, extending over lith, 12th and part of 15th segments, but less bright in color than head. Under surface deeper green, feet pale reddish, prolegs pale green dotted with black. These entered the ground shortly after and changed to chrysalides, pro- ducing the imago early the following summer. -—- INSECTS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BRITISH AMERICA. COMPILED BY THE EDITOR Erom Kirby's Fauna Boreali-Americana: Insecta. I.—COLEOPTERA. For ten years we have been trying, and trying in vain, both in England and America, to obtain a copy of Kirby’s descriptions of the insects of the Northern parts of British America, contained in the fourth volume of Richard- son’s Mauna Boreali-Americana, published at Norwich in 1857. Many of our friends have been waking similar attempts, and always with the like ill- success. We haye had, however, occasional access to a copy in the library of THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 17 the University of Toronto, which, with the exception of one in the Library of Parliament at Ottawa, is the only copy we know of in Canada. By the kindness of Prof. Croft we have obtained a loan of the copy belonging to the University, and, with the full approbation of many of our friends and corres- pondents, we now purpose re-publishing from it in the pages of the Canadian Eatomologisi Kirby’s descriptions of new species, and such other matter as may be deemed of special value or interest. As the work consists of upwards of 300 quarto pages, it will be necessary for us to omit almost everything except the descriptions of species that cannot be obtained elsewhere, in order to accomplish the republication within a reasonable time, and without tres- passing too much upon our limited space. Though we shall thus depart @ little from the expressed intention of only publishing original matter in this Journal, we feel assured that all our readers will be pleased to have brought before them descriptions of Canadian insects to which they can hardly other- wise obtain access. For convenience of reference the paging of the original work, and any notes we may add, will be enclosed in square brackets. [8] Famity CrcixpELip x. * Labrum unidentate. 1, CromnpELA uiericotis, Say.—Locality not stated. [For description, vide Say’s Ent. ii. 423.] [9] 2. Crcmpeia rEpANnDA, De Jean.—Locality not stated. Very like the preceding species, but the labrum is shorter and less promi- nent in the middle; the lateral margin of the elytra is not continuously white ; the lower limb of the humeral crescent slopes towards the apex of the elytrum ; the broken or S-shaped band terminates in a streak at the margin: all the markings also of the elytra are buff coloured rather than white; and the minute mucro or point that terminates the suture, and the serrulations of the apex of the elytra are less conspicuous. De Jean regards this species as synonymous with C-. hirticvllis, but, if I am correct in my reference to him, of which [ have little doubt, they are clearly distinct. 3. CircinpELA Proteus, Avrby.—Length of body 5} lines. This species, . of which several specimens were taken in the expedition, appears to abound in North America. Dr. Bigsby met with it in Canada, and there was a specimen in the late Mr. Marsham’s collection, prubzbly from the United States. Similar to C. repanda, but instead of the humeral and terminal crescents, in all the varieties, are four white dots, two at the base and two at the apex of the elytra; the middle broken or tortuous band resembles the figure 7 reversed, and does not terminate in a marginal streak. The body underneath, 78 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. as usual, is golden-green, or green with clouds of blue, above it is dark-brown with a tint of copper. Variety B. With the apical dots not larger than the humeral. C. With an interrupted crescent at the apex. D. With three apical and two humeral dots ; intermediate band internally abbreviated. #. Like the last, but with only one humeral dot. [This is C. duodecim-guttata, Dej.; it is commonly taken in many parts of Canada. | * TLabrum tridentate. [10] 4. CrcinpELa optiquara, De Jean.—Many taken in the expedition, and apparently abundant in N. America. I received it many years since, but without a name, from my lamented friend Prof. Peck. | Body above greenish-copper, underneath golden-green clouded with blue. Labrum white, tridentate, slightly prominent in the middle; mandibles white at the base, black at the tip; palpi black ; labial with the intermediate joint rufous, darker at the tip. Hlytra with a large white humeral crescent, ex- tended at the lower end obliquely beyond the middle ; mesal band bent down- wards, recurved at the end, and connected by a marginal line with a crescent at the apex. In the male the intermediate joint of the labial palpi is white, and the mesal band is not connected with the terminal crescent. [Le Conte (Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Dec. 1866, p. 862) states that this species should hereafter be known as C. Airby?, since, as he learns from a drawing made by Mr. Andrew Murray, from the type in the British Museum, it is quite distinct from any species known to him. | 5. CrciInDELA vuLGARIS, Say.—A common species in all N. America. [11] 6. CicrypELA PurPuREA, Oliv.—[Very Common in most parts of Canada. | [12] 7. CrcinpeLa avsinasris, Kirby. Plate i, fig. 1.—Taken in lat. 64°, and also in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. [Previously described as C. longilabris, by Say. (Ent. Works, 1.176), We have received specimens of this species from Nova Scotia, collected by Mr. J. M. Jones, and from Quebec and New Hampshire. | [Famity Carapip. | [13] 8. Casnoxza Pennsytvanica, De Jean.—Two specimens taken. 9. Cyminpis MARGINATUS, Kirby.—Piceous, thickly punctured; antennz, mouth, dilated sides of the prothorax, lateral margin and shoulders of the striated elytra, and legs, rufous. Length of the body 49 lines. One specimen of this insect was taken in the route from New York to Cumberland House, and the other in lat. 65°. It is nearly related to C. pubescens, Dej,, but appears distinct, jo THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 79 [14] Body depressed and flat, as in its congeners, piceous; above densely punctured; mouth rufous: antennz longer than the prothorax, piceo-rufous : front between the eyes transversely wrinkled: prothorax convex, with a longi- tudinal channel ; lateral margin dilated, reflexed, and rufous: elytra striated or slightly furrowed, with the furrows and their interstices punctured ; viewed on one side they appear hairy with upright ferruginous hairs; their shoulders and lateral margin are obscurely rufous ; their apex obliquely truncated, and subemarginate; the legs are rufous. Var. B. Piceo-rufous; elytra concolorate. [In Melsheimer’s Catalogue, p. 4, this species is put down as a synonym of C. eribricollis, Dej., and in Le Conte’s List, p. 6, with a mark of interrogation under C. refleza, Lec. The latter author, however, subsequently states (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., Feb. 1869, p. 244), that both C. Marginata, Kirby, and (. reflexa, Lec., are identical with C. cribricollis,;Dej. The species occurs in the most northern part of the United States and in Canada. ] 10. Cyminpis unicoLor, Airby.—Thickly punctured, ferruginous; legs paler ; lateral margin of the thorax not dilated. Length of the body 33 lines. One specimen only taken. This species greatly resembles variety B of the preceding. It is however smaller and paler; the prothorax has no longitudinal channel, and its lateral margin is not dilated. [Placed, with a mark of interrogation, as a synonym of C’. neglecta, Hald., in LeConte’s List, p. 6.] Genus Sericopa, Kirby. Labrum transverse, sub-quadrangular: with the anterior angles rounded. Mandibies acute, incurved at the apex, not toothed? Zabiuwm [mentum] emarginate with a minute tooth in the sinus. ulpi: maxillary 5-jointed ; first joint very minute, second longer than the rest, sub-cylindrical, attenuat- ed at the base ; third ob-conical; fourth as long as the third, fusiform, tran- cate; fifth very minute, retractile within the fourth : Ladial 5-jointed; joints nearly equal in length; the two first conical; the last fusiform, truncated. Antenne rather incrassated toward the apex ; scape’ incrassated; 2nd joint the shortest, and the third rather longer than the others. [15] Body depressed, narrow. Head triangular. Hyes large and promt- nent. Neck very little constricted. Prothorax short, vhanelled, widest anteriorly : with the angles rounded. /ytra obliquely truncated at the apex and emarginate, so that internally they terminate in an acumen. Cubzt 1 Scape. The first, and often most conspicuous joint of the antenne, terminating below in the bulb, which inosculates in the heaa and acts the part of arotula. [De-, finitions, &c., p. xvii. ] 80 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. [tibia of 1st pair of legs] emarginate. Tarsi with the penultimate joint entire. Claws single, not pectinated. The maxillary palpi of the genus here defined present an anomaly observed in no other known coleopterous genus, they appear to be furnished with a minute fifth joint retractile within the fourth. In one of these palpi, in the only specimen taken, this little accessory joint is not apparent, but in the other it is distinctly seen emerging from the fourth joint, or rather, as this last appears broken at the apex, it is uncovered. There is only one supposi- tion that can reconcile this case to the general rule, that no coleopterous maxillary palpus shall exceed four joints, namely—that this is an effort of nature, by a reproduction, to restore the mutilated organ so as to fulfil its functions. Did the insect belong to the Crustacea or Arachnida this would be a satisfactory explanation of the anomaly, but I do not recollect any instance upon record of a genuine insect having reproduced a lost organ. I thought it possible that the palpi of other Predaceous beetles might contain a retractile joint, and this truncated apex seemed in some degree to favour the idea, but I did not succeed in my endeavours to discover one. [Mr. Scudder (Pro. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 99) describes the reproduction of lost limbs in the Walking-Stick Insect (Diapheromera femorata), specimens of which we have seen in his cabinet. We cannot but think that the case deseribed above by Mr. Kirby is an instance of reproduction. | The above structure of the palpi, if not accidental, seems to give our little insect some affinity with the Subulipalpi of Latreille, but its general charac- ters and aspect appear to demand a place for it somewhere between those Truncipennia whose claws are not pectinated, and those who have those organs so armed. 11. Senicopa Bemprproiwes, Kirby.—Plate 1, Fig. 2.—Black underneath, above black-bronzed, rather silky; prothorax subtrapezoidal, with a pair of impressions behind ; elytra substriated, impunctured, somewhat clouded, with a series of impressions adjoining the suture. Length of body 34 lines. Only a single Specimen taken. [16] Body underneath black glossy; above the black has a brassy tint, with somewhat of the lustre of silk : head, between the eyes, marked with a short, anteriorly forked furrow: prothorax sub-trapezoidal, anteriorly sub- emarginate, sides oblique with the margin reflexed, transversely very minute- ly wrinkled, with a pair of anterior excavations in the disk, posteriorly also somewhat impressed on each side: elytra longer than the head and prothorax together, slightly furrowed with impunctured furrows, obsoletely clouded : there is a series of about five shallow impressions near the suture. * [Included by LeConte in the genus Platynus. Has been taken in Oregon. ] THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 81 12. Bracninus cyanyipennis, Say.—[Say’s Ent. Works, ii. 91.] Several specimens of this insect were taken in the journey from New York to Cum- berland House, and in lat. 54°; it was taken also in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. [17] 13. Carasus Vintrxanovu, Adams.—(Mem. Soc. Nat. Moscow, iil- 170; Fischer Ent. Russ. 1.98; Dej. Coleopt. 11. 61, 21.) Kirby, plate I., fig. 3. oF Length of the body 10 lines. ody very black and glossy. Head punctured between the eyes with confluent but not minute punctures ; anterior part of the front wrinkled on each side, but the nose and upper lip are quite smooth ; the seven terminal joints of the antennz are brown: the prothorax is nearly square with the sides rounded anteriorly and the posterior angles a little prominent ; it is deeply channelled, transversely wrinkled in the disk, confluently but not minutely punctured on the sides; the disk also is black, but the sides exhibit shades of dark blue and green, at the margin they are of a most brilliant ruddy copper, some of the anterior punctures also appear as if gilded: the elytra are rough and as it were reticulated with longitudinal and transverse elevations, the former nearly arranged in lines which produce deep cavities; the disk is of a fine deep blue, the sides green, and the lateral margin of the same ruddy copper as that of the prothorax. ‘The body under- neath is quite smooth in the disk, with some irregular elevations and depres- sions on the sides: the sides of the ante-pectus, or fore-breast, are of a fine green ; the intermediate segments have each a pair of impressions from which a hair emerges. This is most visible in the %. I at first regarded this splendid insect as a new species. I thought it, ‘indeed, very near C. Vietinghovii, but as it did not altogether agree either with Dr. Fischer’s figure or description, and was found in another quarter of the globe, I regarded it as distinct; but having received from my friend Mr, Hope, a Russian specimen of that insect, I find no difference sufficient to constitute a species. In that specimen the marginal gilding of the prothorax and elytra is greener with scarcely any of the ruddy hue of copper which gives Such brilliance to the American specimen. [A single specimen only of this magnificent beetle was brought to Mr. Kirby in the Richardson collection, and no locality is given of its capture ; can it have come from Russia, and not from British America? No specimen of it has been taken in this country, so far as we are aware, since the time of that expedition, a period of over 30 years. It might have been included in the collection by some accident,—a not infrequent occurrence. Prof. Croft, for instance, writes us that some years ago he had a collection of moths given to him ‘collected in or near Toronto,’ yet among them was a gigantic © 82 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Chinese Saturnia! He adds, that on looking into Fischer’s work he finds the habitat for the insect is ‘ Eastern Siberia—banks of the Lena.” ] plS] 14. Carasus Licarus, Anoch.—Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. Length of body 72 lines. Body black and glossy. Head oblong, impunctured, separated from the neck by a transverse slender curving ridge forming anteriorly a deep sinus ; ridge, defending the base of the antenna, conspicuous; frontal impressions long, not deep; antennze not much longer than the prothorax: prothorax nearly square, black slightly bronzed: sides lightly punctured, lateral margin reflexed; it is faintly channelled, depressed transversely at the base, with a punctured impression on each side: elytra bronzed, sub-depressed with scarcely any sinus at the apex, lateral margin reflexed and carinated: each eiytrum with 13 or 14 rows of impressed punctures ; a triple series of oblong discoidal elevations; interstices with numerous transverse linear impressions : abdomen underneath smooth with a few minute punctures on the sides. The insect here described agrees with Germar’s description of Knoch’s C. ligatus, but it is doubtful whether it be synonymous with C. carinatus of DeJean. In most respects, indeed, it accords precisely with his description, but the head is not slightly punctured, as he states his specimens to be. [Both C. légatus and C. carinatus are included as races of C. vinctus, Weber, by Le Conte, in his List of Coleoptera, p. 3.] (To be continued ) oe MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. " Eaes or tue Crecrori1A Moru.—I should like to call the attention of the readers of the Canadian Mntomologist to the fact, that Platysamia cecropia, Grote (Aitacus cecropia, Linn.) always lays two eggs close together upon the the food plant of its larva. When seeking for these larvee early in the season you will usually find them both near to each other, and upon careful examin- ation of the leaves in the vicinity you will find their eggs cemented to the underside, sometimes however upon the upper. They are about -07 long, oval, somewhat flattened on top. They are not as round as 7. polyphemus or A. luna. Colour yellowish white, with a light brown spot on top, and dis- coloured more or less at the bottom and sides. They are usually laid side by side. The larva gnaws a rough sided hole through the end and is nearly black, growing lighter each moult until of the normal colour. The larva when about to shed its skin deposits in a convenient place sufficient silk to firmly attach its posterior prolegs, and never should be disturbed when in this position, because it depends upon this attachment to draw itself from the old THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 83 larva skin. Of six pairs which I tried to raise from the eggs in only one case was I successful, not because they are difficult to rear, fur | have had very excellent success heretofore, but I was obliged to trust to inexperienced hands for a short time, and they were not properly fed. This pair are now in the cocoon, and I anticipate that they will come out % and 2, presuming this to be the law of their nature from the fact of there being two eggs laid together. I hope for further facts the coming season, and that those who have conveniences for raising larvee will give their atteution to the subject. — Purp 8. Spracue, Boston, Mass. InsEcts AS Foop.—In this utilitarian age perhaps the most important question in entomology is to find out in what way insects can be employed for the benefit of mankind. A most curious instance has lately come to my knowledge which I think may interest some of your readers. My informant, M. Guerin-Meneville, a well-known sericulturist and economic entomologist, showed me some dark-coloured cakes resembling somewhat brown bread. These cakes are eaten extensively among the poorer classes and natives in the City of Mexico. They are made exclusively with the eggs of two kinds of water-bugs (Corixa femorata and a species of Votonecta). The natives cut quaniities of reeds and other aquatic weeds, and strew them on the borders of the great lake near the city, and they are soon coated with eggs laid by the insects. These eggs, which are about the size of a mustard-seed, are deposit- ed so abundantly as often to cover the plants entirely. The natives ‘‘ harvest” these plants, and after exposing them some time in the sun to dry, scrape off the eggs, and either keep them in that state for future use or pound them at once into meal. The perfect insects themselves are not neglected, for they _ are caught in great numbers and hawked about the streets as food for cage- birds and poultry, which are very fond of them. It is surprising that the raids which are practised against these insects in two of their states do not apparently diminish their numbers; they, however, multiply to such a degree, that notwithstanding the tribute they have to pay, enough survive to supply the natives with food year after year. M.Guerin-Meneville received samples of the insects, the eggs, ‘‘ seed,” meal, and cakes; but unfortunately the latter accidentally became saturated with spirits of wine in which a snake had been preserved, so that it was impossible to taste them.—H. L. Ragonot, 53 Rue de Buffon, Faris (Science Gossip). We hear that the “Ladybirds,” which excited so much curiosity last autumn, have reappeared in large numbers in the neighbourhood of New Wandsworth. So early an appearance will surprise most of us who have been wont to regard these visitors as summer guests.— ature, March 3. 84 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. LIST OF COLEOPTERA, TAKEN AT GRIMSBY. ONTARIO, BY J. PETTIT. PHALACRIDE Ouipeus, Lr. *Bicolor, Er. *Pallipes, Say. ? NITIDULIDA. Crercus, Latr. *Abdominalis, Er. BracuyPrerus, Kugel. Urtice, Fab. Coxastus, LE’. *Semitectus, Say. *Unicolor, Say. Truncatus, Rand. CARPOPHILUS, Leach. Niger, Say. Discoideus, Lec. ConoTteE.us, Zr. *Obscurus, Er. Epurma, Er. *Nigra, Maklin. Helvola, Lr. Boreela, Z’r. Niriwuna, Fab. Bipustulata, Wad. OmosiTA, Lr. Colon, Linn. PHENOLIA, LE’. Grossa, Fab. Steuipora, Lr. *Octomaculata, Say. Cryprarcua, Shuck. — Ampla, Er. (Continued from page 66.) Ips, fab. Fasciatus, Ol. 4-Signatus, Say. *Obtusus, Say. Sanguinolentus, Oliv. Jonfluens, Say. Dejeanil, Kirby. PirvopHaaus, Shuck. Bipunctatus, Say. RaizopHaGcus, Herbst. *Dimidiatus, Mann. *Remotus, Lec. MONOTOMIDA, Bactripium, Lec. Nanum, Jr. *Striatum, Lec. Monotoma, ferdst. Parallelum, Zec. TROGOSITIDA. ALINDRIA, Lr. Cylindrica, Hine. Trogosita, Oliv. *Corticalis, Mels. *Intermedia, Horn. Dubia, Afels. *Collaris, Sturm. Castanea, Mels. Laticollis, Horn. Bimaculata, Meds. Nosopss, Lec. Silphides, Wewm.’ Peuris, Aug. *“Hraterna, Rand. 4-Lineata, Afels. THYMALUS, Latr. Fulgidus, Hr. COLYDIID &. Diroma, Jllig. 4.Guttata, Say. Synouita, Hellw. *Fuliginosa, CroonEs, Curtis. Marginalis, feds. Conypium, Fab. *Lineola, Say. BoTHRIDERES, Lr. *Geminatus, Say. KiNDECTUS, Lec. *Heematodes, Lab.2 CERYLON, Latr. Unicolor, Zieg. Angustulum, Lec. RHYSSODID. RuyssopsEs, Dalm. *Hixaratus, £7. CUCUJIDA. SyLVANus, Steph. Surinamensis, Zann. NausiBius, fed. *Dentatus, Mars. CATOGENUS, Wesiw. Rufus, /ab. * Species marked with an asterisk have not before been included in the list of Canadian Coleoptera. 1A single specimen picked up on the shore of the Lake, October 1, 1868. 2 Under pine bark, May 27th. - ~ BF Sea, - Cucusus, Fab. Clavipes, Fab. Prpracus, Shuct. Planus, Lec. *Subglaber, Lec. LamoruLets, Lap. Biguttatus, Say. Fasciatus, Aes. Adustus, Zee. *Geminatus, Lec. DENDROPHAGUS, Sch. Glaber, Lec. Brontes, (ad. Dubius, fad. CRYPTOPHAGIDA, ANTHEROPHAGUS, Lair. Ockraceus, Mels. Tomarus, Lec. *Pulchellus, Lec. PARAMECOSOMA, Curiis. Denticulata, Lec. Inconspicua, Lec. DERODONTIDA. Deropontus, Lec. Maculatus, Jels. LATHRIDIID 2. Laturipius, Jil. *Pulicarius, Hels. *Minutus, Linn. CorticaARIA, Mars. *Cavicollis, Lec. *Pumila, Wels. Flexuosus, Say. Pluripunctatus, Lec. *Obsoletus, els. *Bipustulatus, Mels. TRIPHYLLUS, Lair. Ruficornis, Lec. Liraraus, £. Sexpunctatus, Say. TypHma, Curtis. *Fumata, Linn.? DrpLocetus, Guér. *Brunneus, Lec.‘ DERMESTIDA, DerMeEsTeEs, Linn. Caninus, Germ. Nubilus, Say. Pulcher, Lec.° Lardarius, Zinn. ATTAGENUS, Latr. Megatoma, Fabr. TROGODERMA, Latr. *Ornatum, Say.® ANTHRENUS, Lab. Varius, Mab. OrpHitus, Lr. Ater, Er. BYRRHIDAL. Cytitus, Er. Varius, F’ab. Byrruus, Linn. Kirbyi, Lec. Americanus, Lec. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Limnicuvs, Latr. Punctatus, Lec. PARNID. Heticuus, Er. Striatus, Lec. Lithophilus, Germ. STENELMIS, Duf. Crenatus, Say. Limnivus, Miill. *Fastiditus, Lec. Kumis, Latr, Vittatus, Aie/s. HETEROCERIDA. HETEROCERUS, Fab. Mollinus, Aves. LUCANID. Lucanvs, Linn. Dama, Thunb. Placidus, Say. Dorcus, McL. Parallelus, Say. PLATYCERUS, Geoff. Quercus, Weber. Depressus, Zec. Cerucuus, McL. Piceus, Weber. PassaLus, Lad. Cornutus, Fab. SCARABAIDA. CANTHON, Hof: Levis, Drury. Copris, Geoff. MYCETOPHAGID. Myceropuacts, fel/w. Punctatus, Say. *Cyclophorus, Arby. Geminatus, Lec. Anaglypticus, Say. OntTHoPHaAGus, Latr. Latebrosus, Fab. 8 Found in scores under rails from which a hay-stack had been removed; January and April. 4In moss on a fallen maple-tree ; latter part of July. 5 Taken in January under the bark of a dead elm. € Bred from larvyse found in a ease of insects. 7 Found under stones at the margin of a creek; in July. 86 “THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. *Canadensis, Fab. Trox, Fab. *Villifrons, Lec. ApuHoptus, J/1. Sordidus, Lec. Pewipnota, McL. Fimetarius, Linn. Porcatus, Say. Punctata, Linn. *Ruricola, Mels. Hrinaceus, Lec. CoTaLpa, Burm. Granarius, Lenn. Capillaris, Say. Lanigera, Linn. Vittatus, Say. fKiqualis, Say. Licyrus, Burm. Inquinatus, Yad. Hoprta, Ill. Relictus, Say. *Stercorosus, Lec. Trifasciata, Say. ApHonts, Lee. Bicolor, Sry. DICHELONYCHA, Kirby. *Tridentatus, Say. *Oblongus, Say. Elongatula, Schon. Frater, Lec. Striatulus, Say. Albicollis, Burm. Xytoryctes, Hope. Kuparta, Lep. Serica, McL. Satyrus, Fab. Stercorator, Fab. Vespertina, Schon. EKuryomra, Burm. *Cognata, Lee. Sericea, J1/. Inda, Linn. Opontz£us, Klug. Macropactyuus, Latr. Fulgida, Fab. Cornigerus, Afcls. Subspinosus, Fab. OsmopERMA, Lep. GEOTRUPES, Latr. Dirnoraxts, Kirby. Eremicola, Knoch. Egerici, Germ. Tristis, Kirby. Scabra, Beauv. Excrementi, Say. LACHNOSTERNA, Hope. Gnorimus, Lep. Splendidus, Mab. Kusca, Frohl. Maculosus, A’noch. Blackburnii, Mab. Cognata, Burm. Tricuius, Fab. Nicaaus, Lec. *Subtonsa, Lec. Affinis Gory. Obscurus, Lec. *Hirsuta, Knoch. Seay EXCHANGES. Sirk Morns.—Kggs of B. Yama-mai, Pernyi, and of the white variety, free from disease, also of L. mori, for rare species of Canadian Lepidoptera.—W. V. Anprews, Room 17, No. 137 Broadway, New York. CoLeortera.—Species desired from Canada, especially the eastern region ; can give in exchange Southern and Californian forms, as well as those from the New England Siates.—P. 8. 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[Kirby divides the genus Calosoma into two sub-genera: Calosoma proper having the maxillary palpi with the last joint of the length of the last but one, and the elytra gilded; Chrysostigma having the maxillary palpi with the last joint shorter than the last but one, and the elytra obscure with gilded punctiform impressions. The two species that he describes both belong to the latter sub-genus. Dr. Le Conte (Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Feb. 1862, p- 52) has given a more complete classification of the species of this genus into six groups, based upon the differences of the anterior tarsi of the males. Kirby’s division has not been adopted by subsequent authors. | [19] 15. CALosomMA cALIDUM, Fab. This species is very common in all parts of North America; several specimens were taken in the expedition. 16. .CALOSOMA FRIGIDUM, Kirby.—Length of the body 94 lines. Taken in Drummond’s Island, Canada, by Dr. Bigsby. Not unlike C. calidum, but longer in proportion and more depressed. Body black, not glossy above. Head confluently punctured and wrinkled: mandibles obliquely but less densely wrinkled, and frontal impressions longer than in C. calidum: prothorax scarcely at all bronzed, lateral margin obscurely green, with the same number of elevated lines as in C. calidum, but in the furrows formed by them isa series of punctures, and the transverse ‘lines are less conspicuous ; there is a triple series of punctiform impressions, but they are bilobed, smaller, and the gilding is greenish and less conspicuous; they are also less numerous, there being only seven or eight in the series next the suture, eight or nine in the intermediate one, and three only towards the apex in the external one: at the base there is also a pair on each side: the sides of the body underneath are greenish, punctured and wrinkled. [20] 17. Hetopra [Nesria] casTanipes, Kirby.—Length of body 5 lines. Two specimens were taken in lat. 65°. , 90 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Body black, glossy. Antennee, mouth, mandibles, and palpi pale chesnut or mahogany colour; the former more dilute at the apex; front with three or four slight furrows between the eyes; upper-lip very short: prothorax heart-shaped, constricted posteriorly, convex in the disk; sides and base depressed and lightly punctured: elytra dark piceous, striated or slightly furrowed : furrows very obsoletely punctured ; interstices very flat; between the 2nd and 8rd furrows, adjoining the latter, are from three to five shallow but rather large impressions: the legs are slender, of a pale chesnut or mahogany colour, ia one of the specimens the thighs are darker than the rest of the leg. NN. 8.—In one specimen there are three and in the other five impressions. 18. CELANIUS SERICEUS, Forst.—[Say’s Ent. Works, ii. 483.]—Several taken in the journey from New York to Cumberland-house. In Canada by Dr. Bigsby. [Very common throughout Canada. ] [21] 19. Catanius IMpuNCTIFRONS, Airby.—[This name is preoccupied by Say; Kirby’s species is probably identical with LeConte’s @. brevila- bris.| Length of body 5-5$ lines. Smaller than C. sericeus, though like it. Head without punctures ; antenne black, with the three first joints testaceous: scutellum not acumin- ate: elytra black with a shade of green; apex of the epipleure or side-covers and legs testaceous; coxce chesnut. In other respects this agrees with the preceding species. ) 20. CHLEZNIUS NEMORALIS, Say.—[ Ent. Works, 11. 487.] A pair taken in the journey from New York to Cumberland-house. [Rare in Canada. | : [22] 21. CHLANIUS QUADRICOLLIS, Kirby.—Length of the body six lines. Taken by Dr. Bigsby in Canada. Body hairy like the others, black underneath. Head and prothorax bronzed-green ; mandibles piceous ; palpi and three first joints of the anten- nee testaceous ; the latter are longer than the thorax, with the 4th joint as long as the 3rd; prothorax rather square, a little narrower before, with the sides curving, sculptured like the preceding species ; scutellum sub-acumin- ate: elytra blue-black, furrowed with deeper furrows very visibly punctured, interstices minutely punctured. [ Placed, with a mark of interrogation, as a synonym of C. Pensylvanicus, Say, in Le Conte’s List, p. 11.] 22. CHLNIUS CORDICOLLIS, Airby.—Length of the body 8 lines. Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. Body black. Head impunctured; palpi rufous; antennz dusky, with the three first joints rufous, the third much longer than the fourth: prothorax THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 91 obcordate, constricted behind, deeply channelled, disk gibbous on each side of the channel, centre of each gibbosity smooth, remainder of the prothorax punctured ; posterior lateral impression longitudinal: elytra black with a shade of green, sculptured as in the preceding species, but the interstices of the furrows are more visibly punctured : legs testaceous, thighs darker. [25] 23. CHLANIUS EMARGINATUS, Suy.—Length of the body 6? lines. Taken in the journey from New York to Cumberland-house, Body hairy, punctured; black underneath. Head glossy green, with a tint of copper between the eyes, and a net-work of very minute, confluent, transverse wrinkles; maxillze and palpi rufous, maxillary palpi very long; upper-lip transverse, rufo-piceous, anteriorly subemarginate ; mandibles pice- ous; antennz rufsus, longer than the prothorax, with the third joint rather longer than the 4th; prothorax dusky-green, transverse, rather narrowest at the apex, very thick and minutely punctured; basilar impressions double, the inner one the Jongest: elytra black with a very faint tint of blue: legs rufous. This is most probably the C. emarginatus of Say, but it does not exactly accord with De Jean’s species. [Say’s C. emarginatus belongs to the genus Anomoglossus, Chaud. ; the species here described is C. impunetifrons, Say.] 24. PLATYNUS ANGUSTICOLLIS, DeJean.—Length of the body 5 lines. Taken in lat. 54° and 65°. Not uncommon in Britain. [24] Body very black, glossy, somewhat narrowed. Head smooth, nar- rower than the prothorax, including the neck sub-rhombcidal, without it triangular ; palpi and antennz picevus; frontal impressions large; prothorax narrower than the elytra, obcordate, longer than wide; dorsal channel deep terminating anteriorly in a transverse obtuse angular impression; lateral mar- gin dilated, especially at the base, reflexed, somewhat piceous in a strong light, basilar impressions single, large, round, with a few scattered indistinct punctures : elytra rather deeply furrowed; furrows very slightly punctured ; between the second and third are two punctifourm impressions, the anterior one being adjacent to the former furrow, and the posterior to the latter. [This is considered an erroneous determination by Dr. Le Conte (List, p. 7), and is inserted by him as a race of P. sinuatus, Dej.] 25. Aconum (ANCHOMENUS) EXTENSICOLLE, Say —[Ent. Works, ii. 478.] A pair taken in lat. 54°. [Belongs to Platynus ; has been taken in Ontario.] 26. Aconum picipenNeE, K/rby.—Length of the body 3} to 4 lines. Seve- ral specimens taken in lat. 54°. [25] Body black, glossy. Mouth and its organs rufous, except the upper- lip, which is edged with that colour; antenne longer than the prothorax, piceous with the scape paler than the other joits: prothorax longer than in 92 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. the following species, oblong-ovate, with the lateral margin piceous, and not dilated posteriorly as in the majority; basilar impressions rather shallow, oblong: elytra oblong, rufo-piceous, slightly furrowed, furrows impunctured ; five punctiform impressions between the second and third; the three anterior ones adjacent to the latter, and the two posterior to the former : legs dusky rufous. Variety B. With only four punctiform impressions, legs paler. C. With the 2nd, 8rd and 4th joints of the antenne piceous, the rest ferruginous : impressions of the elytra as in B. D. Larger, elytra with five impressions, in other respects like C. This species appears very like A. enum, Dej., which is also North Ameri- ean, but the colour of the underside of the body and of the head and hoe thorax is different. [Belongs to Platynus.] 27. Aconum sorpens, Airby.—Length of the body three lines. Two specimens taken in lat. 54°. 3 Body black, glossy. Head rhomboidal; mouth, mandibles at the tip, palpi at the base, and scape of the antennee, rufous; frontal impressions very slight : prothorax scarcely longer than wide, narrowest behind ; dorsal chan-— nel rather deep; lateral margin underneath testaceous ; basilar impressions oblong, deepish: elytra dusky-testaceous, in one specimen a little bronzed, slightly furrowed, furrows impunctured ; between the second and third are five punctiform impressions placed as in the last species: epipleura and legs testaceous. [26] Aconum meLanarium, De Jean.—Length of the body 4% lines. Taken in lat. 54°. Body black, glossy. Mandibles at the tip, mouth and scape of antenne, piceous : prothorax nearly as long as wide; disk transversely wrinkled ; late- ral margin at the base much dilated, rather incrassated, and sub-angular ; posterior impressions large and distinetly punctured: elytra wider than the prothorax, sub-emarginate at the base, distinctly furrowed with very minute and inconspicuous punctures in the furrows; three punctiform impressions in the third furrow from the suture: legs piceous. This species is the American representative of A versutum, which it much resembles. [Belongs to Platynus; taken at Ottawa by Mr. Billings. ] 29. Aconum seminitipum, Kirby.—Length of body 43 lines. Taken in lat. 54°. Body smooth, glossy, black underneath. Head greenish-bronzed, very glossy, with frontal impressions lunular ; antenne longer than the prothorax ; prothorax greenish-bronzed with a copper tint, very glossy, channelled, disk transversely and minutely wrinkled ; basilar impressions longitudinal, lateral} THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 93 margin, particularly at the base, reflexed : elytra black-bronzed, less glossy than the head and prothorax, lightly furrowed ; furrows punctured ; in the interstice between the second and third furrows are five punctiform impres- sions, two nearer the base and three nearer the apex of the elytrum, so that the interval between the second and third is greater than that between the others. Variety B. Second and third punctiform impressions not more distant than the others. In this specimen, on the left hand elytrum, there are only four impressions and on the other five, but in neither are the second and third situated as in A. It may be a dis- tinct species, but I can discover no other difference. [27] 20. Aconum simite, Atrby.—l.ength of the body 3} lines. Locality not stated. Body glossy, underneath very black, above black slightly bronzed. An- tennze scarcely longer than the prothorax: prothorax rather longer than broad ; basilar impressions roundish, impunctured : elytra more bronzed than the head and prothorax, lightly furrowed ; furrow adjoining the suture more depressed and deeper than the rest; in the space between the second and third furrows are five equi-distant punctiform impressions, the two anterior adjoining the latter furrow, and the three posterior the former. This little species greatly resembles A. seminitidum. It is however much smaller, less bronzed, the prothorax is longer in proportion, the sutural fur- row is deeper, and the impressions are differently arranged. en AN INSECT FRIEND. Arma placidum, Ulke. The accompanying figure correctly represents the mature form of the friendly bug referred to in the “Canadian Entomologist,” Vol. ii. No. 2, which was found feasting so energetically on the larve of the gooseberry saw fly (Nematus ventricosus). For a des- cription of the appearance and habits of the inmature form of this beneficial insect the reader is referred to the above number of the ‘Canadian Entomologist.” FU The perfect insect has been determined by Mr. Ulke, 2 iar of Baltimore, Md., who found it to be an undescribed species of Arma, to which he has given the specific name placidum. Hence our friend will in future be known as Arma placidum, Ulke. The excellent drawing of the insect is the work of our esteemed and able friend C. V. Riley, Esq., State Entomologist of Missouri, who has kindly 94 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, furnished us with an electrotype of the plate for the use of this journal. The smaller figure is the natural size of the bug, the larger one a magnified representation of the same. W. Saunpers, London, Ont. Sh HINTS ON DESCRIBING CATERPILLARS. BY W. SAUNDERS, Lonpon, Ont. When comparing descriptions of larvae made by different writers, the labor of the student is often greatly increased by the want of order and method in their compilation. With a view of simplifying details and lessening labor, the following suggestions are offered, with the hope that they may serve to stimulate some to enter earnestly into this interesting branch of our favorite study. When we take up a caterpillar with the intention of describing it, the many ornamentations, markings and-diversities of color belonging to it, are sometimes quite confusing, unless we begin to classify them, when the most complex appearance is soon markedly simplified. We have for some time past made it a rule to take descriptions precisely in the following manner and order. first, the full length of body when in motion; then form, whether cylindrical, onisciform, or otherwise ; if strongly annulated or ringed, a note is made of that also. Beginning with the head, which we call the first segment—making the total number thirteen—take first its size, large, medium, or small. Next form, flattened, rounded, or pointed, and whether strongly bilobed or not. Then color, markings and appendages, such as spines or hairs; giving also the color of mandibles. Commencing the body with the upper surface, give first its general color; next markings, such as stripes, lines or spots, working from anterior to pos- terior segments ; then ornamentations or appendages, such as hairg, spines, horns, tubercles or granulations, with their size, form and color. Under surface—first general color, then markings, &c., finishing with color and form of feet and prolegs. By steadily observing a particular arrangement of this sort, descriptions may readily be compared with one another and their identity or distinctness established with little labor. [t is also an excellent plan to underline some of the most prominent and striking features in the appearance of a larva, by which one may often at a glance decide whether it is likely that a certain caterpillar before you is or is not identical with a particular description. In Stainton’s “‘ Manual of Butterflies and Moths” this plan is carried out, and the prominent charac- teristics thus given in a few italicised words will frequently relieve one of the labor of reading a description throughout. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. — 95 LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN AT QUEBEC. BY G. J. BOWLES. PAPILIONIDE. 21. Pyrameis atalanta, Linn. (rare) _1. Papilio turnus, Linn. 22. cardui, Linn. PIERIDZ. 23. Huntera, Sm. 2. Pieris oleracea, Harr. (rare). 24. Limenitis arthemis, Drur. 3. rape, Linn. SATYRIDA. 4. Colias philodice, Godt. 25. Chionobas jutta, Moschler, (C. 5 eurytheme (Chrysotheme ?”) Balder, Boisd. & Lec.) Boisd (very rare). 26. Neonympha’ Boisduvallii, Harr. DANAIDZ. 27. Erebia nephele, Kirby. 6. Danais archippus, Fad. (rare). 28. Satyrus alope, (7) Fad. “ Nymppaups. — LYCHENIDS. 7. Argynnis cybele, Gode. 29. Thecla Augustus, Ardy. 8. myrina, Cram. 30. clothilde, Hdwards. 9 beliona, Godt. (very 31. Polyommatus Americana, D’ Urb. rare). 32. epixanthe, Boisd. & 10. aphrodite, Godt. Lee. 11. Melitea pheton, Cram. (rare) 33. lucia, Kirby. 12. Harrisii, Scudder. HESPERID. 13. tharos, Cram. 34. Eudamus tityrus, Smith (v. rare). 14. Grapta interrogationis, Godt, 35. bathyllus, Smith. 3 (very rare.) 36. Nisoniades brizo, Boisd. & Lec. 15. comma, Harr. St. eatullus, Smith. 16. faunus, Hdwards. 38. Hesperia mystic, Edwards. 17. Vanessa J-album, Boisd. & Lec. 39. hobomok, Harr. 18. Milberti, Hncyc. 40. wamsutta, Harr. 19. progne, Cram. 41. ahaton, Harr. 20. antiopa, Linn. 42. mandan, Hdwards. NOTES. I have followed the authorities given in the Society’s list. Papilio asterias is common one hundred and fifty miles east and west of Quebec. Pieris oleracea is subject to great variation. J have seen specimens with the nervures on the under side as fully covered with greyish scales as P. napi of Europe, and otliers with secondaries of a greenish tinge underneath. Argyn- nis Atlantis has been taken fifty miles west of the city, and on the lower St. Lawrence. Quebec is the only known locality for Chionobas jutta in Canada. I retain the two species, Lrebia nephele and Sityrus alope, though some of our best entomologists consider them to be identical. I have never seen a Quebec specimen with the band on the fore wings of a yellow colour. Those 96 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. that I have (hesitatingly) labelled S. alope have a perceptible band of a brown colour, a shade lighter than the rest of the wing,—those labelled Z. nephele have no trace of a band. There is certainly a great contrast between the coloration of the latter and the S. alope I have received from other localities. Several species will no doubt be added to the Hesperidee, as those found about Quebec have not been properly studied as yet. —~¢--—— NOTES ON SOME OF THE COMMON SPECIES OF CARABIDAS, FOUND IN TEMPERATE NORTH AMERICA. BY PHILIP 8. SPRAGUE, BOSTON, MASS. ARTICLE NO. III. Harpalus herbivagus, Say. Long. ‘37 in. (80 to 40). Oblong-oval, piceous ; legs, mouth, antenne and sides of prothorax, rufo- testaceous. Head black, shining, rather large; antennze short, scarcely reaching the base of thorax, the latter nearly twice broader than long, basal angles broadly rounded, sides scarcely depressed at the apical angle, very much so behind, the margin narrowly reflexed, basal foveze shallow scarcely punctured. Elytra % black shining, 9 semi-opaque and distinctly reticulate, striae not deep, interstices somewhat convex, with a dorsal puncture behind the middle near the second stria, apex slightly and cbliquely sinuate with a small but distinct sutural spine in the 9 ; beneath rufo-piceous. In this species the % is decidedly smaller than the ?, and the reticula- tions of the elytra are so fine as to be nearly obsolete, the basal foveze of the prothorax in some specimens are well defined with a few distinct punctures, but they are usually broad, shallow and smooth, the basal angles above are much flattened and at the margin strongly rounded ; in this respect resem- bling H. amputatus. The thorax in some specimens very closely resembles that of H. opacipennis in outline, but the latter is more narrowed in front and with the sides not or scarcely depressed, and the elytra of both sexes are reticulate and semi-opaque. H. foveicoilis, Lec,, and H. proximus, Lec., are varieties. Examples of these are sometimes found in a small series, which make them appear quite distinct, but with larger numbers these differences insensibly merge into the common general form of herbivayus. The epipleura in immature specimens are sometimes ferruginous, and-in this respect resembling H. pleuriticus. Harpalus pleuriticus, Kirby. Wong. ‘35 inch. Oval rufo-piceous, shining; legs, mouth, antennz and epipleura rufo-tes- taceous. This beetle resembles in size and general characters the preceding, but differs by being lighter colored, more robust (convex); both % ? are smooth, shining above, with the reticulation of the elytra nearly obsolete, the + THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 97 thorax behind the middle is subparallel, not broadly rounded, as in ZH. herbivagus, the basal angles nearly right-angles, with only the extreme apex slightly rounded, the sides are feebly depressed, the basal foves: are well defined and with the margin and basal angles strongly and almost confluently punctured, the elytral striz are deep an the interstices AOAVER, epipleura ferruginous or testaceous. Harpalus fallax, Lec. Long. °38 inch. Oval, black piceous ; legs, mouth, antennz and side margins of prothorax rufo-testaceous. Head and disk of thorax rufo-piceous, the !atter at the sides rounded and depressed behind; basal foveae not very deep with a few fine and scattered punctures: elytra in both sexes shining, deeply striate and the interstices quite convex; epipleura black, never testaceous. This beetle is very closely allied to the two preceding, partaking of the characters of both ; it is larger than pleuriticus, and more robust, but about the size of the ° her- bivagus; the elytra in both sexes are smooth and shining, the thorax is more rounded at the sides than in pleurtticus but less so than in herbivagus. If three series of these beetles be arranged side by side we shall have HT. pleuriticus, smallest, reddish-brown, convex. Hi. herbivagus, % small, black shining; @ larger, black, elytra semi-opaque and reticulate. H. fallax larger, more convex, elytra in both sexes black, shining. The following table will further assist in determining these closely allied species. Black piceous, thorax at sides and basal angles strongly rounded, basal foveze shallow, scarcely punctured, elytra 4 smooth, shining; @ reticulate, Bemei-OMAGE, BUTIAS- SUANOW -... 0. occrsscnnccuien+scecsecenrundincn cy aed herbivagus. Rufo-piceous, robust, thorax at sides scarcely rounded or depressed, basal foveae sufficiently deep with the angles and side margins strongly punctured ; elytra reddish-brown, % @ shining, striae deeper, epipleura usually testa- Oo ER EE RRR (REE SERS ASS OS SR msi igs tae aan pleuriticus. Piceous, more robust, thorax at the sides depressed and with the basal angles more rounded, basal foveze and angles less punctured; elytra $ 9 shining, stricee deep, interstices quite convex, epipleura black, never testa- ceous. hoc caeiene*t pee, cate JSallax. Harpalus opacipennis, Hald. Mass. Long. °30 inch. Elliptical, black opaque ; mouth and antenne testaceous; legs rufo-testa- eeous. Thorax narrowed in front, sides slightly rounded, scarcely depressed, basal angles nearly rectangular, somewhat rounded, basal fovez distinct, linear, impunctured, sometimes rugose. Elytra reticulate and opaque is both sexes, strie fine with a dorsal puncture as in the preceding. Tnis beetle 98 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. differs from the others by its smaller size, by having the thorax narrowed forward, and with the elytra giving it a more elliptical form, and by the elytra in both sexes being reticulate and opaque. Hurpalus nitidulus, Chand. Mo. Common. Long. -20, -28 in. Elliptical, rufo-piceous shining; legs, mouth and antenne _ testaceous. Head and thorax perfectly smooth, the latter narrowed in front, sides: and basal angles rounded, sides not depressed, basal foveze nearly obsolete, not punctured. Hlytra smooth and shining in both sexes, striee not deep, inter- stices somewhat flattened, with a dorsal puncture as usual. This is our smallest species of the true genus Harpalus. os GALLS FOUND ON PLANTS OF THE GENUS RUBUS. BY H. F. BASSETT, WATERBURY, Cony. I think the gall described in the last number of the Entomologist, by Mr. Ww. Couper, as found on the roots of the raspberry, has never been noticed before. I have in my collection a species of gall fly, hitherto undescribed, belonging to the genus Diastrophus, which I reared in great numbers from galls found on the roots of Rubus villosus, the common blackberry, these galls were polythalamous however, and are undoubtedly distinct from his species. Mr. Couper says his galls are from the roots of the common raspberry. Does he mean the Rubus strigosus, so common in northern New England, or Rubus occidentalis, which is the most common species in northern Ohio? or does he refer to some other species? I shall be glad to learn the species and also to receive specimens of the galls and gall insects, as I have made the Hymenopterous gall-flies a special study for several years, and I have several species from this same genus of plants, some of which are undescribed The only msonothalamous species yet described as occurring on plants of the genus Rubus, is Diastrophus cuscuteformis, O. 8. Diastrophus poten- tillae, Bassett, is found on a plant belonging to the same order (Genus Potentilla Canadensis) and is monothalamous. It is developed from the axillary buds of the stems. I submit for publication a description of the Blackberry root gall and iat fly,—Diastrophus radicum, N. Sp. Galls. On the roots of Rubus villosus, of very irregular shape, and varying in size from those of the shape and size of a pea to those two inches or more in length, and nearly an inch in diameter, and containing few or many larvee according to size. The galls are occasionally found on the part of the stalks of the blackberry which is below the surface. Insect, 9. Head black, smooth, ocelli small, face black, hairy, the hairs close and converging towards the mouth; Antenne 13 jointed, joints short, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 99 distinct, hairy, and all of nearly equal length, color dull brownish yellow ; Mesothorax black, shining, smooth, parapsidal grooves not deep, the two short median lines very obscure, a short faint line over the base of each anterior wing; Scutellum black, deeply and somewhat regularly grooved and ridged, foveze large shallow and finely rugose ; Abdomen black, smooth, ven- tral sheath clear, shining, brown; Wéings of a dusky hue, veins dark red, areolet large, distinct, radial area open, but the second transverse vein extends along the margin of the wing one third of the length of the area and the radial vein is thickened at the margin of the wing and in most specimens throws back a very short branch along the margin of the radial area, show- ing a tendency towards a closed radial area. Leys a clear dark amber with base of trochanters and middle of femora and tibiz shining, brown. Length, dry specimens, .11. s, smaller, 14-jointed antennz, third joint deeply incised, color of an- tennee and legs slightly darker than 9. Length, .09. I have numerous specimens 4 and 9 though the 9 9 are far more numer- ous than the 4%. This species is remarkably distinct from the three species of N. Am. Diastrophus hitherto described, and in the darker veins and the partially closed radial area from the species described below. Looking over my collection of galls, I find a gall from the stalk of Rubus strigosus and several gall insects reared from the same. The gall is an inch long, and three-fourths of an inch thick—an abrupt swelling involving the whole circumference of the stalk. Quite a large number of insects seem to have escaped from it, though many of them were parasites, I have only five specimens of the true gall-fly, and these are all females. The description is as follows :— Diastrophus turdigus, N. Sp. 9. Head, black, shining ; Antenne, red- dish brown, 13 jointed, joints of nearly equal length, but longer, less hairy and less distinctly annulose than in D, radicum. Upper part of the face rouch, lower with fine grooves, converging to the mouth; A/esothorax, smooth, black and shiving, parapsidal grooves narrow, intermedial lines very short, and only seen in a favorable light. A faint liuear depression over the base of the anterior wings. Scutellum, finely wrinkled, fovesxe deep, smooth ; Pleura finely striate ; Abdomen, black, smooth, but the ventral sheath reddish brown ; Wings, dusky, veins distinct, but not heavy, areolet very sma// and in some individuals obsolete, radial area open—the radial vein stops short of the margin of the wing—cubital vein slender, reaching to the first transverse ; second transverse spreads out at the base of the radial area into a dark red- dish brown cloud ; Legs, dark amber, changing in the trochanters and middle of the femora and tibize, to a clear dark brown. Length, dry specimens, .12. Five 22, no $%. 100 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. T have a male gall fly, reared from a similar gall, found this spring on the cultivated red raspberry. I could not learn the variety of the raspberry. It would be strange if it should prove an introduced variety—for the fly seems to be identical with D. turgidus—the only difference I can see, besides the sexual, is that the legs are darker. The antenne are 14 jointed, the third joint deeply incised. As I have several galls from this variety of raspberry, and shall probably rear both male and female flies, I shall have an opportunity to compare the females reared from the wild and cultivated raspberry, and shall then be able to decide the question of their identity. My raspberry galls and also several species of oak galls in my collection, are much pecked by birds. With the countless tribes of parasitic insects, and the birds that prey upon them, it is a wonder the whole family of gall makers does not become extinct. a MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Cocoon or tHe Cecrorra.—lIn the last number of the Amer. Ent. & Bot. mention is made of kernels of corn being found in the cocoon of the Cecropia. Two similar instances have come under my notice. Twice I have found beech-nuts in the inside of the cocoon at the small end, between the caterpillar and the innermost layer of silk. The explanation offered by Mr. LeBaron seems hardly admissible under these circumstances. On the other hand, the fact of no beech trees being within an eighth of a mile would indicate that they must have been placed there by the blue-jays or some other bird as he supposes.—C. S Minor, Boston, Mass. Foop Prants or C. Promernea.—The following list is compiled from actual observation and various authorities :-—-Barberry, birch, cherry, maple, sassafras, azalea, oaks, sometimes arbor vitae and pine, apple, peach, plum, syringa, silver bell, beech.—C. S. Minot, Boston, Mass. How To Preserve Spipers.—From Thorell’s Essays on European Spiders (‘Nova Acta regiz Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis,’ ser. III. vol. vii. fase. I, 1869), we extract the following observations, first suggested by M. West- ring, a Sweedish naturalist, on the best mode of preserving spiders in Natural History collections. The essential feature of the method is that the spider’s abdomen, and that part only of its body, is hardened by heat. The spider is first killed, either by the vapour of ether or by heat, and is impaled by an insect pin, which is passed through the right side of the cephalo-thorax; the abdomen is then cut off close to the cephalo-thorax, and the cut surface dried with blotting-paper. The head of another insect pin is cut off, and the blunt —— THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 101 extremity introduced through the incision into the abdomen, up to the spin- ners. The abdomen thus spitted is inserted into a large test-tube held over the flame of a candle, the preparation being constantly rotated till dry, avoid- ing the extremes of too much or too little heat—the firmness of the abdomen being tested every now and then with a fine needle, till it is so firm as not to yield to pressure ; the front extremity of the pin is now cut off obliquely, and the point thus made inserted into the cephalo-thorax, the two halves of the body being thus again brought into apposition. The animal may then be mounted as usual. This method is stated by Mr. Thorell to preserve the the appearance of the animals almost entirely unchanged.— Nature. Mumuirep Berties.—In the year 1835 the late Professor Audouin exhibit- ed before the (French) Entomological Society a vase of red clay, resembling an orange in size and form, with a short neck, which had been taken from an ancient tomb at Luxor (the Egyptian Thebes). There was a slight fracture where the neck joined the body, and, on examination, the vase was found to be filled with a black lumpy matter, consisting entirely of the bodies of a small ptinoid beetle (Gibbiwm Scotias). The mass was quite compact, so that the number of beetles must have reached several thousands. How are we to explain the presence of such an enormous quantity of individuals of this species in a vase, into which they could not have themselves penetrated, because, previously to the fracture occurring, it was hermetically sealed? It is a problem which it is not easy to solve. M. Brullé, who quotes the story in his ‘‘ Histoire des Coléoptéres,” believes without doubt that the circum- stance is connected with some superstitious usage of the ancient Egyptians. We leave to archeologists the task of appraising this theory at its proper yalue, which, if it be well founded, will go far to settle the difficulty.—(Du- ponchel, “ Dict. d’ Hist. Nat.’”) Science Gossip. SpripErs AND Larv#.—In the April part of Science Gossip is a query with the above heading, which I can answer in the affirmative. If Mr. Roberts wishes to see a spider thoroughly puzzled, let him put a leaf-rolling caterpillar into its web; the spider (provided the larva be proportionate to its own size) seizes it fearlessly and winds it up; but as fast as he winds, so fast does the larva slip out of its bonds, until it either escapes from the web altogether or gets weakened by the repeated bites of its adversary. The larva of a Woctua also astonishes a spider, from the fact that it cannot be made to lie still in the web, though wrapped in ever so many grave-clothes ; when the spider has given it two or three bites, however, its activity decreases, when the spider sucks its juices at pleasure. The larvee of certain species of Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera are distasteful to spiders, as I observed in a short paper read before the Entomological Society in March, 1869.—A. G. Britten, British Museum (Science Gossip). 102 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. LIST OF COLEOPTERA, TAKEN AT GRIMSBY. ONTARIO, BY J. PETTIT. BUPRESTIDA. CHALCHOPHORA, Sol. *Lacustris, Lec. Virginiensis, Drury. Campestris, Say. Dicerca, Esch. Divaricata, Say. Lurida, Fad. Spreta, Lap. *Asperata, Lap. Tenebrosa, Kirby. *Chrysea, Mels. *Punctulata, Schdnh. *Manca, Lec. AncyYLocHira, Esch. Fasciata, Fab. Maculiventris, Say. Striata, Fub. CinyrA, Lap *Gracilipes, Me/s. MELANOPHILA, Esch. Longipes, Say. Fulvoguttata, Harris. ANTHAXIA, Esch. *Cyanella, Gory. Subaenea, Lec. *Viridifrons, Say. Curysoporuels, “sch, Femorata, Wad. Quadriimpressa, Lap. Dentipes, Germ. (Continued from page 86.) AGritus. Sol. Arcuatus, Say. Ruficollis, Fad. *Obliquus, Lec. Otiosus, Say. Bilineatus, Web. *Subcinctus, Gory. Plumbeus, Zec. Politus, Say. *Puncticeps, Lec. *Lacustris, Lec. TAPHROCERUS, Sol. Gracilis, Say. Bracuys, Sol. Ovata, Weber. Terminans, Fab. * Mruginosa, Gory. THROSCIDA. TuHroscus, Latr. Constrictor, Say. *Punctatus, Bonv. Dravetss, Ret. Extriatus, Say. ELATERIDA. Tuarops, Lap. *Obliquus, Say. Eucnemis, Ahrens. Aweenicornis, Say. Fornax, Lap. *Orchesides, Newm. Cylindricollis, Say. Calceatus, Say. Hytocaares, Latr. *Nigricornis, Say. Mrororaaaus, Esch. *[mperfectus, Lec. *Humeralis, Lec. *Rufiolus, Lec. ADELOCERA, Latr. {mpressicollis, Say. Penunata, Fab. Aurorata, Say. Marmorata, Fub. *Maculata, Lee. ALAus, Esch. Oculatus, Linn. *Myops, Fab. CarpiopHorus, Esch. Amictus, Mels. Cryprouypnus, Esch. Abbreviatus, Say. *Pectoralis, Say.? Enater, Lina. Nigricollis, Germ. Linteus, Say. *Discoideus, Germ. *Semi-cinctus, Rand. Vitiosus, Lec. Apicatus, Say. Pheenicopterus, Germ. *Xanthomus, Germ. Luctuosus, Lec. Socer, Lec. Impolitus, Mels. * Species marked with an asterisk have not before been included in the list of Canadian Coleoptera. 1 A single specimen taken by Dr. Milward. 7 Taken at the margin of the creek. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 103 Exater, Linn. (contin.) MELANOTUS, Esch. *Manipularis, Cand. Fuscatus, Mels. Pedalis, Germ. Rubricus, Say. Obliquus, Say. Protervus, Lec. Drasterius, Esch. Dorsalis, Say. Amabilis, Lee. Monocrepipivs, Esch. Auritus. Herbst. Luptvs, Latr. Abruptus, Say. Aariotss, Esch. Mancus, Say. *Pubescens, Mels. Fucosus, Lec. Stabilis, Lec. Dotoptius, Esch. Pauper, Lec. *Cuneatus, Lec. Scrobicollis, Lec. *Castanipes, Payk. Communis, Gy/l. *Pertinax, Say. Limonius, Esch. Aurifer, Lec. Confusus, Lec. Plebejus, Lee. *Quercinus, Say. CaMPyYLus, Fisch. Denticornis, Kirby. Pitryopius, Lec. *Anguinus, Lec.* Atuous, Esch. Brightwelli, Kirby. Acanthus, Say. * Maculicollis, Lec. Cucullatus, Say. Scapularis, Say. ——. EXCHANGES. Sericosomus, Zsch. *Fusiformis, Lec. Silaceus, Say. OxyGonus, Lec. Obesus, Say. CoryMBItes, Latr. Hamatus, Say. Triundulatus, Rand. *Furcifer, Lec. Hieroglyphicus, Suy. Splendens, Zeg. Inflatus, Say. Rotundicollis, Say. Sulcicollis, Say. Cylindriformis, Herbst. Spinosus, Lec. Pyrrhos, Herbst. Falsificus, Lec. * A thoides, Lec. *Tessellatus, Linn. ~ AsApHeEs, Kirby. Memnonius, Herbst. Melanopthalmus, Mels. STAPHYLINID.£.—I have for some years been engaged upon exotic Staphylinide and have already a numerous collection of American species of this family of Coleoptera. Desiring to increase it as much as possible I should like to enter into correspondence with a collector in North America for the exchange or pur- chase of these insects. I would give in exchange either European Coleoptera or exotic Staphylinidz ; if necessary I would pay so much a hundred or named specimen, as desired. Having already published descriptions of several new American species, especially from Chili and Mexico, I venture to hope that I may obtain one or more correspondents in North America.—ALFrep Favuvet, Biblioth- écaire, Société Linnéenne de Normandie, 16 Rue d’ Auge, Caen, France. Sik Morns.—Eggs of B. 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Deyrolle, fils, 19 Rue de la Monnaie, Paris. Subscription 8 frances. The Canadtan Entomologist. Vor. I. TORONTO, JULY 1, 1870. No. 8. INSECTS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BRITISH AMERICA. COMPILED BY THE EDITOR. From Kirby’s Fauna Boreali-Americana: Insecta. (Continued from page 93.) 31. AGONUM AFFINE, Kirby. — Length of body 4 lines. Locality not stated. A single specimen taken. Body very black, glossy. Antenne longer than the prothorax: prothorax of the same width before as behind, so as to appear more square than in the preceding species ; its lateral margin at the base is likewise not reflexed, the dorsal channel is slight, and the disk is minutely and transversely wrinkled ; the basilar impressions are deep, large and circular; elytra very slightly bronzed ; three punctiform impressions, the anterior one adjoining the third furrow, and the two posterior the second, are visible in the usual situation ; the four anterior trochanters are of a deep red. [28] 32. AGoNUM ERYTHROPUM, Kirby. Length of body 4% lines. Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. Body glossy, black underneath, above bronzed. Antennz black, with the scape dusky rufous; prothorax tinted with copper, obcordate, with rounded angles; basilar impressions round and deep; elytra tinted with copper, with three nearly obsolete punctiform impressions in the usual situa- tion; legs dusky rufous; in other respects it resembles A. seminitidum. This species appears to be the American representative of A. parumpunc- tatum. It is, however, larger, more bronzed, the impressions are less distinct and more distant, and the thighs as well as the tibie and tarsi are rufous. [The name of this species is pre-occupied by Dejean’s P. erythropus ; it is placed with a mark of interrogation in Dr. LeConte’s list under Platynus subcordatus, Lec. | 33. AGONUM CUPRIPENNE, Say. Plate I. fig. 4. — Many specimens of this lovely Agonum were taken in lat. 54°. It appears to be very common in North America, where it represents A. sexpunctatum, the most brilliant 106 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. : of our European species, but which A. cupripenne far exceeds in beauty. [Quite common in Western Canada. | [29] 34. CALATHUS GREGARIUS, Say. — Taken frequently in lat. 54°. [Say, Ent. Works, ii. p. 472. Taken in both Ontario and Quebec.] 385. PLATYDERUS NITIDUS, Kirby. Plate I. fig. 5.— Length of body 4 lines. Three specimens, all females, taken in lat. 54°. Body black, glossy; head triangular; mouth piceous; antennze rather longer than the prothorax, piceous with?the terminating joints paler, scape rufous; prothorax subquadrangular, with the posterior angles rounded, emar- ginate at the base as well as at the apex, slightly channelled, with a pair of linear basilar impressions on each side, the external one being oblique and the other longitudinal ; elytra rather deeply furrowed, with two punctiform impressions in the usual situation; viewed in the sun, the elytra exhibit changeable shades of blue and bronze; forebreast piceous; legs clear, testa- eeous. [Previously described as Feronia (Pterostichus) erythropus, by Dejean. | [80] 36. Arauror BicoLoR, Kirby. — Length of body 3 lines. Taken twice in lat. 54°. Body glossy, above black, beneath mahogany coloured; antennz and palpi at the base dark mahogany colour; prothorax longer than wide, rather nar- rowest at the base, where it is slightly sinuated, anterior angles rounded, without punctures, dorsal channel slight, a deep short basilar furrow on each side; elytra slightly furrowed with impunctured furrows, the seventh from the suture obsolete ; in the interstice between the second and third are three punctiform impressions, the anterior one adjoining the latter and the two posterior ones the former. This species approaches very near to A. erythropus, Dejean, but it is smaller, and the posterior angles of the prothorax are not rounded. The under side of the body, the legs and antennz, are all of the same colour, sometimes a little darker, at others a little paler. [The genus Argutor, Meg. is now included in Pterostichus. | 37. ARGUTOR [PTEROSTICHUS] FEMORALIS, Kirby.—Length of the body 34 lines. Taken in lat. 54°. This species approaches very near to the preceding one, and its place is between that and A. vernalis, of which it is the American representative. It differs from A. bicolor chiefly in having only the scape of the antennz and the tibize and tarsi of a different colour from the rest of the body, and in having the anterior half of the furrows of the elytra slightly punctured ; and from the latter in having the prothorax narrower at the base, with only a single impunctured impression on each side. [We have received a specimen aa Tt — +," THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 107 of this species, taken in the United States, from our friend Mr. F. G. Sanborn, of Boston, Mass. ] [31] 38. Arauror [PTEROSTICHUS] MANDIBULARIS, Kirby. — Length of the body 33 lines. Taken in lat. 54°. Body glossy, underneath black, above black-bronzed; mandibles, palpi, scape of antennz and legs rufous, or rather pale chestnut ; frontal impressions rather wide; prothorax truncato-obcordate, with a basilar furrow on each side and a few punctures at the posterior angles; elytra lightly furrowed, with punctures in the furrows; two punctiform impressions in the usual situation, one a little beyond the middle of the elytrum, adjacent to the second furrow, and the posterior one near the apex adjacent to the third. Variety B. Black above, with the whole antenne rufous, elytra piceous. perhaps an immature specimen. 39. ArGuToR [PrEROSTICHUS] BREVICORNIS, Kirby. Plate vili. fig. 3.— Length of body 3 lines. Taken in lat. 65°. This with the preceding species, in the shape of the prothorax, which is obcordate, departs a little from the others. A. brevicornis resembles A. mandibularis in many respects, but the body is black, as are also the mandibles and palpi; the antennz of the male are shorter, and those of the female not longer, than the prothorax ; one of these organs in the latter sex, in the only specimen taken, appears to have been affected by some disease, for the two last joints are larger than the preceding ones, so as to form a kind of knob; it is the right-hand antenna that is so circumstanced ; the little furrows at the base of the prothorax are wider than in A. mandi- bularis; the elytra of the $ have three, and those of the ? four, punctiform impressions, all adjacent to the third furrow. The last eight joints of the antennz in this species have Jess down and shine more than is usual with the ground beetles in general. [LeConte, in his list, asks whether,this species may not be equivalent to P. fastidiosus. Mann.] [32] 40. Omasreus [PrERosticuus] OrinomMuM, Leach.—Length of body 5% lines. Taken frequently in lat. 54° and 65°. | Body oblong, glossy, black. Head rather ovate, underneath, in some specimens, chestnut, in others black; palpi piceous; prothorax subcordate, rather longer than wide; a deep, punctured, basilar impression on each side; posterior margin slightly sinuate; elytra subacuminate, lightly furrowed with from four to six largish impressions in the second and third furrows, the first usually being in the third and the second on the second furrow, but the others occasionally varying; the natural number of these impressions seems to be five; legs black, with piceous tarsi. ! 108 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Variety B. Legs chestnut. C. Tibice and tarsi chestnut. From the number of specimens collected in the expedition, I should con- jecture this to be one of the most common of North American insects. It appears, however, not to have been noticed by Say, nor was it amongst those collected by Dr. Bigsby in Canada, or by Dr. MacCulloch and Capt. Hall in Nova Scotia. [According to LeConte an erroneous determination for P. luczotii, Dej., a species taken in Ontario and Quebec. | 41. Omaszus [Prerosticnus] Nierita, Curtis.—[This is P. caudicalis, Say (Ent. Works, ii. 480); it has been taken at Ottawa by Mr. Billings. ] [33] 42. OmAssus [PrERosTicHus] picicornis, Kirby.—[ Previously described as P. mutus by Say (Ent. Works, ii. 470); taken in Canada and the United States. ] [34] 43. Srernocerus [AMARA] sImInis, Kirby.—Plate viii. fig. 1.— Length of body 5% lines. A pair were taken in lat. 54°. Body of a piceous-black, glossy. Palpi piceous; antenne chestnut; frontal impressions deep, rather curving; occiput punctured with scattered punctures; prothorax nearly square with curved sides; basilar impressions wide, punctured, deeply bisulcate, with an elevated little ridge between them and the margin: elytra bronzed, furrowed, furrows scarcely punctured: legs pale chestuut. In the 9 the elytra are not bronzed, the legs are darker, and the terminal joint of the palpi is longer. [35.] Curnronorus [AMARA] CONVEXIUSCULUS, Stephens.—Length of body 5% lines. Taken in lat, 65°. Body dark piceous, sometimes a little bronzed. Antennze and palpi rufous; frontal impressions short, connected by a rather deep furrow; pro- thorax constricted and punctured at the base, depressed on each side; basilar impressions bisulcate; posterior angles acute, recurved; elytra furrowed, fur- rows punctured: sides of the ventral segments of the abdomen somewhat punctured and wrinkled, those of the mid-breast grossly punctured: legs chestnut. (LeConte considers this an erroneous determination, and places it, with 4 mark of interrogation, as a synonym of his A. laticollis, stating (Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil, June, 1855, p. 347,) respecting the latter that it is ‘found in Nebraska Territory near the Rocky Mountains. Very similar to the Euro- pean A. convexiuscula, but in comparison with that species the thorax is more rvuunded on the sides, more narrowed behind, and more finely mar- gined.’’| 45. Curronotus [AMARA] RUFIMANUS, Kirby.—Length of body 5 lines. Several taken in lat. 54°. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 109 This is extremely similar to the species last described, from which it prin- cipally differs in having the legs of the colour of dark pitch, with the excep- tion of the hands or anterior tarsi, which are rufous: the sides of the ventral seements of the abdomen also appear less conspicuously punctured. [LeConte (oc. cit. p. 856) states that this is “‘ probably a variety of A. lati- collis, Lec., in which case the name will not have preference, as the deserip™ tion must be considered worthless, and moreover must be considered as erroneously separated from A. convexiuscula, Kirby.” He makes the same remarks also upon the two following species: C. brevilabris, Kirby, and C. latior, Kirby. 45. CURTONOTUS BREVILABRIS, Kirby.—lLength of body 43 lines. A single specimen taken in lat. 65°. [36.] Like the preceding species, but smaller: the upper lip is blacker, not half so long and slightly emarginate: the elytra are dark, and the legs pale chestnut; the furrows of the former are less conspicuously punctured; the frontal impressions likewise are longer and connected by a slighter furrow. 47. CuRTONOTUS LATIOR, Kirby.—Length of the body 5 lines. Cne specimen only taken. This species has a good deal the aspect of Bradytus apricartus, but it is a larger insect and rather wider in proportion, and the bifid intermediate tooth — of the lower lip proves that it isa true Curtonotus. Body piceous, above bronzed. Upper lip, palpi, antennee, side-covers, and legs, all rufous; nose at the anterior margin has an obtuse-angular sinus; frontal impressions pune- tiform, connected by a slightly-drawn line or furrow: prothorax wider than long, the lateral margins forming a segment of a circle without any posterior constriction; at the base the prothorax is depressed, the basilar impressions are bisulcate, the inner furrow being the longest: furrows of the elytra punc- tured. 48. Pacitus [PreRosTicHus] LUCUBLANDUS, Say.—Many specimens taken in lat. 54°. [Excessively common in Canada; for description vide Say’s Ent. Works, ii. 478. ] [37] 49. Pacttus [Prerosricnus] castTanipus, Kirby.—Length of body 54 lines. One specimen only taken. This species differs from variety D of P. lucublandus (‘entirely bli with the sides of the prothorax impunctured, elytra violet’’), which it much resembles, it being entirely black; in having slighter basilar impressions, less distinctly punctured: it has likewise only three punctiform impressions on the elytra, the granular reticulations of the substance of which are also more 110 _THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. easily discovered. [Considered to be merely a variety of P. lucublandus by LeConte. ] | 50. Paoitus [Prerosticuus] cHALCITES, Say,—Only a single specimen taken. [Not uncommon in Canada; for description vide Say’s: Ent. Works, ii. 479.1 Pon N THE ECONOMY OF A SPECIES OF FEONUS. BY WM. COUPER, Montreat. On the 8th of January last, while searching for hybernating Coleoptera in the woods near Ottawa, I had occasion to strip the bark of a decayed ash tree, under which, among other insect store, I found a small transparent and curiously formed cocoon containing a larva of a fly which was at that time unknown to me. The cocoon was imbedded in the bark, occupying what I am now led to believe the excavation made by a grub of Cerambyz, or some other Coleopterous bark-borer. When cocoons belonging to the genera EVANIID@ or IcHNEUMONIDAE are found under bark of trees, or stones imbedded in the earth, we may safely assume that they are accompanied by .parasites, and that the original possessor has been devoured because it was just the food that suited them. Thus it is not difficult to trace the economy of many species of the above named genera; but as I am not cer- tain that either cocoon or insect were hitherto described, I have taken the trouble to send you the following. The shape of the cocoon is oblong, sur- rounded by a band, and covered by a thin pellucid lid, and the form resem- bles a smali coffin. ‘The head of the insect was placed at the small end, and the space in front of it is packed with minute particles of dust, evidently produced from the bark by the original occupier. Length of cocoon 3-8ths inch. Feonus Arca, n.sp.—Head black, glossy, impunctured ; eyes black, round ; antenne black, two-cighths of an inch long; thorax not so black as head ; the sides beneath and between the wings dark chestnut, interspersed with short fulvous hairs ; wings fuliginous; nervures and stigma black ; legs black, hairy ; base of the femora fulvous; abdomen bright red, with scattered fulvous hairs; ovipositor black, as long a8 antennee. Length 3-8ths inch. I have another cocoon of the same form in my collection, but the work of a larger species, being half an inch long. It therefore behoves that persons who wish to study the economy of these useful insects, should search for them early in autumn, when they will be discovered either destroying the larva or forming the cocoon in which they rest during the winter. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 111 ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS. BY W. SAUNDERS, Lonpon, Ont. With a fruit farm in the country frequently visited, and a fruit garden in town, my opportunities for observing the times and doings of insect foes and friends are sufficiently ample to satisfy the desires of the most active and enthusiastic ‘“‘bug-hunter”’ that ever carried a net. Now a swarm of cater- . pillars disfigures the form and mars the beauty of a handsome tree, by con- suming a considerable part of its foliage; again a host of aphides, by their constant sucking of the juices of the leaves, will cause them to shrivel, curl up, and often change color, and the enormous rate at which these creatures increase adds much to the difficulty of their extermination; or some unwel- come “little Turk”’ sits down uninvited to feast on our finest fruits, and, not satisfied with appeasing its own appetite, leaves its progeny behind to com- plete the work of destruction; or it may be some rascally borer insidiously undermines one’s fondest hopes by girdling and thus destroying trees or shrubs whose growth has cost years of toil and watching. With the desire of helping fellow fruit-growers and others to a better acquaintance with these expensive insect guests, I purpose in this, and probably some subsequent papers, to record observations made from time to time as the season advances. On the 6th of May the first foe was met. A lot of dwarf pear trees arrested attention from the backwardness of some as compared with others, the unequal way in which the leaves were expanding, and the dark color, almost black, of some of the buds and younger leaves. No caterpillars were to be seen, but on jarring the trees down came the enemy to the ground in considerable numbers, partly falling, partly flying. It proved to be a small bug, belonging to the true bug family, Hemiptera, and a species named Phytocoris (Capsus) linearis. I never remember having seen this creature doing damage before, so a careful examination of its work was made. Our foe “linearis” is not a ‘‘ big bug;” it does not measure more than one-fifth of an inch. It is rather variable in color, from dull dark brown to greenish brown, or sometimes dirty yellowish brown. The males are usually darker than the females. The head is yellowish, and has three narrow reddish stripes. The beak or sucker is about one-third the length of the body, and when not in use is folded under the breast. The thorax has a yellow margin and several yellowish lines running lengthwise. Behind the thorax is a yellow V-like mark, sometimes more or less imperfect, but usually sufficiently clear to help one to a ready recognition of the species. The wings are a dusky brown, and the legs of a dull, dirty yellow. This enemy ensconces himself within the young leaves of the just opening buds, puncturing them about their base and along the edges, and extracting 112 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. their juices with its beak. The result was to disfigure and sometimes entirely destroy the young leaves, causing them to blacken and shrivel up. They were also somewhat partial to the unopened buds, piercing them from the outside and sucking them nearly dry, when they also withered and blackened. Sometimes a whole branch would be thus affected, becoming first stunted, then withered, next dead. Dr. Harris, in his “ Insects Injurious to Vegeta- | tion,” mentions this bug as occurring in Vermont in large numbers in 1851, attacking almost every green thing and doing a great amount of mischief throughout the summer. In our own case they disappeared in about a fort- night, but left the trees in a very dilapidated state. Press of other work prevented any remedies being used. Probably a solution of soft soap or dry unslacked lime would have lessened their numbers. On the 10th of May I was astonished to see the young larva of the goose- berry saw-fly, Nematus ventricosus, commencing its depredations on the freshly expanded leaves. This was nearly a month earlier than its usual time of appearing, the leaves having expanded about three weeks earlier than usual. On examining the under side of the leaves rows of white eggs were found in abundance in different stages of development. Those newly depo- sited were very much smaller than the others, and appeared to be but slightly attached to the surface, not let into a slit made in the leaf by the saw of the female, as is commonly supposed ; at least I could find no traces of such an operation, although I examined them carefully with a microscope. The gooseberries were now in full bloom. In the second volume of the CANADIAN Entromotoatst, p. 16, and also at p. 48, an opinion is expressed that a cocoon of this insect found freshly made on the 29th of May was the work of a larva which had wintered over. The observations made this spring do not in any way upset this idea, for the earliness of the season will account for the apparent discrepancy. They will certainly prove very troublesome this season they are so very abundant, and now, at the last of the month, when many of the full-grown larvee have gone into chrysalis, freshly-laid egos or larvee just hatched may be found on almost every bush. Remedy— patience and plenty of hellebore, an ounce or two to the pailful, and shower lightly on the bushes with a watering pot. There is a small caterpillar, a leaf-roller or case-maker, which is very trou- blesome. It probably passes the winter in the caterpillar state, for almost as soon as the buds begin to burst it begins its mischievous operations, and when first observed is not usually more than half grown. It is a very small thing even when full grown, being then half an inch in length, with a small shining black head and a dirty brown colored body, with a few small brown dots and fine hairs scattered over its surface. Its tenement consists of a THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. fee S35 2: dried-up, blackened leaf, portions of which are drawn together so as to make a rude case, the centre part of which, where his highness resides, is lined with silk. It is very fond of going just where you do not want it. It is partial to the blossoms and newly-formed fruit. If you have a new pear or apple fruiting, with a single bunch of blossom on it, which you are anxiously watching, by-and-by you find that several of the blossoms have set, and while you are flattering yourself that they are doing well, along comes this mischief- maker, pitches his tent alongside this very spot, and drawing the young fruit together with silken threads, holds high carnival among them and frustrates your hopes. Another of its tricks is to gnaw a hole into the top of the branch from which your bunch of blossom issues, and, tunnelling it down, eause the whole thing to wither and die. Often it contents itself with damaging the leaves only, and this one does not mind so much, drawing one after another around its small inside case, until it forms quite a little belt of withered and blackened leaves. Hand picking is the only remedy suggested for these, unless you can employ small birds, such as sparrows, in hunting them up for you. The moth which this caterpillar produces is rather a pretty little thing. Its name we are not yet able to give. It measures, when its wings are expanded, about half an inch. Its fore wings are greyish brown, with a shining white, almost silvery band across the middle, widest on the front margin. The hind wings are plain pale blue, and both are prettily fringed with fine brown hairs, those on the hind wings longest. It appears on the wing from the middle of June until the early part of July. It probably lays its eggs on the leaves, and when the young worms appear, which is most likely early in the fall, they make their small inner silken case, and, attaching themselves to some part of the tree, remain unobserved, and in this condition probably winter, awaking to new life and energy with the opening spring. s rd ICHNEUMON IN A SPIDER’S COCOON. BY WM. COUPER, MONTREAL. I inclose an ichneumoned spider’s cocoon, which I found on the mountain of Montreal early in May last. When I opened the cocoon, the larva had a bluish colour and were quite active. It produced about forty specimens of the fly, which I send you, as I have no means at hand of determining the species. There is however a very nice investigation in regard to the economy and modus operandi of this little ichneumon. That is, how does it reach the spider’s egos? I cannot detect an ovipositor, and the body of the creature itself is only about a sixteenth of an inch long. The eggs were protected with a dense covering of silk, which interiorly was very hard and dificult to 114 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. penetrate ; still I cannot see any other way by which it could reach the eggs, unless the spider was compelled to retreat from the nest, when it was only partially covered with silk, and that the little ichneumon deposited her eggs amongst the group during the absence of the spider. If such is the case, the habits of the minute ichneumonidae are similar to those of the small para- sitic species of Microgaster, for the latter always use stratagem, and, like the Dipterous cuckoo-flies, take advantage to deposit their eggs during the absence of the true owner of the nest. I do not know the species of spider to which the cocoon belongs. es NOTICE OF THE SPECIES OF DREPANODES. BY AUG. R. GROTE, DEMOPOLIS, Ara. It is easy to distinguish the species of the genus Drepanodes from the other Phalaenidae, by their falcate or acutely produced primaries and their strong casual resemblance, both in size and ornamentation, to the Platypte- ryginae (Drepana, Platypterix, Dryopteris), a sub-family of Bombycidae. This resemblance, while it has suggested to M. Guenée the generic name, is paralleled in the sub-order in different instances; but is here noteworthy as illustrating the synthetic relation which the great family Bombycidae sustains to the other moths. The nearer affinities of Drepanodes in its family are with Chaerodes. In the eighth volume of the Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, will be found figures and descriptions of three species of this genus. Of these I have found D. puber and D. varus,in central Alabama. A fourth, which I here describe, I have from the same locality. This species (D. sesquilinea) I believe to be identical with one of which I have seen many specimens from New York and Massachusetts, but which I cannot at this writing compare. This not improbably: will be found in Canada. Drepanodes sesquilinea, 0. sp. Male. Pale smooth fawn colour, slightly lustrous ; irrorations sub-obsolete. Both median ‘lines distinct on the primaries above. The inner roundedly Aneulated on the dise approximate to the black discal dot. The outer acutely angulated below costa, consisting of a very narrow whitish external line and a deep olivaceous preceding shade. Apices moderately produced. Hxternal margin lined with olivaceous. Terminally there are distinct dark clouded spots interspaceally, between the nervules, at the middle of the wing. On the secondaries the external line is distinctly continued. External margin edged with olivaceous and stained centrally with ochreous. Outside of the external line both wings are shaded with purplish. Beneath a little darker and more irrorate; the external line is visible on both wings and the black THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 115 discal dots. The long testaceous antennae are bi-pectinate to the tips. The body parts are paler than the wings. Hxpanse 26 m. m. The less olivaceous more purely fawn and paler colour of this species, together with the deep and distinct lines above on the primaries, will distin- guish it fron D. puber, which it resembles in the shape of the fore wings. The squamation is close and a little lustrous. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. ReaRine Ecos or Burrerriies.—l have been so successful this season in persuading female butterflies to deposit their eggs in captivity, that I think it well to mention the matter in the Hnitomologist. Last season I found it impossible to induce P. Marcellus to lay upon leaves or stems of pawpaw that had been cut. This spring I placed a nail-keg, from which the bottom had been knocked out, the top being covered with cloth, over a low pawpaw growing near my house; and on confining a female Ajax therein, she at once began to deposit her eggs, and continued till the number reached more than twenty. In a few days the young larvz came out, and with very little trouble I succeeded in raising several of them to the chrysalis state, in which they now are. (I expect to prove by this brood that Marcellus and Ajax are but different broods of the same insect; a fact I have felt confident of for some years past, but which I could not absolutely establish for want of the link which this experiment will supply). I afterwards treated other females of Ajax in the same manner, and with the same results. A (C. Philodice, confined in the same way with growing clover, at once deposited a great number of eggs. So did Msoniades Lycidas, and N. Pylades, Scudder, upon Hedysarum. In fact in every instance so far tried, the females have obliged me with as many eggs as I wanted; and I incline to think this mode of taking eggs will always be successful—W. H. Epwarbs. Coalburgh, West Va. Cotorapo Potato BreEeTLe.—This most destruetive insect (Doryphora 10-lineata, Say) has appeared in the western parts of this province, and is already committing great ravages upon the potato plants. We have received specimens both in the larval and imago states from ;Windsor, county of Essex, and Colinville, county of Lambton, Ont. The most approved remedy for it is to dust the affected plants with a mixture of one part of Paris green and six parts of flour or ashes. Detailed illustrated descriptions of the insect may be found in the American Entomologist for November 1868, and in the forthcoming number of the Weekly Globe and Canada Farmer. THE CURRANT-BUSH SAW-FLY.—I have moved this year to a house where there is a garden, in which I have made an unexpected discovery, namely, 116 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. that Nematus ventricosus, Klug, is found at Quebec. The larvee have been very destructive, stripping some of the gooseberry and currant bushes almost before I knew they were there.—G. J. Bows, Quebec. [This pestilent saw-fly has been more than usually destructive this year in the province of Ontario. It appears now to have spread over the whole Dominion of Canada, as_well as over some of the neighbouring States ; last year we received speci- _ mens from Mr. J. M. Jones, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.—Hp.] American Burrerrirrs ayp Morus.—(1) Do you know of any work on American Butterflies and Moths, publishing in numbers in cheap form, like Newman’s British Moths and Butterflies, in which every known specimen is figured and described in caterpillar, chrysalis and perfect state, both male and female? and if not, would not such a work pay? (2) Would it not bea good plan to begin such a work in the Canapran Ewnromotzoeist, taking, say butterflies first, each variety in succession, giving scientific and popular names, with wood-cuts of caterpillar, chrysalis, and full grown insect, one in each number till the work is completed? —J. W. H. Rowiey, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. [Repry by Ep. C. E.—(1) There is no such work being published in parts; but Mr. Scudder, of Boston, Mass., has in preparation an elaborate work on the Butterflies of New England, which will include probably all the Canadian species. It is to contain descriptions, with coloured illustrations of the eggs, larvee, pupee, imagines and parasites, of all the species found in the New England and neighbouring States and Provinces. It must neces- sarily be an expensive work, though no doubt it will be issued at as cheap a rate as possible. It is rather difficult to say whether such a work as Mr. Rowley contemplates would pay in America; if well got up and made inte- resting and attractive to the ordinary collector it might obtain a large sale, but Entomology has hardly a sufficient number of votaries on this Continent as yet to assure against loss in such an undertaking. As far as a work on the Butterflies alone of North America is concerned, nothing can surpass in beauty and excellence Mr. Edwards’ work, now being issued in quarterly parts, but of course it is not a cheap work, each part being $2 50 in U.S. currency, though well worth the money. (2) We should be delighted to carry out such a work in the numbers of the Canap1an Entomozoeist, had we sufficient means to pay for the wood-cuts. If any enthusiastic Hntomolo- gist will supply the necessary funds, or give us a sufficient guarantee against loss, we shall be only too happy to do all the rest of the work to the best of our ability. ] American AssocraTion.—The nineteenth meeting of the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science will be held at Troy, N. Y., com- mencing on Wednesday, August 17th, 1870. The Local Secretaries are Messrs. B. H. Hall and H. B. Nason, Troy, N. Y. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. $PE5 LIST OF COLEOPTERA, TAKEN AT GRIMSBY. ONTARIO, BY J. PETTIT. (Continued from page 103.) RHIPICERIDA. *Sandalus niger, Knoch. DASCYLLIDA. *Eurypogon niger, Motsch. Cyphon nebulosus, Lee. modestus, Lec. *ruficollis, Say. fuscipes, Kirby. . piceus, Lec. Prionoeyphon disccideus, Say. *Helodes pulchella, Guer. *Hucinetus terminalis, Lec. LAMPYRIDAS. Dictyoptera perfaceta, Say. Calopteron reticulatum, Fad. -*Qexnia dimidiata, Fad. *basalis, Lec. Eros coceinatus, Say. mundus, Sey. *thoracicus, Rand. sculptilis, Say. *oblitus, Newm. *crenatus, Germ. humeralis, ad. *modestus, Say. moljis, Lec. canaliculatus, Say. *Calyptocephalus bifarius, Joésch. Lucidota atra, fab. Photinus corruscus, Linn. nigricans, Say. angulatus, Say. Photinus borealis, Rand. ardens, Lec. marginellus, Lec. *scintillans, Say. Photuris Pensylvanica, De Geer. *Phengodes plumosa, Hoff. Chauliognathus Pensylvanicus, De Geer. Podabrus basillaris, Say. *flavicollis, Lec. modestus, Say. diadema, Fab. rugulosus, Lec. *piniphilus, Esch. punctatus, Kirby. *puncticollis, Kirby. *leavicollis, Kirby. pattoni, Lec. Telephorus excavatus, Lec. Carolinus, Fab. ; angulatus, Say. *lineola, Mab. rectus, JMels. *imbecillis, Lec. *flavipes, Lec. *nigriceps, Lec. fraxini, Say. rotundicollis, Say. tuberculatus, Lec. bilineatus, Say. Silis percomis, Say. *Trypherus latipennis, Germ. * Species marked with an asterisk have not before beeu included in the list of Canadian Coleoptera. 1 An individual of this species is remarkable for having three antenne. The dupli- cate, which is placed directly in front of the right antenna, consists of ten joints with a three-jointed branch from the base of the ninth. 118 *Malthinus occipitalis, Lee. *Malthodes concavus, Lec. *transversus, Lec. MALACHIDA. Collops 4-maculatus, Fab. vittatus, Say. *Anthocomus flavilabris, Say. *Attalus melanopterus, £7. *morulus, Lec. ° *Ebeeus oblitus, Lec. *Melyris cribratus, Lec. CLERIDA. *Oymatodera bicolor, Say. *Priocera castanea, Wewm. Trichodes nuttalli, Kirby. Clerus nigripes, Say. (var.) *nigrifrons, Say. *thoracicus, Oliv. trifasciatus, Say. dubius, Fab. sanguineus, Say. *Hydnocera unifasciata, Say. pallipennis, Say. verticalis, Say. *longicollis, Zieg. *Phyllobzenus dislocatus, Say. *Ichnea laticornis, Say.? Chariessa pilosa, Forst. onusta, Say. *Orthopleura damicornis, Fab.’ *Laricobius rubidus, Lec. a 2 July, on hickory. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Corynetes violaceus, Linn. LYMEXILIDZ. *Lymexylon sericeum, Harris. CUPESIDA. Kc Cupes capitata, Fab. concolor, Westw. PTINID. Ptinus fur, Linn. Kucrada humeralis, Mes. *Ernobius mollis, Z’hom. *tenuicornis, Lec.® *Oligomerus sericeus, Lec. *Sitodrepa panicea, Z'hom.® _ *Trichodesma gibbosum, Say. *Hadrobregmus errans, Mels. *carinatus, Say. linearis, Lec. *Petalium bistriatum, Say. Anobium notatum, Say. *Tripopitys sericeus, els. *Xyletinus peltatus, Harr. fucatus, Lec. *Hemiptychus gravis, Lec." *Protheca puberula, Lec. *Czenocara oculata, Lec. Ptilinus ruficornis, Say. *thoracicus, Lec. Endecatomus rugosus, Rand. Bostrichus serricollis, Germ. *truncaticollis, Lec.® Lyctus striatus, Jels. 8 July 27th, on hickory. 4 Under bark of dead oak, in August. 5 On pine, May alist. 6 Drug store, Grimsby, in Cantharis vesicatoria. 7 Bred from woody fungus. 8 Under bark of black ash stumps; last of July. e 4 ae * THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 119 LIST OF COLEOPTERA COLLECTED BY A. 8. PACKARD, Jun., AT CARIBOU ISLAND, LABRADOR; STRAITS OF BELLE ISLE. The Coleoptera here enumerated, and named several years since by Dr. Leconte, were collected by me during the summer of 1860 at Caribou Island while a member of the Williams College expedition to Labrador and Green- land under the direction of Prof. P. A. Chadbourne. This is an incomplete list of the Coleoptera of Labrador; and in a subsequent expedition with my friend, Wm. Bradford, the artist, to Hopedale, Labrador, many more forms, as yet not named, were collected.—A. S. P Gyrinus, not determined. Calathus confusus, Lec. Agabus punctulatus, Aubé. Bledius, not determined. ‘¢ laevidorsus, Lec. - Ips sanguinolentus, Oliv. «< semipunctatus, Kirby. Byrrhus Americanus, Lee. « subfasciatus, Lec. < Kirbyt (pictpes, Kirby). “« infuscatus, Aubé. Eanus vagus, lec (Limonius vagus, Colymbetes sculptilis, Harris. Lec.)- *: picipes, Kirby. «¢ maculipennis, Lec., n. sp. Hydroporus tenebrosus, Lec. Philhydrus bifidus, Lec. Silpha Lapponica (Linn.) Podabrus mandibularis (Acmzops Creophilus villosus, Grav. proteus, Lec., Lepr. proteus, Kirby: Amara similis, Lec. (Stereocerus Atomaria, not determined. similis, Kirby). Criocephalus agrestis, Kirby. Amara near melanogastrica, Esch,, Leptura, n. sp. perhaps brunnipennis, Dej. SSS BOOKS RECEIVED. Glimpses of Nature, a Magazine of Natural History inallits branches. Edited by Samuel M. Maxwell. Vol. i. No.1. Mauch Chunk, Pa., June, 1870.—A new and neatly printed periodical, to which we wish all possible success. First Annual Report of the American Museum of Natural History. January, 1870. New York. 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He has ventured to make this personal explanation in order that the reader may understand and excuse the long delay incurred in the issue of this number—a delay which, he trusts, will not soon recur. His address is now: ‘Tue Rey. C.J. S. Betuune, TZrinity College School, Port Hope, Ont.’ Exchanges will please address: “‘ CANADIAN Enromoxoeist, Port Hope, Ont.” . —+— ACCENTUATED LIST OF CANADIAN LEPIDOPTERA, BY E. B. REED, LONDON, ONTARIO. This List is compiled on the same principle as the Oxford and Cambridge Accentuated List of British Lepidoptera, of which valuable little book we have made free use. A quotation from its preface well explains our object: ‘“‘The want of uniformity in the pronunciation of scientific names, and the consequent difficulty of communication between the less educated, but often more ‘practical men of science, is an admitted evil. To afford a remedy so far as Lepidopterology is concerned, and for the especial use and benefit of those to whom circumstances have denied the advantage of a classical 122 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. education, while their inborn love of Natural History has led them to the study of this order of insects,” we have published this accentuated list of Canadian Lepidoptera. RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION. Every vowel is to be pronounced short unless marked long, thus é. TABLE OF VOWEL SOUNDS. asin ‘* hate” a is to be pronounced as in the word ‘ hat.” a e ie ee a “met.” 6 *6 Se neten q 6< 66 é 6 hid.” 2 6c 6¢ hide.”’ 0 6c cé 66 66 hop.” ra} ee 6 hope.” u ee f % ‘¢ duck.” % ». SS < seni, Two vowels occurring together, and not joined as in the diphthongs, are to be pro- nounced as two syllables ; thus, Regiella pron. Re-gi-el-la, not Re-giel-la. TABLE OF CONSONANT SOUNDS. c is to be pronounced hard, as k. ¢ Gh " soft, as s. ch = ok hard, as k, except where preceded by s, in which case the ‘' sch” is equivalent to sh, and is printed sch: thus, Frisghella, pron. as Frishella, g is to be pronounced hard, asin ‘ gate.’’ g 6c 173 soft, (73 6c gem.” The position of the accent (’) shows where stress is to be laid: viz., on the syllable preceding the accent. ‘ LEPIDOPTERA—Lepidop’tera. Gr. Lepis a scale, pteron a wing. Insects whose wings are clothed with scales. : DIURNI—Diur/ni. Day-fliers. RHOPALOCERA—Rhopaloc’era. Gr. Rhopalon a club, keras a horn. Insects whose antenne are clubbed at the extremity. All butterflies have this peculiarity. PAPILIONID M— Papilio’/nide—the family of which the genus Papilio is the type. PAPILIO—Papilis, a butterfly. Linneus first attempted to combine in some |. degree Natural and Civil History, by attaching the names of personages illustri- ous in their day to insects of particular kinds. His first division of the Butter- flies consists of Hquites (Knights), and these are sub-divided into Zroesand Achivi (Trojans and Greeks). ‘ TURNUS—Tur/nus. A prince of the Rutuli, who contended with Ainéas for the princess Lavinia. TROILUS—77ro“ilus. A son of Priam and Hecuba killed by Achilles. PHILENOR—Philé/nor. A Grecian proper name. ASTERIAS—Aste’rias. Daughter of Coous and Phebe, and sister of Latona. THOAS—Tho/’as. King of Chersonésus to whom Iphigenia was brought. AJAX—Ajaz. A Grecian hero, son of Telamon. PIERIDH—Pieride. The family of which the genus Pieris is the type. PIERIS—Pi’eris, 1 Muse. The Muses derived their name Pierides from Mount Pierus, where they were worshipped. PROTODICE—Proto’dice. Gr. ‘*Protos” first, ‘‘ Dice” the name of one of the hours—in allusion probably to this insect being one of the earliest to appear in Spring. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 123 RAPH—Rape. Feeds on Rape. (Brassica Rape). OLERACEA—Olera’cea. Feeds on Cabbage (Brassica Oleracea). COLIAS—Colias. A surname of Venus from a promontory in Attica where she was worshipped. , vga NOTES ON SOME OF THE COMMON SPECIES OF CARABID A, FOUND IN TEMPERATE NORTH AMERICA. BY PHILIP 8. SPRAGUE. ARTICLE NO, IV. Harpalus (Carabus) pensylvanicus, Degeer. Mem. Ins. IV. 108. Red- dish brown; head dusky; shells striate; body beneath, antennze and feet — testaceous. Inhab. Penn. N. A. Tast p. 104, t. IV. f. 22, Degeer. H. (C.) pensylvanicus. Winged; body above black; beneath ferrugi- nous. N. A. Fab. Syst. Hlut. I. 195. HT. (©.) pensylvanicus. Resembles rujicornis. Head black; thorax almost square, with a longitudinal line impressed in the middle and two posterior impressions; elytra black, striated; body beneath brown, more or less clear. Oliv. III. 57, t. XI. f. 92 b. Hi. bicolor, Say. Head black; mouth and antenne rufo-testaceous; gula piceous; thorax glabrous on the disk; a dorsal impressed line; area of hind angles impressed and confluently punctured; posterior angles rounded ; elytra striate; striz impunctured ; margin with numerous punctures; pectus and post-pectus piceous-black ; piceous on the disk, with obsolete punctures ; feet testaceous pale; venter piceous-black; tail paler. Trans. Amer. Philo. Soci. I. 26. H. faunus, Dej., and flavipes, Dej., Cat. 3rd ed. p. 15. Oblong oval; above black; thorax nearly square; on both sides behind punctured; basal fovere distinct; posterior angles nearly right; elytra striate; sides obsoletely punctured; behind obliquely sinuate; antennz and feet testaceous. Dej. Sp. IV. 254. The foregoing descriptions are supposed by Dr. LeConte to refer to one and the same species described by Degeer as Carabus pensylva- nicus, and this decision is now acquiesced in by other entomologists. This example of the lack of minute and systematic description is only one of the many ; in fact it is the rule, as you will see by the many synonyms attached to other species, and is the great difficulty all students experience in deter- mining them. Harpalus pensylvanicus, Dej, N. A. Long. .55 in. (45-65). Broad oblong oval, above usually dull black; sub-Alpine and northern varieties blacker and more shining; legs, antennze and mouth testaceous yellow; tho- rax one-fourth broader than long, scarcely narrowed behind the middle; sides broadly rounded and strongly depressed; the margin is quite narrow at 124 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. the apex, widening posteriorly, and absorbing the whole basal fovez, making a broad flattened space internally from the apex of the basal angle; basal foveze strongly marked, and with the margin heavily and confluently punc- tured; basal angles obtuse, somewhat rounded; elytral strize deep; interstices convex, and at the sides punctured, in some specimens confluently; no dor- sal puncture; mentum distinctly toothed. The broadly rounded sides, the wide and punctured margin of the thorax, with the side punctures of the elytra, are the special parts that differ from the following species, to which it is most nearly allied. Harpalus compar, Lec. — Mass. to Cal. Long. .55 in. Oblong oval; above reddish black, somewhat shining; beneath lighter; legs, antennze and mouth reddish yellow; thorax one-fourth broader than long; strongly but narrowly depressed at sides; distinctly narrowed behind; basal foveze shal- low, confluently punctured in centre; basal angles obtuse, scarcely rounded ; flattened above, and with the side margin finely punctured; elytral striz well marked, not deep, with the interstices flattened, and with a few obsolete punctures at the sides; no dorsal puncture; mentum tooth distinct. This species differs from H. pensylvanicus by the thorax being distinctly narrowed behind the middle instead of broadly rounded; the depressed margin is nar- rower; not so broad and flattened at the basal angle, yet somewhat depressed; the punctures are finer and not confluent except in basal fovese; the apex of basal angle is quite well defined; the interstices of elytra are flat; the punc- tures at the sides nearly obsolete; sometimes only a few points are seen on the seventh and ninth interstices. This beetle was described quite a number of times by our early entomologists under different names, which being pre- occupied necessitated a new one, which was given by Dr. LeConte. Harpalus erythropus, Dej. Oblong oval; above black; thorax nearly square; punctured on both sides behind; basal fovee shallow; posterior angles nearly right ; elytra striate; behind obliquely sinuate; antenne and feet reddish-yellow. Long. 5} lines. Penn. This beetle much resembles faunus (see under the head of HZ. pensylvanicus), but is a little smaller; it is very nearly of the same color; the thorax is less rounded at the sides; sides not depressed; basal fovesxe less marked; elytra nearly of the same form; interstices smooth, not punctured at the sides; palpi, antenne and feet reddish-yellow. N.A., Dej. Sp. IV. 258. The above is a translation of the original description of DeJean. My description of H. compar will answer for this species, with the following differences: it is much smaller; long. .44-50 in.; the sides of the thorax are perhaps more distinctly nar- rowed; the punctures of basal foveze and sides a very little deeper, and without punctures at sides of elytra. Were a large erythropus and a small compar placed side by side, the only real difference would be the punctures THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 125 at the sides of elytra. These two species run so close together as to make it doubtful if they are distinct. The three species just described, with an intermediate one, H. longicollis, Lec., which I will leave for a future time, have puzzled carabean entomologists from the first describers to the present time, and I fear that until we have some additional way of determining spe- cies we shall still continue in doubt. With quite a large series coming from Texas to Oregon and from.Canada to Florida, I am at a loss where to place some examples, they so strongly partake of what we consider two distinct species. ‘ The preceding descriptions are typical forms which will absorb the mass of all captures. Since Article No. 2 was written, I have received from Missouri Harpalus testaceus, Lec. (See page 59, Vol. 2.) Oblong oval; reddish yellow, shining; thorax more than one-half shorter than broad; posterior angles right, quite prominent, with the base on both sides shortly impressed; elytra at apex scarcely sinuate; strize obsoletely punctured ; interstices a little con- vex, with a single puncture on the third—Trans. Phil. Philo. Soci. X. 385. In addition to the above, which is Dr. LeConte’s description translated, I will describe the specimen in my cabinet. Long. .89 inch; uniformly light testaceous; thorax nearly twice broader than long; narrow and sinuated at the sides behind the middle; strongly and broadly depressed; basal angles obtuse; apex prominent; basal foveze are impressed points; elytral striz deep; interstices convex; no dorsal puncture; body beneath has accessory ambulatorial setz. Dr. LeConte says, Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1855, p. 101, ‘Celytra without dorsal puncture.’ With the above corrections this beetle will be readily recognized. Harpalus faunus, Say.—Long. .42-55 in.; oblong oval; reddish black, shining, lighter. beneath; thorax nearly square, margins lighter, clear; sides sub-parallel, strongly depressed; basal foveze broad, deep, and with the margin well punctured; basal angle right, apex slightly rounded ; elytral striee deep; interstices convex, not punctured; ? has a row on the seventh, and sometimes also on the ninth, which, with the square thorax, and light margins, makes this a well-marked species. ae A. Moyruty journal has been started in Jena devoted to the interest of Sericiculture. Inuixois Starz Enromorocist.—We learn that Dr. Wm. LeBaron, of Geneva, Kane county, Ills., has been appointed to the office of State Ento- mologist, made vacant by the death of our late associate. Well done, Gov- ernor Palmer! Qaur Illinois friends have good cause to rejoice at the appoint- ment !—Amer. Eniomologist. 126 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS. PaPer No 2. BY W. SAUNDERS, LONDON, ONT. Phytocoris linearis (Capsus oblineatus, Say.) I regret that I had not observed before writing paper No. 1, a valuable article by my esteemed friend Riley on this insect, in his last Annual Report on the insects of Missouri. He there speaks of effects produced by it on young pear trees in that section, precisely similar to those I described, and expresses the opinion, which I also entertain, that the puncture of this insect is peculiarly poisonous to the young growth on the tree. He says, “it attacks many kinds of herbaceous plants, such as dahlias, asters, marigolds, balsams, cabbages, potatoes, turnips,’ &c., and several other trees, besides pear, viz., quince, apple, plum, and cherry. They deposit their eggs and breed on the plants, and the young and old bugs together may be noticed through most of the summer months. The young bugs are perfectly green, but in other respects do not differ from their parents except in lacking wings. There are probably two broods during the season, I have observed the full grown bugs throughout the summer, but more abundant early in August, I noticed them very numerous about some swollen diseased ears of corn, resulting from that peculiar black fungoid growth to which it is at times subject. Mr. Riley suggests as remedies strong tobacco water, quassia water, Vinegar, and cresylic soap. Affecting the apple, Phycita nebulo, Walsh. While looking over some apples trees, on the 25rd of May, I observed the work of a small case-making larva, which I had never noticed before. Its case resembled a long mitiature horn, wide at one end, tapering almost to a point at the other, and frequently twisted in a very odd manner. There were generally portions of dead leaves fastened around the case, so as to partially conceal it, and a firm base of attachment was made for it by gnawing off the young bark from the twig on which it rested, and then firmly gluecing it with some glutinous secretion to the spot thus laid bare. The case was curiously constructed of silk interwoven very cleverly with the excrement of the artificer, and had a smooth whitish surface internally, with an exterior also smooth, but of a yellowish brown color. The larva lives inside this curious structure, coming out only when it waats food, and quickly retreating when danger threatens. Its length when ? full grown is about six tenths of an inch, with a body tapering slightly towards the hinder extremity. Its head is medium sized, rather flat, dark reddish brown with a dull roughened surface, mandibles or jaws dark shining brown, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 127 The body above is dark dull brown with a slight greenish tint, the second - segment being nearly covered above with a horny looking plate, similar in appearance to the head, but a little paler, and edged behind and at the sides with a darker shade—on each side below this plate is a flattened blackish prominence-—on each side of third segment is also placed a small shining black tubercle. On each segment from the third to terminal inclusive, are several very minute blackish dots, from each one of which arises a single pale brown hair. | The under surface is a little paler than the upper, with a more decided © greenish tint, feet green banded and tipped with brownish black, prolegs dull greenish brown. It changes to a chrysalis sometimes, and I think usually within the case. I found them thus changed in some cases on the trees, but one or two of the specimens among those brought home and fed, came out of the case, and changed to a pupa on the outside. The chrysalis was about four tenths of an inch long, and of a reddish brown colour, one specimen was observed to effect its change on the 8th of June, and produced the winged moth on the 21st of the same month, showing the duration of the pupa stage to be about thirteen days. On examination the moth proved to be the Phycita nebulo, (Walsh) to which he has given the significant common name of “‘ The Rascal leaf erum- pler.” In Mr. Walsh’s excellent Report on the noxious insects of Illinois, he states that this larva affects the plum and wild crab as well as the culti- vated apple. The young larve appear late in the summer, and construct their little cases, surrounded with portions of dried leaves, in which they pass the winter in a torpid state, awakening to activity and resuming their depre- dations as soon as the young foliage expands in spring. He was of opinion that this insect was confined exclusively to the North Western States, its occurrence in Canada shows that in this his views were incorrect. Although he had bred a number of specimens, he had never found them preyed on by any species of ichneumon fly, whereas in my own case, although I only bred seven or eight, one of them produced an interesting ichneumon, the name of which has not yet been determined. The moth is a pretty little thing, its wings measure when expanded, abou seven tenths of aninch. Its fore wings are pale brown, with patches and streaks of silvery white, the hind wings are plain brownish white, the under side of both wings is pale whitish brown, the hind wings paler than the fore wings, It is figured and described by Mr. Walsh, in the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. 9 p. 312-8. 128 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. The amount of damage done by this insect in my own case was not great, their numbers were not sufficient to cause much alarm, but when they are very numerous, one can easily imagine, that their destructive powers would be very considerable, for besides consuming the foliage, their pernicious habit of gnawing away all the young bark from and about the spot to which the case is attached, would in all probability, lead sometimes to the girdling of the young branches, and their consequent death. The little bunch of dead and dried leaves around their cases, gives a ready means of detecting the presence of these little rascals, and no better remedy for them than hunting them up, and crushing the case with the hand, has yet been suggested. From the Grape, Cidaria diversitineata. Just as the grape blossoms were fully open, and while pinching in the rapidly growing branches of a seedling vine, a blossom bunch attracted attention by its unusual appearane. A closer inspection showed that parts of the bunch had been eaten away, and the remaining portions drawn together by light silken threads, and within the enclosure was a dull brown caterpillar, with its body much contracted, and just ready to assume the chrysalis state. The bunch was removed from the vine and enclosed in a small box, when in a day or two the change of form took place. The chrysalis was six-tenths of an inch long, and ofa pale reddish brown color. In about ten days after- wards, it produced the perfect insect which proved to be Cidaria diversi- lineata. These observations disclose an interesting fact, regarding the history of this insect, that is, that it passes the winter occasionally, if not invariably, in the caterpillar state, hybernating in some secure retreat, where it sleeps peacefully, till called into activity again by the genial warmth of spring, when in a few days it finishes its growth, and effects its changes as already described. This moth measures when its wings are expanded, 13 inches. Its color is pale ochre yellow, crossed by many greyish brown lines, and clouded also with patches of the same, particularly along the margin of the wings. The under side is a little paler than the upper, with fewer and fainter lines, but bordered along the outer edges, much the same as above. The body and legs are similar in color to the wings, the legs being marked with black about the joints. On the 7th of June, a number of reddish geometric caterpillers, were found on the vine leaves, in which they had eaten innumerable holes of various shapes and sizes; these proved to belong {to the same insect. - At this time, they were about aninch long. The head was rather small, flattened in front and bilobed, each lobe projetting above and terminating in a point . color dull brownish green; mandibles tipped with reddish brown. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 129. The body above was dull yellowish green, with a reddish or pink tinge, second segment pale yellowish green, smooth and very similar in appearance to the head, but larger, 3rd, 4th, 11th, 12th, and 13th segments, pale yellowish green, all the middle segments have a decided pinkish tinge, surface of body wrinkled. Terminal segment with two short greenish spines extending backwards over the anal lid. The under surface was similar in color to the upper, with a double whitish line down the middle; feet pinkish ; prolegs green. Many variations in color were observed in different specimens of this larva. One which answered the descriptions given above on the 7th, changed its skin on the morning of the 8th, and appeared in a garb of very dark brown, nearly black, with longitudinal lines of paler brown. A younger specimen, was yellowish green, with the head very large and prominent. Another older one was bright, deep red above, with a wide, broken band of dull green down the middle of under surface, without any appearance of the double whitish line so prominent in most of the others. A fourth, about the same size, was dull whitish green, with the whitish lines below also wanting. A full grown caterpillar found on the 10th of June, measured one and a quarter inches.- Its head was dull reddish brown, the body above yellowish green as in former description, but with a few very small whitish dots on each segment. On each side of 2nd segment was a small reddish spot, and on the 3rd a larger one of a darker shade, on this latter segment the folds of the skin protrude, making the spot appear like a brown prominence. The spaces between the middle segments were yellowish, while two or three of the terminal rings were dull brown, in other respects, it answered to the previous description. The under surface had a reddish hue, a central dull reddish line, bordered on each side witha faint whitish stripe, edged again without by dull red; feet reddish, with the space between them yellowish green ; prolegs reddish brown; spaces between bluish green. June 11th. This larvee had now fastened itself up ina leaf, preparing for its next change. I have taken fresh-looking specimens of this moth again on the wing during the middle part of the present month, August. They will probably deposit their eggs late in the month, producing larve which will attain to nearly the full growth before winter, and hybernating during the cold season, resume their destructive labors with the opening spring. As a remedy when their numbers are great, syringing the vines with hellebore and water would probably serve a good purpose. They are not confined to the vine, but are found also on the Virginia creeper, Ampelopsis quinquefolia. 130 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. NOTES ON THE LARVA) OF OPHIUSA BISTRIARIS, Hubner. BY W. SAUNDERS, LONDON. Late in July a number of specimens of a larva apparently allied to the genus Catocala were taken from the silver maple (Acer dasycarpwm, Ehrn.). The description of this larva is as follows : Length 1.40 inches ; somewhat onisciform. Head medium sized, flattened, bilobed; color pale ashen grey, with streaks of pale brown appearing under a magnifying lens as a fine network; a dark brown, nearly black, stripe on each side, and a few short grey hairs scattered over its surface. | Body above brownish-grey, with numerous streaks and dots of pale brown. A double irregular dorsal line, widening here and there throughout its entire ‘length. There are many other broken lines of the same character, composed chiefly of dots, but none of them continuous. A sub-dorsal row of whitish dots, composed of two or three on each of the middle seements, less numerous on anterior segments; a few pale grey hairs placed chiefly along each side below spiracles. On the hinder part of 12th segment is a raised crescent- shaped line edged behind with black, and on the terminal one two whitish dots with a small patch of black at their base. Spiracles pale, oval, edged with black. Under surface paler and greenish, quite bluish-green from seventh to eleventh segments, with a round central blackish spot on hinder part of seventh and eighth. Anterior pair of prolegs present but dwarfed, and not used in progression; body slightly arched with each forward movement. Feet greenish, semi-transparent; prolegs bluish-green dotted with brown. This larva is subject to considerable variation in its color and markings. Var. A.—Body paler in color. Head pale, with lines very much less distinct. The black edging of raised line on 12th segment scarcely apparent. Var. B.—Body dark-red, with markings similar to those of the usual grey variety. Var. C_—Body dark-brown, nearly black. Head larger, with markings prominent. When about to go into chrysalis this larva cuts through a portion of a leaf of the tree on which it has fed, and turning it over constructs a snug little case, fastening it up closely and carefully with silken threads, and in this completes its transformations. After remaining in the pupa state about two weeks the imago appeared, which proved to be Ophiusa bistriaris. aye ee a i . ol aR er ik Cito oe THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Rr ij | LIST OF COLEOPTERA, TAKEN AT GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, BY J. PETTIT. (Continued from page 118.) SPHINDIDA. *Sphindus Americanus, Lec. CIOIDA. *Cis fuscipes, Mellie. *Ennearthron mellyi, Mell. *Ceracis militaris, Jel. TENEBRIONID. Phellopsis obcordata, Lec. Blapstinus metallicus, Lec. Centronopus calcaratus, Fad. *Merinus levis, Oliv. Xylopinus saperdoides, Oliv. Haplandus femoratus, Fad. *concolor, Lec. Nyctobates Pensylvanica, De Geer. *Tphthinus opacus, Lec. Tenebrio molitor, Linn. castaneus, Knoch, tenebrioides, Beauv. Paratenetus punctatus, Spin. *Tribolium madens, Charp. Uloma impressa, eds. *culinaris, Linn. *mentalis, Horn. Boletotherus cornutus, Fad. Boletophagus corticola, Say. *Rhipidandrus flabellicornis, Lec. *Pentaphyllus pallidus, Lec. Diaperis hydni, fab. Haplocephala bicornis, Oliv. Platydema excavatum, De). Americanum, Lap. *picilabrum, eds. flavipes, Fab. Hypophloeus parallelus, Aels. *thoracicus, Me/s.} *Dicedus punctatus, Lec. Helops micans, Yad. Meracantha contracta, Beauv. *Strongylium tenuicolle, Say. CISTELIDA. Allecula nigrans, Mels. *Hymenorus obscurus, Say. niger. Mels. Cistela brevis, Say. sericea, Say. Isomira quadristriata, Couper. *velutina, Lec. *Mycetocharis foveatus, Lec. *tenuis, Lec. binotata, Say. *Chromatia amoena, Say. Capnochroa fuliginosa, Mels, Androchirus luteipes, Lec. LAGRIIDA. Atthromacra aenea, Say. PYROCHROIDA. Pyrochroa flabellata, Fab. femoralis, Lec. Schizotus cervicalis, Vewm. Dendroides concolor, Newm. Canadensis, Zatr. ANTHICIDA. *Corphyra collaris, Say. lugubris, Say. newmanl, Lec. _ Notoxus anchora, Hentz. *Anthicus obscurus, Jere. * Species marked with an asterisk have not before been included in the list of Canadian Coleoptera. 1 Three specimens taken by Dr. Milward. 132 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Anthicus formicarius, Ferte. *floralis, Payk. scabriceps, Lec. cervinus, Ferte. *coracinus, Lec. *Xylophilus piceus, Lec. *fasciatus, els. MELANDRYIDA. *Ceenifa pallipes, Mels. Tetratoma truncorum, Lec. Stenotrachelus arctatus, Say.’ Penthe obliquata, Jab. pimelia, Had. Synchroa punctata, Newm. Emmesa connectens, Newm. - Melandrya striata, Say. *Xylita levigata, Hel. Spilotes quadripustulosus, Meds, Hypulus simulator, Newm. Serropalpus striatus, Hel. Enchodes sericea, Haid. Dirczea liturata, Lec. *Symphora flavicollis, Hald. *rugosa, Hald. Hallomenus scapularis, Mels. Kustrophus bicolor, Fad. bifasciatus, Say. tomentosus, Say. Orchesia gracilis, Mels. MORDELLIDA. *Anaspis nigra, ald. flavipennis, Hald. rufa, Say. *Tomoxia inclusa, Lec. Mordella melzena, Lec. scutellaris, Hab. *octopunctatus, Mab. marginata, Mels. Mordella lineata, Mes. *serval, Say.* triloba, Say. *Mordellistena lutea,” Wels. ? trifasciata, Say. *limbalis, Meds. *ornata, Mels. scapularis, Say. *tosta, Lec. *varians, Lec. *morula, Lec. *unicolor.* *divisa, Lec. *liturata, Mels. *discolor, Mels. Pelecotoma flavipes, Mels. MELOIDA. Meloe angusticollis, Say. Macrobasis Fabrici, Lec. Epicauta Pensylvanica, De Geer. vittata, De7. CEPHALOIDA. Cephaloon lepturides, Newm. (EDEMERIDZE. Asclera ruficollis, Say. puncticollis, Say. MYCTERIDA. Mycterus scaber, Hald.° PYTHIDAL. Pytho Americanus, Kirby. *strictus, Lec. Boros unicolor, Say. *Rhinosimus nitens, Lec. SCOLYTIDA. *Crypturgus atomus, Lec. *Cryphalus fasciatus, Say. *mali, Fitch. *materiarius, Fitch. 2 A single specimen, taken on the Lake Shore. 3 Taken in the Township of Adelaide * Taken in Bosanquet. 5 A single specimen taken by Dr. Milward. ‘ “ ‘< ~ Se THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 133 *Cryphalus pullus, Zim. *Micracis suturalis, Lec. *puberulus, Zec. *aculeatus, Lec. *Xyloterus retusus, Lec. *Chramesus hicoriz, Lec. politus, Say. *Phlorotribus limniaris, Harr. *Xyleborus pyri, Harr. Hylesinus aculeatus, Say. *pubescens, Zimm. *opaculus, Lec. *sparsus, Lec. dentatus, Say. *plagiatus, Lec. Dendroctonus terebrans, Lec. *celatus, Lich. *simplex, Lec. Tomicus calligraphus, Germ. *Hylastes porculus, #r. *cacographus, Lec. pinifex, Fitch. pini, Say. —_o— MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. REARING BUTTERFLIES FROM THE Hea.—In the last number of the Canadian Entomologist I mentioned that I had succeeded in inducing females of P. ajax to deposit eggs, by enclosing them in a keg placed over the growing food-plant—the paw-paw. The first female enclosed on May 16th laid a number of eggs, and another female was enclosed in the same keg on the 17th. I was obliged to leave home for some days, and returned on June 1st, when I found but six larvz in the keg. These had hatched and attained a length of three-fourths of an inch within sixteen days. On the 5th of June the larve were mature and had stopped feeding; the whole time from the laying of the eggs being but three weeks. On the 20th one 4 Marcellus emerged ; on the2Ist a 2 Marcellus, and by the 23rd four others emerged, all Marcellus. ' On the Ist of June I put three 9 Ajax into another keg; by the 2nd 37 eggs were deposited. These began to hatch on the 6th. From this lot I obtained 24 chrysalids, which began to give imagos by 3rd of July. From them I obtained 12 5 and 10 9, all Marcellus. On June 7th I shut up a @ Marcellus, the first I had noticed flying this year. By the 25rd I had five larvee from this lot. The imagos began to appear on the 4th of July, and gave three 9 and_one 4%, all Marcellus, not distinguishable from those produced from the eggs of Ajax as above. So that the question of the identity of Ajax and Marcellus may be regarded as settled. I have had no difficulty, by some means, in inducing other species to deposit eggs. Ona young tulip tree I placed two black females of Turnus (Glaucus), and have now several larvee growing as the result. I have also raised two broods of C. Philodice, and the Nisoniades lycidas, and J. pylades, Scudder. 134 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. It is necessary in these experiments to watch carefully for small spiders, who very soon discover the eggs and devour them remorselessly—W. H. Epwarps, Coalburgh, West Va. ) FooD-PLANT OF DARAPSA VERSICOLOR.—I enclose leaves of the plant on which the larve of D. versicolor, Harris, the rarest of our Sphinges, feed. It is a swamp plant, common in the vicinity of Brooklyn, N. Y.—W. H. EDWARDS. [The plant has been kindly determined by Prof. Macoun to be Cephalanthus occidentalis (the Button Bush). It is, he states, a shrub growing on mud flats or along the low banks of streams; it leaves are opposite or in whorls of three leaves; its flowers are white growing in round heads about an inch across—hence the name. ] CotorADo Porato BEETLE.—In addition to the localities mentioned in our last number, we have received a specimen of this destructive insect from Mr. N. H. Cowdry, Stratford, Ont., which was found there ‘on the side- walk in a very mutilated condition.” Mr. Saunders has received specimens from Sarnia, and has heard of its being found at Amherstburg. The last number of the American Entomologist mentions that it has been found also at Point Edward, the extreme southern end of Lake Huron. If prompt action be not taken by the farmers in the western section of the country, we shall soon, we fear, have to chronicle its spead over the whole of our country. Nore ON A HaBit OF CERTAIN INDIAN CoLEopreRA.—The Rev. A. B. Spaight, late Missionary to Northern India, has informed me of a fact fre- quently observed by him at Moultan, and which has, I believe, acquired additional interest from the circumstances of its being a disputed point amongst Naturalists. It appears that certain large beetles belonging to the Lucanide and Longr- cornia are said to saw off small branches from trees in order to get at the sap upon which they feed. Mr. Spaight (who only began to study the habits of insects after he had left England) arrived in India under the impression that the jaws of these large beettles (ucanide ?) were solely intended for bur- rowing,—indeed, he had been told almost as much; what was his surprise then, upon first meeting with them in their native haunts, tu see the huge jaws clasping a branch round which at the same time the beetle was rapidly whirling, so that in a short time the branch fell to the ground completely sawn through ; whereupon the insect immediately set to work to suck up the sap ! Being struck with this apparently new fact, Mr. Spaight paid particular attention to it, and noticed the same thing over and over again, so that he ig THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. £3e } : quite sure about the correctness of his observations.—A. G@. BuTLER, in the Entomologist Monthly Magazine. Mrmtory.—At a recent meeting of the Entomological Society of London, England, the President read the following extract from a letter, dated ‘“‘ Sarawak, 17th April, 1870,” from Mr. A. Everett :— ‘¢ My brother has found two remarkable spiders. One, which we had not the means of keeping at the time, was lying with its legs pressed closely beside its body, and was white streaked with black in irregular fashion : when he called me to see it, I looked closely but in vain for it, the only thing visible on the leaf being apparently a patch of bird’s dung; when it moved, one saw immediately what it was. The other is similar in colour and beha- viour, but seems to belong to a different genus, and the resemblance to the droppings of a bird is not so completely deceptive. These would appear to be instances of protective mimicry, and as such will perhaps be of interest to you. I have another example, almost if not quite as evident: I had a cater- pillar brought me, which, being mixed. by my boy with some other things, I took to be a bit of moss with two exquisite pinky-white seed-capsules ; but I soon saw that it moved, and examining it more closely found out its real character: it is covered with hair, with two little pink spots on the upper surface, the general hue being more green: its motions are very slow, and when eating, the head is withdrawn beneath a mobile fleshy hood, so that the action of feeding does not produce any movement externally; the shape is. oval, and the edges are fringed with tufts of hair: it was found in the lime- stone hills at Busan, the situation of all others where mosses are most plen- tiful and delicate, and were they partially clothe most of the protruding masses of rock: I placed it in spirit, but it has become shrunken and turned to a dirty yellowish colour. Such things, however, require to be seen alive in order to properly appreciate the close resemblance they bear to the par- ticular objects they resemble.”’ Mr. De Grey mentioned that he had often been struck by the resemblance of the caterpillar of Melitzea Cinxia to the flower of the plantain upon which it feeds, whilst the pupa resembled the seed of the same plant. The Secretary exhibited a large woolly gall of the oak and a number of living specimens of Cynips ramuli which had emerged therefrom. The gall was found on the 24th of June, at Idsworth, near Horndean, by Sir. J. Clarke Jervoise, Bart., who wrote respecting it as follows :— ‘‘ My attention was yesterday called to what I thought was a ball of sheeps’ wool in a meadow where there were no sheep, and I placed it under a glass clock-shade for security. This morning I found the clock had stopped, and a quantity of flies were in the case and in the works of the clock. I never happened to have seen asimilar growth on the oak, a sprig of which is visible 136 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. in the woolly gall, and I have sent some of the flies in spirits. There are - more hatched out in the box since I placed the oak-gall in it.” How many specimens of the Cynips hatched in the clock-case did not appear, but the box exhibited was found to contain upwards of eighty.— Zoologist. DeatH oF Pror. LAcoRDAIRE.—We learn with regret that death has claimed the greatest of modern Coleopterists. Prof. Lacordaire died at Liége on the 18th July, in his 70th year. io Upp s ADVERTISEMENTS. For Sate Cazap.—A fine Oxy-Hydrogen Dissolving-View Apparatus, with Polariscope, Microscope, and Kaleidoscope complete; and a large collection of suitable slides. Apply to E. B. Rexp, London, Ont. 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In order to make some amends for this delay, we now issue a double number, and hope —we no longer venture to promise—to publish the closing number of the volume in a few weeks. We shall be glad to receive contributions from our friends in all quarters, and to obtain promises of aid for our ¢izrd volume. 2 - EXTRACT FROM A REPORT ON THE PLUM CURCULIO, (Conotrachelus nenuphar.) BY W. SAUNDERS, LONDON, ONT. Read before the Meeting of the Fruit Growers Association of Ontario, held in London, June, 1870. The accompanying figure shows the cur - culio in all its stages. a, is the larva, b, the chrysalis, c, the perfect beetle, all magnified, the adjoining lines show the natural size, d, is a small plum with the curculio (natu- ral size) working on it. One egg is de- posited under the crescent cut, and a second incision ig being made. I shall now refer to some experiments of my own on this insect which will, I hope, Fig. 8, add something to our knowledge of the creature’s habits. I had seen it stated somewhere that the curculio was 138 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. active at night, and I had also seen the idea ridiculed, and being somewhat sceptical on the point, resolved to test it. Accordingly I went out about midnight with lautern and sheet, and on jarring one tree down came two curculios, and from another tree one. When they drop to the ground from jarring in the day-time they usually remain motionless for a good while, feigning death. But there was no shamming about these creatures taken at this time of night, for they commenced to run about at once on the sheet, and fearing they would fly they were quickly transferred to a pill box. They were then taken into a room where there was a lamp burning, when on opening the box one of them at once took wing attracted by the lamp, and flew around the light. Thinking this activity might be due in part to the stimulus of a bright light, I placed them in a dark room for a while, and then approached them with the faintest glimmer of light, just enough to enable me to see them, when I observed them running about very quickly, faster than I have seen them move in bright daylight. This ended. the experiments for that time, and the insects were closely shut up in a box for safety. The next night the operation was repeated, and two curculios taken from one tree as before. These manifested just the same symptoms of activity as their predecessors, and along with them (now five in all) they were put into a box having a glass lid, with a small branch from a plam tree having five plums on it, each one of which had been carefully examined and found quite free from puncture or bite of any sort. The box was placed in a darkened room and covered with a black cloth so arranged that no light could possibly penetrate until its removal. Harly in the morning the cloth was suddenly taken away and two of the curculios were found working on the plums, while the -others were quiet or leisurely walking around in other parts of the box. The branch was at once taken out and examined: plum No. 1 had a puncture at the tip, hollowed out so that the skin was getting black; No. 2 was in the ‘same state with asecond large puncture in the side; No. 3 had two punctures -on the tip, one large and one small one; No. 4, a small puncture near the base of the stem, while in No. 5 four eggs were deposited, and it was also punctured in four places, one of the punctures being very large, deep, and -erescent shaped, a second quite shallow, barely through the skin. I observed ‘that they were much less active in the morning than at night. Being anxious to see how they would do their work in the day-time, ‘another branch was cut with sound plums on it a little before noon and placed in the box with the same insects. When exposed to the sunlight they were nearly as active as in the night, occasionally flying around the box iiaside. They were left exposed under a slight shade afforded by a small tree THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. . ae and examined at noon, when it was found that two eggs had been deposited, this was within an hour from the time of their exposure. Again it was examined early in the evening, when the number of eggs deposited had increased to nine, and a great many punctures had been made on different parts of the fruit where the curculios had been feeding. These experiments I think clearly prove that they work in the dark as well as in the light, feeding and depositing eggs at night as well as in the day- time—that is during the warmer parts of the season, for it should be observed that at the time I operated the nights were quite warm. With regard to the best time for jarring, experience leads me to believe that the evening is preferable, provided the work is not undertaken too early, say about sunset, or if it is done in the morning the earlier the better. I will give you a little incident connected with evening jarring. Having just observed a curculio drop on the sheet where I was at work, and having a few minutes to spare I resolved to watch to see how long the creature would feign death. For half an hour a careful scrutiny was kept up, during which time it did not move a muscle. How long it would have continued in this state is uncertain, as 1 had no more time to devote to the experiment; just then an attempt was made to pick the curculio up, when, as soon as it was touched, it began to run vigorously. While watching this specimen another was observed on a low outer branch of the same tree which the slight previ- ous jarring had failed to bring down. It remained quite still for a good while on the branch, then walked a few steps, stopping a while again, and so on, during the half hour it did not progress more than two inches in all. An attempt was now made to see if shaking would bring it down on the sheet. Beginning lightly the shaking was increased in rapidity every time until it became quite violent, much more so than any large tree could be shaken, but it maintained its hold on the limb and became more active between the intervals of shaking. Being satisfied that shaking would not do, jarring was tried, when a single tap brought it to the ground. so ON NEONYMPHA EURYTHRIS, FAB. BY W. SAUNDERS, LONDON. This butterfly appeared earlier than usual with us this year. It is not seen on the wing sooner than the 10th or 12th of June, but this season they were tolerably common as early as the Ist, and probably had been then flying for several days. They delight in the sunny openings found oftimes in partially cleared woods, also in wooded lanes and roads and the sunny edges of the forest, where by their peculiar jumping flight they may be readily zecognized, sometimes singly, at other times sporting in twos and threes. 140 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. For the first few days the specimens captured will be found to be nearly all of the male sex, but after this the females begin to appear and both sexes are found together during the remainder of their short season of life which does not usually extend beyond the first week in July. Sometimes an odd specimen may be taken later than this, but it is always battered and worn, as if the protraction of its life beyond the usual time had been attended by many struggles and fightings. On the 4th of June, 1870, we enclosed a captured female in a pill box for the purpose of obtaining eggs. The box was not examined till the 7th, when several eggs were found attached to its sides. The length of the egg wag 3-100ths of an inch. It was nearly globular in shape, flattened a little at the place of attachment. Its color was pale yellowish green and it was covered with a very fine network, the spaces between the meshes being slightly depressed. The young larva hatched on the 19th and 20th. The box was not exam- ined on the 19th, and when looked into on the 20th, several of the young cieatures were too much weakened for want of food to recover. There were two or three which promised well, but after the first few days only one sur- vived, which has been watched over with much care and fed on grass. Description of the larva fresh from the ege.—Length, 53-100ths of an inch. Head very large, dark brown with a few yellowish hairs. Body above dull whitish, with a dorsal and three lateral stripes of pale red, on each segment are a number of thick, short hairs or small spines, each aris- ing from a minute tubercle and tipped with a small rounded knob. Under surface whitish, semi-transparent, feet and legs the same. | No description of this insect was taken between the first and second moult- ings, but after the second moult, July 20th, the following notes were taken: Length .35 inch. Anterior segments nearly cylindrical, posterior onisci- form. Head medium size, larger than second segment, flat in front, with a flattened ridge above; color pale greenish, with a black dot on each side and a number of pale brown dots arranged nearly in transverse rows, and thickly covered with very short whitish hairs springing from small bulb-like tubercles; mandibles dark brown. Body above greenish grey, thickly covered with small whitish tubercles similar to those on head, from each of which arises a single short brown or reddish brown hair; a reddish brown dorsal stripe, and a faint sub-dorsal line of the same on which is a row of dots of a similar color but of a little darker shade, most distinct on middle segments; there is also a stigmatal band of the same, edged below with with yellowish green, and a second fair THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 141 lateral line between the sub-dorsal and stigmatal, the latter most distinct on anterior segments; terminal segment forked. Under surface pale whitish green, feet and prolegs greenish, semi-transpa- rent. Its growth was very slow for the next two months after which it ceased growing, becoming semi-torpid, eating a very little occasionally for a short time longer, and then it settled down fora lengthened fast which no morsel however green and dainty would tempt it to break. No perceptible change has taken place in its appearance up to the present, December 31, and will not we presume, until the warmth of spring infuses new life into it. The following description was taken a few days since. Length half an inch—onisciform (see figure 9). Head large; bi- lobed, with each lobe slightly pointed as bs above, appearing almost square when viewed from the front. Color yellowish brown, thickly covered with granu- lations of the same from which arise short brownish hairs visible onby with a magnifyer; there are two or three small black dots on each side, one larger than the other; mandibles tipped with black. The body above is a little paler in color than the head, of a uniform pale brownish yellow throughout entirely covered with like granulations emitting also short brownish hairs. The second segment is constricted, giving the head a much more prominent appearance than it would otherwise have; it is also free from granulations on its anterior edge not observable when the larva is at rest; but when in motion this smooth edge appears, of a paler hue than the general color and sprinkled with a few black dots. The body is thickest from seventh to tenth segments, and there is a faint dorsal line of a darker shade most apparent on the posterior segments ; terminal joint forked; stig- mata small, nearly round, and black. The under surface is similar in color and appearance to the upper, with a ventral row of faint brownish dots; feet and prolegs tipped with brown. From the facts thus gathered, we can give a short summary of the history of this species. The butterfly appears from the 10th to 25th of June, de- positing its eg¢s singly—fastened on blades of grass—from the middle to the last of the month. Duration of the egg stage, from ten to thirteen days. The larva is then hatched and continues growing until September, when having attained the length of about half an inch, it looks out for a hiding place in which to pass its long wintry sleep. The early spring calls it again to activity, when it begins to feed at once on the young and tender grass, completing its growth probably during the second or third week in May when 142 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. it becomes a chrysalis, from which the butterfly appears, to commence afresh the circle of existence. In all probability our other two species belonging to this family—Boisduvalii and Nephele—have a similar history although they appear later in the season. ee INSECTS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BRITISH AMERICA. COMPILED BY THE EDITOR. From Kirby's Fauna Boreali-Americana: Insecta, (Continued from page 110.) D1. AMaRA VULGARIS, Latr.—Length of body 4 to 44 lines. Many specimens taken in lat. 65°, and in the Rocky Mountains. Body black, glossy ; above black-bronzed. Scape of the antennee piceous; inner lobe of the maxilla, and first joint of the outer palpi, testaceous; basilar impressions of the prothorax double, deepish, impunctured, the exter- nal one oblique; channel abbreviated anteriorly, with a punctiform impres- sion beyond the middle: furrows of the elytra Hghtly drawn, indistinctly punctured; apex subacuminate or suddenly narrowed: legs black, with the hairs, spurs and claws testaceous. Variety B. Bright, bronzed with a cupreous tint. C. Wholly black. [An European species, unknown to Dr. LeConte. Stated by Mr. William Couper—but probably erroneously—to be common at Toronto.—Can. Jour. 1855, p. 256. ] [39] 52. AMARA INm=QUALIS, Kirby.—Length of body 4 lines. Several taken in lat. 54°. Very like A. vulgaris, but the two first joints of the antennee are rufous ; the basilar impressions of the prothorax are not so deep; and the interstices of the furrows of the elytra are convex and uneven: in other respects there is little difference between them. [Previously described as A. interstitiahs, Dej.; taken, according to Dr. LeConte (Pro. Acad. Nat. Sct., Phil., June, 1855, p. 353), on Lake Superior, at Fort Simpson, Mackenzie River, and in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Also found at Grimsby, and other places in Ontario. ] 03. AMARA IMPUNCTICOLLIS, Say.—Taken in lat. 54°. [Common in Canada; for description vide Say’s Ent. Works, ii. 463. ] d4, AMARA PALLIPES, Kirby.—Leneth of body 3 lines. Only one speci- men taken. Body glossy; underside, mandibles, coxee and tarsi piceous; upperside bronzed. ‘Three first joints of the antennz rufous; frontal impressions very F LS THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 143 slight, connecting line very distinct: dorsal channel of the prothorax nearly entire; basilar impressions rather punctiform, punctured; elytra not subacu- minate: legs yellowish. [Taken on Lake Superior and in Northern New York, according to LeConte; also in Ontario. ] [40] 55. AMARA LAEVIPENNIS, Kirby.—Length of body 33 lines. Three or four specimens taken in lat. 54°. Body glossy; the underside, legs and antennze black; upperside black- bronzed: frontal impressions very slight: prothorax smooth, with the basilar impressions very faint: furrows of the elytra very lightly drawn, and some- times subinterrupted ; intermediate trochanters piceous. [‘‘ Lake Superior, one pair; a female from Massachusetts, sent by Dr. Harris” (LeConte). | 56. AMARA Discors, Airby.—Length of body 4 lines. One specimen. only taken. ? This species has somewhat the aspect of a Harpalus, but it exhibits the true characters of Amara: it appears to be related to A. discrepans, Stephens. Body dark piceous, glossy. Upper-lip, palpi, mouth and antennz ferruginous: prothorax a little narrowed behind; bead of the lateral margin rufous; basilar impressions rather slight: elytra less glossy than the rest of the body, the infinitely minute and numerous granular reticulations of their substance being more conspicuous than usual; the furrows of the elytra from minute punc- tures exhibit a slight appearance of crenulations: legs pale chestnut. [Un- known to Dr. LeConte; the student of the Amare is referred to his paper on this genus in the Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., June 1855, p. 346, for much valuable matter and fuller descriptions. ] [41] 57. Harpatus pLevriticus, Kirby.—Taken frequently in lat. 54°: [For description wide Mr. Sprague’s Carabide, Can. Entom. ii. p. 96. Taken in Ontario and, according to Dr. LeConte, in Minnesota and Winnipeg. ] 58. HARPALUS BASILARIS, Kirby.—Length of body 4 lines. Taken with the preceding, and in equal numbers. This species differs from the preceding, which it nearly resembles, in having. the two first joints of antennz yellow, and the remainder dusky ; in having the prothorax still wider in proportion to its length, with its posterior angles. more acute and impunctured, ard with narrower basilar impressions also without punctures; its lateral margin is also black and less prominent: the side-covers of the elytra are likewise black: the legs are dark-piceous, with yellowish-red trochanters. In other respects it resembles A. pleuriticus. {Unknown to Dr. LeConte.] [42] 59. Harpatus ocuropus, Kirby.—Length of body 33 lines. [No locality stated. ] 144 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. This comes very near LZ. pleuriticus, but is considerably smaller; the antennee are longer; the prothorax is impunctured at the base, its basilar impressions are linear; the side-covers of the elytra are chesnut; and its thighs are more robust in proportion. [Unknown to Dr. LeConte; suppdsed by him to be perhaps ZZ. desertus, Lec. | 60. HareuLus interpuncratus, Kirby.—Plate vil. fig. 8—Length of body 5% lines. Many taken in lat. 54°. Body proportionally longer than in the antecedent species, black, glossy, not depressed. Head triangular, with a pair of confluent red dots, visible only in the sun, between the eyes; antenne shorter than the prothorax, with the scape and last joint of the palpi rufous: prothorax subquadrangular ; anterior angles rounded; dorsal channel drawn from the apex to the base; punctured especially posteriorly, disk impunctured, transversely wrinkled ; basilar impressions shallow; lateral margin dilated posteriorly ; elytra rather deeply furrowed, furrows impunctured, interstices convex, very minutely but not thickly punctured: the four anterior tarsi of the male are furnished with a thick brush of vesicles, not arranged in a double series, as in other species of this genus. [Placed, with a mark of interrogation, in LeConte’s List, as a synonym of Anisodactylus melanopus, Hald., a species taken in Canada. ] [43] 61. Harpanus Lonaior, Kirby —Length of body 5% to 74 lines. Two specimens taken, the largest in lat. 54°. ; Body black. Upper-lip piceous ; antennze, palpi and legs reddish-tawny, the first longer than the prothorax ; the nose terminates anteriorly in a red- dish membrane or rhinarium: prothorax quadrangular with all the angles rounded, rather longer than wide; dorsal channel anteriorly abbreviated ; lateral margin minutely punctured, much depréssed, especially at the posterior angies; basilar impressions double, shallow, and minutely punctured ; elytra very little glossed, more than twice the -length of the prothorax, furrows impunctured with convex interstices, the lateral ones with some scattered very minute punctures; the vesicles on the sole of the four anterior tarsi of the male are arranged as in the other Larpali. | Both the specimens taken in the expedition are males, or I should have supposed the unusual difference in their size was sexual: probably the small one was taken in a higher latitude. [Unknown to Dr. LeConte ; thought by him to be perhaps HZ. vagans, Lee. | 62. Harpanus Laticotnis, Kirby.—Length of body 53 lines. A sinele specimen taken. This insect very closely resembles ZZ. interpunctatus ; it differs principally in having a rather wider prothorax with all the angles rounded, with the dorsal channel abbreviated anteriorly, and with only the base very indistinetly ‘ J ‘\ f “ THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 145 punctured ; the interstices of the furrows of the elytra are also without punc- tures, and there is a single punctiform impression in the usual situation adja- cent to the second furrow. [Previously described as’ Anisodactylus nigerrimus by Dejean.] [44] 63. Harpatus [ANISoDACTYLUS] CARBONARIUS, Say.—Two speci- mens taken in lat. 54°. [Taken also in Canada; for description vide Say’s Ent. Works, ii. p. 460.] 64. HARPALUS ROTUNDICOLLIS, Airby.—Length of body 53 lines. Two specimens taken. Body brownish, black, glossy. Antennze length of the prothorax, as well as the tip of the palpi, rufous: prothorax wider than long, with rounded angles; basilar impressions shallow, round and punctured: the elytra exhibit a silky lustre from the granulations on the surface; there is a single puncti- form impression in the usual situation near the apex ; in this and the following species these organs are transversely truncated with a slight sinuosity ; legs rufous or rufo-piceous, with black thighs; cox and trochanters rufous. [A variety, according to LeConte, of H. amputatus, Say (Ent. Works, ii. 546), a species taken in “‘ Kansas, New Mexico, Saskatchewan, Montreal, Canada.’”’] [45] 65. Harpatus STEPHENSII, Kirby.—A single specimen, taken in lat 54°. [A synonym of H. amputatus, Say. ] [46] 66. STENOLOPHUS VERSICOLOR, Kirby.—Length of body 23 to 22 lines. Whree specimens were taken in lat. 54°. Body dusky-black, glossy. Palpi, mouth and scape of the antennz rufous; prothorax scarcely longer than wide, rounded behind, with the basilar impres- sions punctured: elytra reddish-brown,—viewed in the sun or in the light, they exhibit a changeable tint of violet; a punctiform impression adjoins the second furrow; apex slightly sinuated; epipleura yellow: thighs dusky, especially the posterior pair, which are larger than the others; tibiz and tarsi rufous. é The female has less of the violet tint, and the elytra are of a pale mahog- any colour. Variety B. With the two first joints of the antennz rufous; legs yellow. — [Previously described as S. fuliginosus by Dejean ; is taken in Ontario.] —_+—. ON THE LARVA OF DIPHTHERA DERIDENS, Guénée. BY W. SAUNDERS, LONDON, ONT. A single specimen of the larva of this insect was taken crawling on a fence on the Ist of October, 1866. It must be very rare in this locality as I had never seen it before, nor have I observed it since, nor ever captured a speci- men of the imago, which is very handsomé. Food plant unknown. Length 1:20 in. cylindrical. 2 146 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Head medium sized, rather flat, slightly bilobed, of a pale greenish-white color, with a large patch of black on each lobe above and a smaller one below just above mandibles. Mandibles black, with a streak of white on each. Body above pale greenish-white, semi-transparent, with transverse rows of tubercles of the same color, from which arise tufts of long, fine, silky, white hairs. On second segment the hairs overhang the head, and there are here one or two black ones on each side mixed with the white. A dorsal line of pale green ; stigmata pale white, edged very faintly with pale reddish. Under surface, feet and prolegs of the same color as upper surface. The larva entered the chrysalis state shortly after its capture, and produced the imago on the 11th of June, 1867. sree cess ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS. PAPER NO. III. BY W. SAUNDERS, LONDON, Onz. THE CURRANT WORM IN TROUBLE. On the 2ist of July at a quarter past seven in the evening we were passing around among the currant and gooseberry bushes watching the manipulations of a few of those well known foes, the larva of Nematus ventricosus. The accompanying figure will illustrate their appearance and doings; they were feeding away voraciously with turber of their peace appeared gq among them in the shape of a Ae253 small black ichneumon fly which oes) fastened itself on the body of one ! FY g of their number, and began to Ae deposit its eggs by means of a sharp ovipositor, dexterously thrust through the skin of its victim, whose jerks and writhings while indicating a very uneasy state, failed to shake off the tor- mentor. The fly remained some | time attached and so intent was it in fulilling the instincts of its nature that a capture was made of both fly -and larva, by the sudden movement of a pill box, but while endeavouring to ‘transfer them to the inside of a tumbler so that their further operations might be better observed, the fly suddenly escaped and was seen no more; the larva also died before reaching maturity, so that its further history could not at that itime be developed. perennial appetites, when a dis- — THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 147 New Foop Puiants. A few days after this and about the end of the month we were not a little astonished at finding a colony of the worms about a quarter of an inch long feeding on the leaves of the black currant which we had previously supposed to be entirely exempt from their attacks. These were collected and fed on black currant leaves until about half grown, when they sickened and died. On the 7th of September a smaller number were found feeding on the leaves of a plum tree, taken and watched in the very act, the leaves were partially eaten all around them, and the worms about half grown. ‘These were also taken and fed in confinement on plum leaves which they ate very well for several days, but from some cause they all died before maturity, whether from confinement, or the unsuitable character of the food it would be dificult to determine. From the position of the leaves on which these larva were found we thought it probable that the eggs had been deposited on the plum leaves by the parent fly. It was an occasion of regret afterwards that some had not been allowed to remain where nature had placed them, to see whether they would have reached maturity on food which we should regard as so uncongenial. The figures here given represent the perfect fly on an enlarged scale, the hair lines at the sides showing the natural size; a is the male, the female. CoAXING BuTrTERFLIES TO DEPOSIT Haas. In the July number of the Canadian Entomologist, page 115, is a para-- graph from Mr. W. H. Edwards, detailing an ingenious method of his, adopted with the view of obtaining eggs from butterflies by enclosing them ‘In gauze-covered nail kegs, without bottom or top, along with a growing plant of such species as their natural instincts prompt them to deposit on. Carrying out the same idea in another form, and one better adapted to the purpose where large bushes or trees are concerned, we used good-sized muslin bags, so tied as to enclose a small branch or portion of the plant or tree with a few only of the leaves remaining on it, so as to lesson the labor of looking for the eges and watching when they are deposited. A little ingenuity will enable one by the use of small bits of stick or wire to expand the bag so as to give plenty of room for the insects to flit about inside, and prevent its 148 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. collapsing with a shower of rain, and we think that by modifications of this method success in obtaining eggs from almost all our moths as well as butter- flies might be secured. We had often tried to obtain eggs from our commonest red butterfly, Danais archippus, by confining them in boxes within doors, but never suc- ceeded in this way; but about the last of June, 1870, we captured four females and shut them up in a bag as described, tied on a plant of the com- mon milkweed Asclepias cornutt, enclosing a few leaves only. As early as the next morning they had deposited a considerable number of eggs, which operation was continued for about another day when we counted them and found 150 in all, laid singly on all parts of both sides of the leaves, and also on the leaf stalks and on the muslin bag in which they were confined. The eggs were 1-25th of an inch long, and a little less in width—exact measurement, 34-100ths of aninch. They were conical, quite flatat the base where attached to the leaf, with about 25 raised strie or lines, and about the - game number of cross lines between each stria, and in the meshes of the net work thus formed were slight cavities. Their color was white, with a faint yellowish tinge, and they were very firmly attached to the leaves. Quite a number of the eggs hatched on the 5th of July, but having lost the date on which the butterflies were enclosed, the exact duration of the egg state cannot just now be given, but we believe it did not exceed six or seven days. The newly hatched larvee were 1-10th of an inch long, with a large black head on which were a few dark brown hairs. The body was dull white with a slight bluish tint, spaces between the segments dull yellowish, there were a few black hairs on each segment, and the underside was similar in color to the upper but with fewer hairs, feet black ; prolegs tipped with black. We had fully intended tracing the history of this larva out, noting the number of its moultings and the changes in appearance each time, but want of leisure prevented us. . THE Pear TREE SLUG. This disgusting little larva, the progeny of a little blackish sawfly, has been very abundant during the past season and has been the subject of some notes and experiments. In the first place we noted that there were two broods in the season. The parents of the first brood, which pass the winter in the chrysalis state, appear on the wing about the second or third week in May, depositing eggs from which the slugs are hatched, becoming full grown from the middle to the end of June, then entering the chrysalis state under- ground ; the second brood of the flies make their appearance late in July. This year we noticed them at work depositing eggs on the 21st, the young slugs were abundant and about a quarter of an inch long on the 8th of August, —w—_.~~ — EN THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 149 and by the 6th of September many of them were full grown. With us they were much more destructive to cherry trees than to pears, consuming the upper surface of the leaves, some giving the trees a scorched and sickly aspect, in many cases the foilage fell off, leaving the trees almost bare. As soon as the slugs were observed at work in Spring, they were treated to a plentiful supply of dry sand thrown up into the higher branches with a shovel, and shaken over the lower ones through a sieve, which stuck thickly to their slimy skins, completely covering them up. Thinking we must have mastered them by so free a use of this long trusted remedy, we took no further heed of them for some days, when to our surprise they were found as numerous as ever. The next step taken was to test this sand remedy accurately to see what virtue wasinit. Several small branches of pear trees were selected and marked, on which there were six slugs, and these were well powdered over— entirely covered with dry sand; on examining them the next morning it was found that they had shed the sand-covered skin and crawled out free and slimy again. The sand was applied a second and a third time on the same insects with similar results; and now being convinced that this remedy was of little value, they were treated to a dose of hellebore and water, which soon finished them. Ashes were now tried on another lot, the same way as the sand had been, with very similar results. It was also intended to try fresh air-slacked lime, which we believe would be effectual, but having none on hand just then, the experiment was postponed, and the opportunity of testing it lost for the season. We must not omit mention of an experiment with hellebore. On the 13th of August at 8 a.m. a branch of a cherry tree was plucked, on which there were sixty-four slugs; the branch had only nine leaves, so it may be readily imagined that they were thickly inhabited. A dose of hellebore and water was showered on them about the usual strength, an ounce to the pailful, when they soon manifested symptoms of uneasiness, twisting and jerking about in a curious manner; many died during the day, and only six poor sickly looking specimens remained alive the following morning, and these soon after died. —— fat ACCENTUATED LIST OF CANADIAN LEPIDOPTERA. BY E. B. REED, LONDON, ONTARIO. (Continued from page 123.) *,* For Rules of Pronunciation see page 122. COLIAS CHRYSOTHEME—Chrysoth’eme, probably meant for chrysothemis, a name given by Homer to Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon. ———- PHILODICE—Philod’icé. Gr. Philos, a friend; Dicé, one of the hours or seasons, this insect being common through spring, summer and autumn. 150 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. TERIAS—7Zer/ias. Probably from Pteria, a city in Cappadocia, Asia Minor. _._ LISA—J7’sa. Probably from Lisx, a city of Macedonia.. DANAID—Dana’ide. The family of which the genus Danais is the type. DANAIS—Dan/ais. From Danai, a name often given to the ancient Greeks after Danaus, one of their kings. ———— ARCHIPPUS—Archip’pus. A king of ancient Italy. NYMPHALIDE—Nympha’lide. The family of which NVymphalis (a genus of exotic butterflies) is the type. ; ARGYNNIS—Argyn/nis. A surname of Venus, from the Temple erected in ber honour by Agamemnon on the death of his favorite Argynnis. —_——_——. CY BELE— Cybele. An heathen goddess, wife of Saturn. —_———_— MYRINA—WMyri/na. A city in Asia Minor. ———_—— BELLONA—Béello’na, The Heathen Goddess of War. ———— APHRODITE—Aphrodvtz. The Grecian name of Venus, the Heathen Goddess of Love, in allusion to the fable of her having sprung from the sea foam ‘* Aphros.” _——_——. COLUMBINA—Columbi/na. A feminine form of Columbus, the discoverer of America. FREYA—/Fréya. The Scandinavian Goddess of love. MELITAEA—Melitae’a. A town in Thessaly. PHAETON—Pid@’eton. A mythological personage, famous for his unsuc- cessful attempt to drive the chariot of the sun. ——_——— HARRISII—WHarris/iz. Named after Dr. T. W. Harris, the late talented State Entomologist of Massachusetts. ——_———— NYCTEIS—WNyc’teis. From Greek nuz, night, in allusion to the dark colouring of the under side of the wings. —_—_——— THAROS—VTha’ros. Probably meant for Pharos, a celebrated island in the Bay of Alexandria, famous for its lighthouse. ———— GRAPTA—Grap’ta, from the Greek ‘‘Grapho,” to write or inscribe, in allusion to the letter-like markings of the under side of the wings of this genus. ———— INTERROGATIONIS—Jnterrogatio’nis. From the silver merkings on the under sides of the wings like notes of interrogation (? 2). ———— COMMA—Com/ma. From the comma-like markings on the under side of the wings. ———— FAUNUS—Fauw/nus. One of the heathen Roman Gods, the great Patron of the Art of Agriculture. VANESSA — Vanes’sa. Probably from Swift’s poem of Cadenus and Vanesss, in which the Dean (Decanus) tells the story of his love for Esther (ssa) Vanhombrugh. ———— J-ALBUM—J-Album, the white J, from the J-like mark on the under side of the wings. ——-—— MILBERTI—WMilber’tt. Milbert’s butterfly. ' ————— PROGNE—Prog/ne. A daughter of Pandion, King of Athens. —_——— ANTIOPA—Antiopa. The mother of Amphion, the celebrated musician. PYRAMEIS—Pyramzis. Greek Piramé, a fire basket, in allusion to the bright flame like color of this genus. - : > THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. ‘PYRAMETS ATALANTA—Atalan/ta. 151 A celebrated beauty, who made all her lovers run races with her on the penalty of death if they could not catch her. a —— CARDUI—Car’dui. —_—_——_—_—— HUNTERA—AHuni’era. Feeds on thistle (Carduus nutans). Hunter’s butterfly. ee LIST OF COLEOPTERA, TAKEN AT GRIMSBY. ONTARIO, BY J. PETTIT. (Continued from page 133.) CURCULIONID. Dryophthorus corticalis, Say. Rhyncolus ? Cossonus corticola, Say. *Sitophilus nubilus, Schr. pertinax, Olzv. *cinerea, —. *Ceutorhynchus septentrionalis, Sch. *ineequalis, —. *Copturus quercus, Say. *oculatus, Say. *oblongus, —. Conotrachelus posticatus, Sch. nenuphar, [bst. *anaglypticus, Say. *erateegi, —. *Rhyssematus palmacollis, Say. Mononychus vulpeculus, Fao. Grypidius ? Cryptorhyncus luctuosus, Sch. obliquofasciatus, Sch. ? Baridius *Madarus undulatus, Say. *Leemosaccus plagiatus, Fab. *Panscopus erinaceus, Say. Balaninus caryatrypes, Sch. *Anthonomus suturalis, Lec. quadrigibbus, Say. *Otidocephalus scrobicollis, Sch. Krirhinus mucidus, Say. Magdalinus olyra, HZbst. Pissodes strobi, Peck. nemorensis, Germ. affinis, fland. Lixus concavus, Say. *Phyxelus glomerosus, Sch. Aphrastus ? Phytonomus ? Hylobius pales, Host. *picivorus, Sch. Listroderes ? Polydrosus elegans, Couper. Sitona lepidus, Sch. Arrhenodes septentrionis, Hést. Apion ? Ithycerus curculionoides, [Zbst. Attelabus bipustulatus, Fad. Cratoparis lunatus, Fad. *Brachytarsus variegatus, Say. *Platyrhinus fasciatus. Piaxorhinus ? Bruchus pisi, Linn. The above list of Curculionide is as full as [ can make it at present, but I have a number of species not yet identified ; it is a family of acknowledged difficulty, the American species of which have never yet been thoroughly worked up by any competent Entomologist. * Species marked with an asterisk have not before been included in the list of Canadian Coleoptera. 152 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. A very poorly attended meeting of the Society was held at the Canadian Institute, Toronto, on the 5th of January. The following gentlemen were elected members : ALEXANDER M. Ross, Esq., M.D., Toronto; J. GAMBLE GEDDES, Hsq., Toronto; and Prof. J. M. B. Siu, Detroit, Mich., a Corresponding Member. The Secretary-Treasurer laid the following Financial Statement for the year 1870 upon the table: RECEIPTS. iby Balance from 1869 ... a... : sede. . os SCR ose oe ne ace * he ioe a ohae $0 86 fomiembers subscriptions; paid Sa ; Se way ae ~ . 2'"n ("a 4 oe yarrahe fa Oe - Se — ae. 174 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. obtuse. Scutellum rather obtus-angular. EHytra, alitrunk,* and abdomen very much dilated, nearly twice the width of the prothorax, without furrows, with several rows of obsolete mammillated impressions. Legs rather longer and more slender than those of Hlaphrus ; the hands of the male have the first four joints a little dilated and furnished underneath with a brush. [61] 87. OpisrHius Ricnarpsoni, Kirby.—Plate i. fic. 9. Length of body 44 lines ; breadth of prothorax 1 line; of elytra taken together 22 lines. Mr. Drummond, from my description of this curious insect, thinks it was taken in May, 1825, on an island of Lake Winnipeg, frequenting moist muddy places from which the water had shrunk. Body with the gloss obscured; underneath black, somewhat hairy, above a . little bronzed. Antenne nearly half the length of the body, first four joints greenish-bronzed, the rest deep blue; front with a slight impression between the antennze and a few scattered short whitish hairs: prothorax very short, more bronzed, transversely very minutely wrinkled: elytra with three rows of oblong greenish very slight impressions, each with a central oblong eleva- tion, with another levigated one between each; adjoining the lateral margin is a fourth series of greenish-bronzed more numerous impressions without any central or intermediate clevations : thighs green-bronzed, tibiee obscurely rufous, tarsi black, legs hairy. [Taken at Fort Simpson, Mackenzie River, by Mr. Robert Kennicott. | 88. Enapurus Ciairvinii, Kirby.—Plate i. fig. 8. Length of body 4 lines. A single specimen taken in the journey from New York to Cumber- land-house. [62] Body glossy ; underneath green-bronzed ; above black slightly bronzed, covered with minute scattered, gilded punctures. Mandibles and palpi piceous; antennz black, with the three first joints dark blue; front with an elevation between the eyes, rather deeply impressed in the centre : prothorax longer than wide, uneven, with two large discoidal elevations separated by a dorsal channel, each with a central impression ; a single basilar impression at the posterior angles tinted with blue: elytra with four irregular rows con- taining in all twenty-one slight circular impressions punctured, and tinted with blue, each, except the marginal ones surrounded by an elevated ring, and placed in a wider impression ; between cach of these impressions in the two first rows is an elevated and levigated spacc: thighs glossy-green, the posterior pair rufous at the base; tibiee and tarsi piceous. I am doubtful whether this species may not be Mr. Say’s 7. ripartus, but it is not the real one, from which, and L. wliginosus, it is distinguished by * The alitrunk is that part which bears the wings and the four postericr legs. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 175 being much less thickly dusted with green-gold glittering punctures, which gives ita blacker hue. The impression also in the elevated space between the eyes is much deeper. The blue-tinctured impressions of the elytra are also more distinct, and surrounded by a more elevated ring. [Taken on the Island of Toronto by Mr. Couper, Can. Journal, 1856, p. 33.] 89. ELAPHRUS INTERMEDIUS, Kirby.—Length of body 4 lines. Taken by Dr. Bigsby in Canada. This species resembles HL. cupreus, but it is quite distinct. The body is more thickly and minutely punctured on the whole upper surface; under- neath it is of a fine bronzed-green ; above it is blacker and less brilliant; the -head is greenish ; the middle space between the eyes is less elevated than in that species, and wrinkled longitudinally without any impression: the im- pressions on the discoidal elevations of the prothorax are fainter: the elytra like the other species have a quadruple series of impressions, but they are broader, more slight, without any elevated ring, are more minutely punctured, have a slight elevation in the centre, and are of the same colour with the © rest of the elytrum; the marginal series is nearly obsolete; just before the middle, adjoining the suture is a quadrangular elevation which unites with that of the other elytrum: the thighs are green, rufous at the base, tibie rufous, tarsi piceous. [Taken in Canada. ] [63] 90. Exapnrus ogscurtor, Airby—Length of body 34 lines. A single specimen taken in Lat. 65°. This species is more strongly marked than the majority of the Elaphrt. On the underside the head and trunk are copper with a slight tint of green; the abdomen of a dusky purplish copper: above it is copper-coloured; the head, with the exception of the upper-lip, is very thickly and confluently punctured, with a levigated but scarcely elevated space between the eyes; the four first joints of the antennez are cupreous: prothorax not wider than the head, confluently and thickly punctured ; discoidal elevations not con- Spicuous nor impressed ; elytra not glossy, punctured with scattered punc- tures, marked by a quadruple series of very slight impressions, some nearly obsolete, most of them marked out by a very slight elevated ring and a circle of punctures, three levigated quadrangular spaces near the suture, and arrang- ed in a line parallel with it, and a fourth triangular one removed from it, near the apex ; the disk of the elytra is faintly purple: legs bronzed. 91. NoriopHILus AquatTicus, Zinn.—QOne specimen taken. [An erro- neous determination, according to Dr. LeConte, who considers it to be WV. semistriatus, Say. For description, which very closely corresponds with Kirby’s, vide Say’s Ent. Works, ii. 497.] 176 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. [65] 92. OMopHRoN Sayr, Kirby.—Taken by Dr. Bigsby in Canada. Length of body 32 lines. Ths species seems intermediate between O. limbatum and O. labiatum. From the former it differs in having a much fainter tint of green on the darker parts of the body; in its black prothorax with silvery sides as well as margin. Hrom the latter in having the lateral furrows as deep and distinetly punctured as those of the disk ; and, instead of two reddish spots near the base of the elytra, having two angulato-undulated bands, one near the base and the other beyond the middle, and the tips testaceous; all connected by the margin of the same colour. It seems to have escaped the describers of QO. limbatum that the upper-lip and lateral margin of the prothorax and elytra are likewise silvery, though not so conspicuously as in O. labiatum and Sait. The sculpture of the elytra in this genus, as well as in Calosoma, differs from that of the other terrestrial predaceous beetles in having more than nine furrows, which appears to be the typical number in the section. [Synony- mous with O. Americanum, Dej.; taken in many parts of Canada. | [End of the CaRABID&. | pees LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVAE FIGHTING; AND TENACITY OF LIFE IN LARVA OF CLISIOCAMPA SILVATICA, By HENRY L. MOODY, MaLpEn, Mass. On returning from a collecting tour, one day in last June, I emptied my larvee box, putting in a collar box for a short time a larva of C. Silvatica, one of the Geometrid and one other Lepidopterous larva: the two last I could not identify, but they were al/ Lepidopterous. I did noé open the pox until three or four hours afterwards, when I found a decided change in the appear- ance of my larve. The C. Stlvatica larva was bitten entirely apart, the head and three first segments being in one piece, the three last abdominal segments in another; the remaining segments were in an indistinguishable mass on the bottom of the box. The geometrid larva was in almost as bad condition, but was not bitten apart; the third was uninjured. I have always supposed Lepidopterous larva incapable of seriously injur- ing each other, and have never heard or read of their doing so. I have often seen them bite at each other quite spitefully, but their bite seemed to be harmless. But here is surely an instance of decided and continued pugnacity ; for to have inflicted the amount of injury that each received must have % ~ an THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 177 required some time, and the appearance of the larvee certainly indicated that they did not give up the struggle until obliged to from weakness. An equally surprising circumstance to me was the tenacity of life in the C. Silvatica larva. When I opened the box, the fluids from their bodies were thoroughly dried on the bottom of it, showing that they must have had their quarrel at least an hour before; yet the piece of the C. S. larva, con- sisting of the head and three first segments, was quite active. I placed it on my table and watched its movements. It moved at the rate of two inches in three minutes, moving in a direct line. When we consider that it had left only six legs out of sixteen, we must say that it was doing very well. I then placed it on its back, and it moved its legs freely, and made an effort to turn over on its feet. I also noticed that it moved its jaws freely. What I have related, both in regard to the larve fighting, and the tenacity of life, was to me very surprising, but your readers may know of other similar instances. [ should like to hear from them on the subject. —— THE INCORPORATED ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. A general meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada was held in the Rooms of the Canadian Institute, Toronto, on Thursday morning, March 2nd, £STi: OH. Baynes Reed, Esq. (London), Vice-President, occupied the ome A goodly number of members were present, including several from the London Branch of the Society. The minutes of the last meeting, and the Report of the Committee on the Cabinet for the Agricultural and Arts Association, were read and adopted. Letters were also read from Prof. Hincks, Messrs. Couper, Cowdry and Websdale. The application of certain gentlemen at Kingston, Ont., who desire to form a Branch of the Society there, was read, and on motion laid over to the after- noon meeting for consideration. Mr. Reed read the correspondence with the Bureau of Agriculture of Ontario, and gave a statement of the proceedings that had taken place with reference to the incorporation of the Society. He also read the “ Act to amend the Agricultural and Arts Act,”’ which had been passed at the recent -session of the Legislature, and which included provisions for the incorpora- tion of the Society. It was then moved by Mr. Wm. Saunders, seconded by the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, That the Entomological Society of Canada gladly avails itself of the bene- fits arising from the liberality of the Government of Ontario, as set forth in 178 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. the amended Agricultural Act; and that the meeting do now proceed to comply with the requirements of the Act of Incorporation.— Carried. Mr. Saunders then gave notice that at the next meeting of the Society he would move that the Constitution be amended so as to bring it into accordance with the Act of Incorporation.—The meeting then adjourned. AFTERNOON MEETING. A second meeting of the Society was held, pursuant to notice, at 3 o’clock, P.M., on the same day as the preceding, and at the same place. The President, Prof. Croft, occupied the chair. The minutes of the pre- vious meeting were read and adopted. In accordance with the notice of motion given by Mr. Saunders at the former meeting, the Constitution of the Society was taken up for discussion, and amended in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Incorporation. [We shall publish the Act and the Constitution as amended in our next number.—Ep. C. E. | The following gentlemen were elected to hold office for the ensuing year: PreEsiDENT—Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, Trinity College School, Port Hope. Vick-PRESIDENT—W. Saunders, Esq., London. SECRETARY-TREASURER—H. Baynes Reed, Esq., London. Dirzectors—Prof. Croft, University College, Toronto; J. M. Denton, Esq., London ; and R. V. Rogers, Esq., jun., Kingston. Aupitors—J. H. Griffith, Hsq., and C. Chapman, Esq, London. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Society :—A. B. Bennett, Esq., Brantford, Ont., and D. W. Beadle, Esq., St. Catharines, Ont. The application from Kingston, for the formation of a Branch of the Society there, laid over from the previous meeting, was received, and permis- sion was granted to establish a Branch, in accordance with the terms of the Constitution of the Society. After some discussion, it was resolved that Art. I. sec. ii. of the Constitution be held in abeyance till the next annual meeting of the Society, and that in the meantime any person be admissible as an ordinary or associate member on payment of one dollar. The annual subscription of members, entitling them to a copy of the Canadian Entomologist and all other publications of the Society free of charge, had been previously reduced in the amended Consti-’ tution to one dollar per annum. Any one, therefore, sending this amount to the Secretary-Treasurer can become a member of the Society at once. It was resolved to transfer the printing and publication of the Canadian Entomologist to London, to increase its size, and issue it in a much more attractive form, embellishing its pages with suitable illustrations. The Rev. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 179 - C. J. S: Bethune was unanimously requested to continue to act as Editor, and Messrs. Saunders, Reed and Denton were appointed a Committee to assist him in the work. The sum of one hundred dollars per annum was also voted to be paid to the Editor from the Society’s funds. The following was also adopted: ‘That the hearty thanks of this Society are tendered to the Rev. C. J. 8. Bethune, for his untiring zeal and activity while holding the office of Secretary-Treasurer during the last eight years.” The meeting then adjourned. i MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Cotas Paitopice.—I suspect that at least two species are passing under the name of Colias Philodice. I bred from the egg several larve last season that differed in important respects from those I had before bred in like manner, and which last agreed with Mr. Saunders’ description in vol. i. Can. Ent. p. 54. In the first named, on each segment, beneath the white lateral stripe, was a black spot, semicircular, and conspicuous. Mr. Saunders makes no mention of these spots, nor had I before observed them on other larve. The imagos from these larvee are of one of the peculiar varieties, or what has been consi- dered as such, of C. Philodice. The species is known to vary widely, but some of the supposed varieties are extreme—almost too much so to be consi- dered varieties, unless proved to be so by actual breeding from the egy — W.H. Epwarps, West Va. Jan. 27, 1871. =e EXCHANGES, &. LEPIDOPTERA.—Canadian Lepidoptera desired in exchange for British— E. H. Cotuins, Daily News Office, Kingston, Ont. Pur# AnD Ova oF Lepipoprera.—lI am desirous to obtain, if possible, live Pupz and Ova of certain Canadian and other North American Lepidop- tera. Would purchase, or give in exchange English or other European species. —Cuas. Geo. RorHeRAM-WEBSDALE, 78 High-street, Barnstaple, England. CottecTInG Tour In WestTEeRN TExAs AND New MeExico.—At the request of several gentlemen in this country and Kurope, I intend to make an extensive eight or nine months Entomological collecting tour in Western Texas and Southern New Mexico, if sufficient means can be raised. I therefore invite every Entomologist, who wishes to enrich his collection with valuable and unknown species, to assist me in the undertaking. To give everybody a fair chance to get a part of my collections at a limited price, I will divide them into shares at the following rates : 180 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Whole share, $25. Distribution to be from 250 to 500 specimens, in accor- dance with wishes (Diurnal Lepidoptora and specialties at agreement.) Half shares, $12 50. Half the above. Young collectors or beginners at $5 per 100 specimens. All sums to be paid in advance. I shall be obliged by receiving early information from all desiring to sub- scribe, stating at the same time their wishes. When and where the money _is to be delivered, will be notified in due time. No insects will be sold sepa- rately after my return, except to subscribers. If anything should happen during the tour to prevent my fulfilling my engagements, or if any one dislikes his share, the money will be refunded. The Coleoptera and Diurnal Lepidoptera will be sent named. Address: —G. W. BreLrragce, Waco, McLennan Co., Texas (Care of Forsgard & Co.) (We can cordially recommend Mr. Belfrage to our readers as an active and zealous collector: his mounting of specimens is the very perfection of neat- ness.—Hp. C. H.| CoLEoPpreRA.——I am desirous of exchanging Coleoptera, especially Cicin- ~ delidz, with collectors at a distance—Gro. Dimmock, Springfield, Mass. CoLEOPTERA AND LepipoprerA.—lI have a few Cychrus Andrewsii and Ridingsii, which I should like to exchange for rare Canadian insects: Lepi- doptera preferred.—THEopoRE L. Muap, 596 Madison Avenue, New York. CoLEoPpTERA.—I should be pleased to exchange Coleoptera with some Canadian Coleopterists, or would purchase species not found in my locality.— ANDBEW 8. Fuuxter, Woodside Garden, Ridgewood, Bergen Co., N.J. 4 ADVERTISEMENTS. Texan Insects.—25,000 specimens of Insects from Texas, for sale or exchange. (Reference to Ed. Can. Ent.)—G. W. Butrracz, Waco, McLennan Co., Texas; Care of Forsgard & Co. Cork AND Pins.—We have received a fresh supply from England, of sheet cork of the ordinary thickness, price 16 cents (gold) per square foot; and a full supply of Klaéger’s pins, Nos. 1 to 6, price 50 cents (gold) per packet of 500. Orders- will please state whether the package is to be sent by mail or express. in AGENTS FOR THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Canapa.—E. B. Reed,. London, Ont.; W. Couper, Naturalist, Montreal, P.Q. ; Gd. Bowles, Quebec, P.Q.; J. Johnston, Canadian Institute, Toronto, Ont. Unitep Starrs.—The American Naturalist’s Book Agency, Salem, Mass. ; J. Y. Green, Newport, Vt.; W. V. Andrews, Room 17, No. 187 Broadway, N.Y. Encuanp.—Wm,. 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