The Canadian Entomologist Vol 01

BETH UNE, M.A.,SECRETARY TO THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OJF CANADA, TORONTO: RK... Wetrust thatthe success ofthis publication maybesomewhatsimilar; it beginsnow with afew pages, a limited

THE REV C J. S BETH UNE, M.A.,

SECRETARY TO THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OJF CANADA,

TORONTO:

RK <fe CO., 17 & 19 KING STREET EAST.

186

Clementi, Rev V., Articles by, 29, 62.

Coleocentrus Pettiti, Cresson, 35.

Couper, W., Articles by, 57, 61, 67, 68, 77.

Crabro 6 maculatus.Nestof, 77.

Cresson, E T., on Canadian Ichneumonidœ, 33,

Piguier's Insect World, 31.

Fluid for preserving Larv£e, 6.

Grape-seed,Larvainfesting.20.

Hardwicke'sScience Gossip, 91.

Hawthornfruit miner, 82.

NewFluid for Preserving, 6.

Larvainfesting Grape-seed, 20.

Lastmothof season, 47.

LeNaturaliste Canadien, 49, 63, 72.

Lepidoptera, Diurnal of Ottawa, 47.

Notes onCanadian, 9, 17, 45, 70, 85 , Lepisesia ilavo-fasciata, 10.

OstenSacken,BaronR., Articles by, 38, 89.

Packards'Guideto thc'Studyof Insects, 22.

Perithous pleuralis Cresson, 36.

Pettit, J., Articles by, 47, 106.

EhyssaCanadensis, Cresson, 35.

Riley's FirstReport onInsects of Missouri, 90.

Saguenay, Ent Notes,DuringTrip to, 11 Sauborn, F G .onMusical Larvse, 48.

Saperdacretata, 19.

Saunders, W., Articles by, 3, 11, 20 53, 65, 73, 93,

105.

Science Gossip, Hardwicke's, 91.

Scudder's Butterflies ofNewEngland, 82, 101.

Thornleaf gaU, 68, 97.

Vespamaculata, parasites on, 61.

Volume,our new, 103.

Wallace'sBomb5rx Yama-mai,91.

Walsh, B D.,on Thornleaf gall, 79.

Coleopetra,read Coleoptera.

constantly,readconstant.

Phesia,read Plusia

tœta,readlœta.

Acadia,readAcadica

Pages 44to50 arenumberedimproperly,theyshould

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YoL. I TORONTO, AUGUST 1, 1868. ]S^o. 1

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''The Rev. C J S

A LUMINOUS LARVA.

BY THEREV C. J. S. BETHUNE, M.A

On the 5thof July, a friend brought meaveryremarkable Larvathat hefoundin afield theprevious evening, and which hadattracted his attention

by thelightitemitted When aliveit was about an inch anahalfinlength,

and0.25 inchin widthacross the middle,its general appearance being long

andnarrow; it isflattenedabove,andcomposedoftwelvesegments(exclusive

ofthehead); eachsegmentisbroadand cut squarely,andoverlaps the

follow-ing one, the posterior angles being a little acute; the anterior segmentis

gradually narrowed in front andreetilibeallytruncate, forminga shield tothehead whichis retractilewithin it; eachofthe firstthree segmentshas a pair

of claw-like legs attachedto itbeneath Thegeneral colour of theinsectwas

a dark drab, the posterior angles of each segment, the softer connectingportion between the segments, and the under sideof the body being very

muchpaler,andof asomewhatdirtyyellowhue; on eachsidethereisadeeplyimpressed lineinwhich thespiraclesare situated When seen in the darkthe insect presented avery beautiful appearance, being apparently ringed

and dotted with greenish fire. Each spiracle appeared to be a point ofbright greenish light, and the division between each segment a line ofthe same colour; it looked, indeed, as if the whole insect were filled

with fire, which shone out wherever it was not concealed by the darkshelly integument When coiled up on its side it looked like a lovely

in eachinterspace

The morningafter receiving theinsect, Ilefthome in ordertoattend the

Annual Meetingofthe EntomologicalSocietyatLondon,wherethespecimenattracted much attention; unfortunately I was unableto find outits proper

food, (which I now fancy must have been snails and slugs), and when I

reached home,ten days afterwards, theworm, to mygreat regret, was dead,

andIhavefailedinrearingit. Oncomparing, however, Westwood'sdescription

andfigureof the larva of the English Glow-worm(^Lampyris noctiluca), Icannot butthink that my specimen isaclosely allied species, and belongs at

anyrate tothefamilyLampyridae AttheLondonMeetingitwas mentionedthat asimilarluminous larva had been capturedin that neighbourhood some

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The chief point of interest in this case is the luminosity of a Larva Everyonein this countryis well acquainted with the light-giving powers of

female apterous *'Glow-worm " found inEngland; but that a larvashouldpossess this singular propertyisa novelty tousall. On looking up variousauthoritiesIfind that Westwoodmentions that the males, pupas,larvae, and

eventheeggs of the English Glow-worm areslightly luminous; and Kirby and Spence refer to a few similar instances The last mentioned authors(Letter xxv.)alsogivean accountof the various theoriesrespecting the origin

of this light, to which we would refer our readers Professor Croft, who

examined my specimen at London, has since written to meas follows :

—

"Burmeister found the larva of Lampyris splendidvla phosporescent—hedoes not say how Treviranus seems to have found that the light-givingsubstance(whateverit is) isdiffusedthroughoutthewholebodyof theinsect,andthat the appearanceof thelight inthethorax ofElater noctilucus, and

in the abdomenof the different speciesofLampyrisis dueto these specialportions being composed ofa fatty matter which allows the light to passthrough Itisgenerally believedthatthe light-givingsubstanceisPhosphorus

orsome compoundthereof, the lightbeing caused bytheairsuppliedby thebreathing apparatus Now, ifwe allow this to be true,i.e. that the whole

ofthebodyofthe insectbecomesluminous under peculiar conditions, then,

as your larva was composed of dark brown segments separated by lighter

partitions,which apparentlyexpanded asthe heartmoved,we canaccountfor

thevery beautiful appearance it exhibited—the light shining through thepaler or fatty-covered portions ItmayperhapsbethelarvasofaLampyris."

Should anyofourreadershavemetwithsimilarlarvae,orbeableto afford

us anyinformation on this interesting subject, weshall be veryglad indeed

to hearfrom them

ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES [/

PAPER No 1.

BYW SAUNDERS, LONDON, ONTARIO

On the morningof the 12th May,while rambling about on the edge of awood nearLondon, I happened to observe some chips from a newlyfelledtreestrewing theground While turningthem over in searchofinsects, thesight ofan objectIhadneverseen before excited mycuriosity It was the

fullgrown larvaofabutterfly—aPolyommatus or Thecla—I was not surewhich Ithadjust stretcheda silken thread acrossitsbody to aid insecur-

4 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST.

Assoon as possible, with,the help ofa magnifyingglass, I took the followingdescription :

—

Length0.45 in., greatestwidth 0.20in.—onisciform

Body, above, dull rosyred, withadiflfusedyellowishtint on the sides,most

distinctalong the middle segments, anda dorsalline of a deeper shade of

red Bodydowny, with minute yellowishandbrownishLair, scarcely

visi-ble without a magnifier

On the16th ofMayit changed toa chrysalis, andonthe28ththe ingdescription ofitwastaken:

follow-—

Length,0.40 in., greatestwidth, nearly 0.20 in

Color, pale, dullbrownishred, with many black dotsj a ventral streak ofbrown, dottedwithblack, with twodivergingbranches onanteriorportion

ofbody; abandof the same coloracross the baseof the head, and a short

cross line about midway between these On each side of the bodyarethreerowsof blackdots, onedoton each segmentin each oftherows, thetwo upperones extending fromthe 6thto the 11thsegmentinclusive—thelower one the whole length of body Belowthese are a few additionalblackdots, veryminute Bodythicklycovered with verysmall brownish

dots, androughened with minutepaletubercles

Onthe 3rdofJunethe chrysalisbeganto growdarker,and soon areddish

lustreshone throughthe thinmembrane covering the wings; on the 5ththe

imagowas produced, which provedtobe Polyommatus Americana.

Theseobservations seemto establish thispoint: that the insect passes thewinterinthe larva state,probably nearly full grown The chrysalis periodwas no doubt prolonged inthe present instanceby being keptiw a coolroom.Drasteria erectheaisone ofour commonest moths — common almost every-where Itis oneoftheearliestonthewinginspring, and specimensofthesecond broodmay be foundup toquite alateperiod intheautumn. It fre-

quentsopenplaceson the grassy sidesofrailroad tracks, in fields and dows, suddenly startingup before you and, after a shortbutrapidflight, as

mea-suddenlyalighting

Aboutthe middleofAugust Icapturedafemale specimen and confinedit

inapillbox,where, afew daysafterwards,I foundithad deposited a

num-ber of eggs These, ina short time, hatched, andfroma numberofdifferent

kinds ofleaves, putin forthe larvato feedon, theyselected clover,onwhich

they wereeasilyreared Bythe 21st ofSeptember they were fullgrown,infact severalspecimens hadalready entered the chrysalisstate. On thatdatethe following description was taken:

—

Length,1.25in. Bodythickestalong themiddle segments,somewhatsmallertowardshead, but taperingmuch more towardsposterior segments Head

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Body, above, reddish browa, with many longitudinal lines and stripes of a

somewhat darkershade Adouble, whitishdorsal line, with a stripe oneach sideof the darker shadeofbrown; another stripe of the same hueclose tostigmata, andbetween these are faint longitudinal lines. Spacesbetween segments from fifth to eighth, nearlyblack above; this, however,

isonly seenwhen thebody is coiledup, whichthe larva readily doeswhen

disturbed

Undersurfaceslightly darkerthanupper, withmany longitudinal lines of a

still deepershade, and a centralstripeof blackish green from 6ih to 9thsegments; feetandprolegs greenish, semi-transparent,withfaintlines, anddots of adarker shade

Thislarva has only threepairsofprolegs, andin itsmovementsresembles thetrue Geometer's Early the following spring the chrysalidesproducedtheimago

During the summer of 1866, late in July or earlyin August,a femalespecimen of thatvery rare moth, Arctiapavthenos, wascaptured by Mr.B

Billings, ofOttawa While confinedin abox it deposited a numberof eggs,which, afew days afterwards, producedtheyounglarva These fed readily

onlettuce and otherherbaceousplants, sothat theywererearedwithoutficultyuntilthey were abouthalfor two-thirds grown The season was now

dif-advanced,and they refusedto eat anymore At this period of theirgrowth

itappearsthey hybernate forthe winter, hiding in crevices, and underloose

piecesofbark on trees, &c.,and finish theirgrowththe following spring.For wantofcircumstances favorableto theirpreservationmanyofthem shrivelled

up and died Severalspecimensweresent to me to see if I could winterthem, and from one of these the following description wastaken:

—

Length, 1.25in., cylindrical Head medium sized, bilobed, black and

shin-ing, withafew brownishhairs Body,above, black, with transverserows

ofshiningtubercles, ratherlarge,andof a dull, brownish-white color, cepting afew on anteriorsegments, whichare black From eachtubercle

ex-arises atuftofbrown hair Thehairsonanterior segmentsandaroundthebaseofbodyarerather short, the others long, silky, of a slightly palershade ofbrown,and extending backwards, overhanging the segments be-hind them Stigmataelongated, and of a yellowishorange color

Undersurface black, withaslightbrownish tinge; 5th, 6th, 11th and l2thsegments, witha transverserow ofblack tuberclesin continuation of thoseabove, eachemitting several short, darkbrown hairs Feet black, bandedwithwhitish brown; prolegs blackwithout, tipped with greenish brown

Iwasunfortunatewith myspecimens; Mr. Billingswasequallyso. Mine

were buriedina box, underthe ground, thinking thiswould preserve them

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showedsigns oflife,but theysoon dried upanddied By confining femalespecimens (especiallysuch asare inadamagedcondition) ofourrarer moths

inboxes eggsmayoften beobtained; and from these, with attention and

care, thewholehistory of the species maybe workedout

Acheapfluidforthe satisfactorypreservation oflarvasand other soft

ani-mal forms has long been a desideratum among naturalists Thefollowing

solutions, prepared by Prof.Verrill, and published by him in Silliman'sJournal, have been foundsatisfactory for the preservation of boththe colour

and form, aswellas the structure of larva, fishes, mollusks and leaves ofplants:

Nitre(nitrateofpotassa) 4oz.

Softwater 1 gallon.

Thisis the final solution in which all invertebrate animals must be

pre-served A solution with doublethe amount ofwater maybe kept, and called

A II; another, with three gallons of water, willbe A. III

Soft water 1gallon

Another solution, with double the amount of water, may be made, andcalledsolution B.II

Topreserveinsects withthesesolutions, they are placedfirstin solution B

I., butifthe weather be coolitwould bebetter to firstemployB II Ifthespecimens rise tothe surface they should be keptunder bymechanicalmeans.After remainingfor several hours,ora day(varyingaccordingtothesizeand

the weather),inthe B I. solution, they maybe transferred to A III., and

then successively to A.II.andA.I., andwhen thusfullypreservedtheymay

betransferredto a fresh portion of the lastsolution, whichhasbeen filtered

clean andbright, and putupin a cabinet, when no further change will benecessary, ifthebottle orother vessel beproperlysecured to preventthe es-

cape of thefluidbycrystallizationaroundthe opening Topreventthis, thestopper, whether of coik or gl-ass,togetherwith the neckofthebottle, may

be covered witha solution of paraffine, or wax in turpentine, or benzole,

whichshould beapplied only when the surfaces are quite dryand clean The

length oftime that any specimen should remain in each of the solutions is

usually indicated by theirsinkingto thebottomwhen saturatedwith it. In

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL

The Annual GeneralMeetingofthe Societywasheld, byinvitation ofthe

London Branch, in their rooms, City Hall, London, Ontario,on the7thofJuly,at 3 p.m ThePresident, Professor Croft,occupiedthechair, andthefollowingmemberswerepresent:— FromToronto, Messrs Sangster,Clementi,Bethune, and Osier; from London,Messrs.Saunders, Reed, Barber,Griffiths,Puddicombe, Denton, Chapman, Waterman, and Simpson

The Secretary-Treasurer read theMinutesof thelastmeeting, the FinancialReport, and the Reportsof the Quebec and Toronto Branches; on motionthey were adopted as read Letters ofapology for non-attendance at theMeeting were readfromvarious members whowere unable tobe present, and

a communication respecting the 17th Annual Meeting of the American

Association, tobeheld at Chicago, inAugust

The Meetingthen proceeded tothe electionofofficersforthe year 1868-9,withthe followingresult:

—

President—ProfessorCroft, D.C.L., Universityof Toronto

Vice-President— Johnson Pettit,Esq.,Grimsby; William Saunders, Esq.,

London.

Ex-officio, Vice-Presidents—Rev 0 Brunei, President, Quebec Branch;

J.M. Denton, Esq., President, London Branch

Secretary-Treasurer—Rev, C J Si Bethune, M.A., Credit, Ontario

Curator— W. IT. Ellis, Esq., B.A., Toronto

Council—G J Bowles, Esq., Secretary,Quebec Branch; E.BaynesReed,Esq., Secretary,London Branch; J.H. Sangster, Esq.,M.D.,NormalSchool,Toronto

SeveralAmerican Entomologists of notewere then nominated for election

asHonorary Membersatthe nextmeeting

Aftersome discussion a resolution was unanimously passed respecting thepublicationby the Society of a small periodical tobecalledthe "Canadian

Entomologist,"underthe editorialmanagement oftho present Secretary ofthe Society

At 6 o'clock the meeting adjournedtill 8o'clock p.m., when themembers

proceeded to the examination, comparison, and discussion of LongicornColeoptera Large and interesting collectionsof this family of insects wereexhibitedbyMessrs.Saunders,Croft, Bethune, Reed,Sangster,andClementi,representing nearlyallthe speciesenumeratedinthe Society's ListasCanadian,andalso afew not before takenin thiscountry Afew Lepidopteranew to

Canada, an interesting collection of Larvae preparedby Mr Saunders,many

beautifulworkson Entomology including Dr Glover's unpublished platesof

withthe microscope, pleasantlyoccupiedthe members fora fewhours, when

themeetingadjourned

Thefollowing morning,Wednesday, July8,the members metat 8.30, and

droveafewmiles intothecountryforanentomological field day and pic nic

Onarriving atthe selected place allbetook themselvestothewoods,fields andriver side, and spent afew hoursinthecapture ofinsects of various orders

;

manyrareand interestingspecimens weretaken,andfairsuccesswasattained

by all. Atmid-daythey re-assembledforlunch, whichwas kindly provided

by theLondon members; and, afterithadbeen duly discussed and enjoyed,anothersally was made upon theinsects of the neighborhood, till thetime ofdeparture arrived Twophotographs of the members,in agroup,weretaken

by Mr GriflSths, asamemento ofthisfirst pleasant gathering under the newconstitution

In the evening, themembersre-assembled atthe residence ofMr.Saunders,

and spent afew hours very agreeablywith the microscope and in thenation ofhislarge andbeautifulcollection

exami-The nextday,Thursday,afewof themembers madean excursion to"The

Ponds,"a fewmiles south of London,and captured a number of very

inter-esting specimens, including several o^Polyommatusepixanthe,^h\Q\i.abounds

in that particularlocality Thisbrought toa close amostagreeable re-union

of the members of the Society, whichwill long beremembered byallwho

took part in it. The members from a distance all expressed themselveshighly delighted with the unbounded hospitality and kindness of their

Mr.Peck,ofNewYork,desires toobtain good specimens ofthe following:

Pieris rapse, Malitœa Harrisu andNycteis, Ckionohasbalder, Theclasus, augustus, acadiva,andloeia,PoJyom, porsenna, and lucia, Lycœna Chlo-

mop-tilde, Hesperia (various species), Arctia, Catocala, &c.; for these, goodspecimensofU.StatesLepidopterawillbe given.— ApplytotheRev C J.S

€\t €mûm ^ntûmologist

YoL. I TOKONTO, SEPTEMBEE 15, 1868 Ko. 2

NOTES ON CANADIAN LEPIDOPTERA.

BT THE EDITOR

TwolistsofCanadian Lepidoptera have beenpublishedbyour

Eniomologi-eal Society; thefirstone, prepared byMr W.Saunders andissuedin1864,contained the names of all the Butterflies, Sphinges, and Bombyces then

ourselves, was issued, containing the names of species in the remaining

families of moths, and some additions to the former list. Since then a

numberofnewspecieshave been capturedin thiscountry,whose names may nowbeaddedto ourlists; greatchanges havealsobeenmadeinthe genericnomenclature of others, andin somecasesthe veryspecies has been proved

tobe erroneousandto requirecorrection On thesegrounds it isnecessarythatthe listsshould berevised andcorrected preparatoryto the publication

ofnewonesat some future period; this we nowpropose doingas far as our

own materialsextend, trusting that others willlendtheir assistanceand make

the corrections and additions ascomplete as possible With regardto thesubstitution of newgeneric names, while we make the alterations inorder

endlesssplittingupof old and well knowngenerainto numberless newones

isa serious drawback to the study ofentomology Atthe present ratewe

shallsoonhave a separategenusforeachspecies,.as is alreadyvery nearly thecaseinsome families,furtherthanwhicheub-division can hardlygo

some-what resembles our well-known A aphrodite, is figured in Mr. Edwards'magnificent new work on the "Butterflies of NorthAmerica." Hestates

that "it is found in the mountainousdistricts of NewYork, andinBritish

America at least as farnorth as Rupert's House, Hudson's Bay, and Lake

Winnipeg." Itwas takenbyMr Saunders, below Quebec,in 1866

genus(Pro Ent Soc Phil.v. 3-5), states thatthis name should be

substi-tutedfor C halder, Bois & Lee, which is on our first list. It has beentakenin theneighbourhoodofQuebec

suc-ceededin raising this insect fromthelarva, whichfed onthorn

Trans Am. Ent Soc i. 172-3, state that they ''have the male T calamisfrom Canada, under the, theybelieve, unpublished name of T Edwardsii,Saunders;" they consider that T Falacer, as described by Harris, shouldprobably be referred to this species,—G-odart's species, as illustrated byBoisduval andLeconte, not corresponding toit.

5. TliECLAINORATA, Grote&Rob.—These writers in a later part of theTrans Am. Ent Soc (i. 323), describe T fulacer of Boisd & Leconte'aplateasanewspecies under the above name, and state thatthe T Falacer

of Godt andBoisd andLee, text, is T calamis Both species have beentakeninCanada AH ourown specimens which we had labelled T.falacer

are T.inorata G &R

6. Lyc^na PEMBINA, Edwards.— Taken by Mr Saunders at Cacounain

1866 (videhis paper)

7 Lepisesia flavofasciata, AValk.—Described byWalkerunder thegenus Macroglossa (G B iM viii. 87), buterected by Mr Groteinto anew

genusasabove(Pro Ent Soc Phil v 39) Specimensofthisinsecttaken

in Canada are inthe collection of the Ent Soc Phil

obtained by Mr Saunders in Canada West (Pro E S Phil v. 175, pi. 3,figs.1 and2)

Cram.; thespecificnameof Fabriciushas thepriority,while thenewgeneric

name isgivenby Grote& Robinson to thisandthreeotherspecies, thegenusSesîabeingby them restricted to S difjinis.

underHiibner's genus by Grote (Pro E S Phil.v. 42) Ourspecimen,a

somewhat mutilated one, was taken by Mr Pettit at Grimsbyin 1864; we

have never heardof anyotherbeingtaken so far north

atHamilton, Ont

12 Amphion nessus, Cram.—In ourlistas a Thyreus, belongs to

Hiib-ner'sgenusAmphion.

priorityover thename Darapsa

Cramer'sspecificname haspriorityover Smith's

15 Otus versicolor, Harris.— Removed from Darapsa to this genus

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—

SatdliiiaLinn., isa South Americaa species, and not that figured byHarris (videGrote&Hob Trans Ara E S.ii. 76) This magnificent Sphinx wascap-tured in 1866 by theRev V Clenaenti at Lakefield,North Douro,Ont, as

ithasbeen takenso far northit is likelyto occuria otherpartsofthecountrywherethe grapeis cultivated

toany onelocality.

Duringthedown tripthere were co opportunitiesforentomological vations On the eveningofJuly 10th we reached themouthof the Sague-nay, and earlyon the following morning the steamer Magnet landed usat

obser-Ha Ha Bay Iwas surprisedtofind thatFierisrapse,so lately introduced

into Quebec fromEurope had foundits wayso far down asthis, itwasthe

commonest butterflyhere Duringatwelve milesjourneyacross thecountry

toChicoutimiit still prevailed, flyingabout the gardensandcultivatedfields

—iano greatabundance anywhere, but commoner than anyotherspecies

How muchfurthernorthit extendedIwas not ableto ascertain

After spending twodaysin this neighbourhoodwe returned on the third

to Tadousac and from thence to Cacouna,remaining two or three daysin

each place The following list embraces all the species observed, with

localities:

Papilio iurnus, Linn.—Tadousac, notuncommon.

" asterias, Fab.—This insect was not seen on the wing, but twospecimensof thefullgrownlarvaweretaken atCacouna

Fieris rapas, Linn.— Ha Ha Bay, Chicoutimi, Cacouna, common. It is

ratherremarkablethatthis insect was not seenatall in Tadousac

Coliasphilod'ice, Godt.—Tadousac, common Cacounanotso plentiful

Argynnisatlantia, Edwards.—Cacouna, rather common, but very wild and

difficultto capture

Argynnis myrina, Cram.—Cacouna, abundant

MditseaHarrisii, Scud,— Ha HaBay

" tharoSf Cram — Ha HaBay, Cacouna, common.

Vanessa Milberti,Encyc.— Ha HaBay

Pyrameiscardui,Linn.—Cacouna

at Cacouna on tke19th of July, one in tolerablygood order, the other

much beaten At thesame time a larvawas taken feeding on a bluevetch, veryabundantthere (vicia cracca), whichIstronglysuspect tobethelarvaof thisspecies Several specimens weresecured,buta series ofmishaps preventedmyrearinganyof them Iappendadescription,withthehopethatsome entomologistmaybeforelongmeetwithitagain

Length0.50in., onisciform

Head verysmall,brownish black, drawn within thesecondsegmentwhenatrest.

Bodyabove delicatepinkor flesh color,thickly coveredwithvery short fine

pink hairs scarcely visible without a magnifying glass, a brownishred

dorsal linefrom thirdtoterminalsegments, widestanddarkest on anteriorsegments Second segmentpinkish anteriorly,witha patch of dull greenbehind just in front ofthedark dorsal line on third segment On each

side are eight shortbrownishredlines,thoseonthird andfourth segmentsbeing placed nearlyparallelwith thedorsal line, thosebehind extendingobliquely downthe sidesand edged above withdullwhite A lateralline

of dullwhiteclose tounder surfaceextending on eachsidefrom third to

terminalsegments, fainter onanteriorsegments

Undersurface greenishalong themiddle bordered with pink, which shadesgraduallyintoa pinkish red line,lyingclose to thewhite onewhich formstheboundaryof upper surface; feet greenish faintly tippedwithbrown

;

prolegs green

Specimens less thanhalfgrown havea decidedly greenish tint, witha darkreddish brown dorsal line; the lateral lines with that close to undersurface are of a whitishgreen with a tinge of yellow; undersurface darkgreen with abrownish redline underlyingthe greenishwhite one which

borders theuppersurface

Half grown specimensare pinkishwith atint of green, as theygrow oldertheygraduallyassumethe delicatepinkof the fullgrown specimen

PolyommatusAmericana, D'urban.—Cacouna

Nisoniadespersius, Scud.—^Ha HaBay

Hesperiamystic,Edwards.— Ha Ha Bay, Cacouna

AlypiaLamjtonii, Couper.—Cacouna

Cienucha virginica, Charp.— Ha HaBay

Spilosoma.Virginica,Fab.— Ha HaBay

Saturniapolyphemus, Fab.— Ha HaBay

Crocota ferruginosa,Walk —Cacouna

Agrotissufusa, W. Verz.— Ha Ha Bay.

Ennychiaocto-maculaia,Linn.—Cacouna

Angeronacrocaotaria, Guen.— Ha HaBay

Goryciaalhata,Guen —Cacouna

Melanippegothicata, Guen.— AbundantbetweenHa Ha Bay andChicoutiuii,

Scotosia undulata, Linn.—Tadousac, Cacouna

Besides theseabout twenty-five undetermined specieswere taken, chiefly

smallmoths

COLEOPTERA.

Cicindelalongilabris, Say.— On theroadfrom Ha Ha BaytoChicoutimi

" limhalis, Lee.— Takenalongwithlongilabris

I did not anticipate the occurrence of this insect here Theonlylocality

Iknewforitbeforewas atPort Stanleyon LakeErie, andI did notimagine

ithadsowide a range

Cicindela vulgaris, Say.—Tadousac, Cacouna

Nbtiophilus 9 striatus, Lee.—This interesting little insect was taken at

Tadousac on the ground onthehighest part of a pass through thehills,and a shortcutfromthe wharftothe hotel

Harpalusherhivagiis, Say.—Cacouna

Trichixispiger, Fabr.— Ha Ha Bay

Ancylochiranuttalli,Kirby.— Ha HaBay

Melanophilalongipes, Say.— Ha HaBay

Upisceramhoides,Linn.— Ha Ha Bay

Hylobiuspales, Herbet.— Ha HaBay

Attelabus analis,Illig.—Cacouna

Clytusundulatus, Say.— Ha HaBay

Leptura nigrella, Say.— Ha HaBay

Leptura8 notata, Say.— Onroadto Chicoutimi

Galerucaru/osanguinea, Say.— Ha HaBay

Chrysomelapolygoni,Linn.— Ha HaBay

lt\,addition afew speciesstill undetermined, and a few insects belonging

to otherorders,including

Diplax assimilata, Uhler.—Cacouna

Eysacoriscarnifex.— Ha HaBay

Capsus 4vittatus.— Ha HaBay

THE LUMINOUS LARVA.

Respecting our notice ofthis singularinsect in ourfirstnumber theRev

J Gr. Morris, D.D., df Baltimore, Md., writes asfollows:— " Judgingfrom

yourdescription preciselya similar larva was broughttomeafewyearsago

for investigation Asitbelongedto a public museumIcould notretain itfor dailyobservation and feeding, neither had Itime to go andwatch itshabits Ipresumed, however, that itwas full fed andwouldsoon change

Afew days after Iweotto make enquiryandwas told that thebottlewithearthhadbeenthrown out,andon further askingtheytold me " theworm

wasn't there anylonger;" on pressingmyquestions the stupid fellowsaid

that "therewas aball of earth almostas round ssamarble, whichhehad

not seen before, in theglassjar,butnotknowing whatitwas he hademptiedthe whole concern intothe street!" Ihave no doubt that theball was the

workofthe larvainwhichit hadenclosed itself,butitwasirrecoverablylost.

I made no description of the insect, but yours suits itprecisely Dothe

Lampyridsecover themselves with dirt, asthe Geotrupidss, for example,in

undergoingtheirtransformation? Ifso, thenwehave one presumptive proofthatthelarvabelongedtothat family, butit isbest nottobe toorash in ourconclusions I very much regret that Ican giveyou no moresatisfactory

information."

Afew days ago (Sept 3)we hadthe greatgoodfortunetofinda winglessfemale Fire-fly, whose tail segments were luminous We must defer anaccountofitforthe present

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aquatic plants, or any other convenient resting-place Its larva livesin the

water,generallyhiding itself under stones,and feeds upon small insects; it

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NOTES ON CANADIAN LEPIDOPTEKÀ.

BY THE EDITOR

{Continuedfrompage 11.)

takenasthetype ofa newgenus, worthilydedicated toMr. E T Cresson,Philadelphia, byMessrs Grote&Kobinson (Pro E S Phil v 186) Its

structural differences from the other speciesof Smerinthusappear to fully

warrantitsseparationfrom them

several otherAmerican species toBoisduval'sgenusfrom thatofSphinx was

made by"Walker(C B M. viii. 198), and has since been concurredinby Clemens and Grote

extraordinaryamount of confusion anddifficulty. Mr Walkerhimself has

stated (videPro E S.Phil.v 189), that "thisspeciesisamistake; it hasbeennewlyidentified asadwarfed andslightlyaberrantspecimen of Sphinx

brontes." Thespecimens, however, from whichhe describedhisM.brontes,Drury, "differmuchfrom Drury'sfigure,and maybeadistinctspecies" (C

B M.viii. 199); theyhave since proved to be Dr Clemens' Ceratomiarepentinus, yihich insect Grote&Bob consider structurallydistinctfromtheother speciesof Ceratomia Thequestion now is,what nameisthisunfor-tunateinsect tobear? Thelast namedauthors (Trans E S, ii. 76) go back

toDaremmaundulosa; withall duedeferenceweshouldsayD.repentinus

would bethe more just designation, beingWalker's genus and Clemens'

species

thepriorityover Harris' C qttadrtcornis

formernamehas thepriority

23 Ellema Harrisii, Clemens.—This is tlie Sphinx coni/erarumoiHarris, who erroneously considered it to be Smith's species Wehave amale specimen from London,Ont., andafemale from Weston, Ont

24 Lapara BOMBYCOiDES, Walk —This insect, which is very briefly

describedbyMr Walker (C B M. viii, 283), and noticed as havingbeentakeninCanada,isnot mentioned byeitherClemensorGrote; asthetypical

specimen isina private collectionit willbe difficultto determine it or tainits specific value

wecaptured inour garden at Creditlast summer; wehave never seen butone specimen

No 2; itwasinserted on the authority of Mr Walker (C B M. viii. 73),but Grote & Rob (Trans Am. Ent Soc ii. 75) have shewn that it is anerroneous determination of T maculata, Harris

We now proceedto the Bombycidae, in which we adopt the order and

revised nomenclature put forth byDr.A. S.Packard,jun., in his valuablesynopsis of thisfamily (Pro Ent Soe.Phil iii. 97-130, and 331-396)

Hiibn (^Lithosiaminiaia, Kirby), andtherefore tobe omitted from thelist;

the great difference in colour between the two varieties ledus to think forsome time with Harris, ClemensandFitch, thattherewere twospecies

Walker and others in the genus Nudaria, has been erected into a new

genus,byDr.Packard (P E S Phil iii. 102)upon satisfactorygrounds

ii. 71) that thespecimensreferred by Walkerto this species, are varieties of

his C.ferruginosa; thisstatement is corroboratedby Dr.Packard'saccount

of the extreme variableness of the latter species (P E S Phil iii. 104)

satisfactorilyshown tohave been taken in Canada

to Hiibner's notmuch more euphonious name,hisgenus having thepriority

overWestwood's

31 CALLijdMORPHA CLYMENE, Esper.—In our list as a Hi/percompa,which, itappears, wasnot intended by Hiibner asthe name of a genus, but

of agroup of genera

THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOG-IST, 19

A VISIT TO AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO.

BY E B. REED, LONDON, ONT

Being recently on a visit to this pretty little frontier town, I devoted afew hours to myfriends the residentCuleoptera and Lepidoptera, and well

indeed weremy laboursrewarded, asthe sequelwill show Theseason wasrather advanced for Lopidoptera, but there must have been an enormous

supply of their larvEe, for I noticed the fatal results of their "grubbing"

powers on manyof the surrounding- trees; oaks, maples, hickoryand walnut

in particular, were filled withlarvae ofDryocampa senatoria, D. stigma, D.rubicunda, Halesidotacuryse, II. tesselaris,ar\da variety of speciesunknown

to raeby name, though wehave taken several similar ones oear London, buthave failed to rear them

Hearing that a lady in the town had a few specimens, I obtainedan

in-troduction from a mutual friend, and soon was busy atwork upon the odds

andends ofa most miscellaneous collection Imagine my delightupon

re-cognizingthat magnificent insect, PapUio thoas! I was told that it wasquite common there, and was made the lucky possessor of afine specimencaptured the week before, and Ihope next season to procureagood supply

ofthis rare insect I alsosaw avery handsomeSphinx, Chœrocampa tersa,

caught on thevinesin a neighbouring garden, and a splendid specimen ofCatocala cava,both of which species I am inclined to think are hithertounrecorded astaken in Canada From thiscollection I obtained aspecimen

of those rather uncommon beetlesXylorydes satyrusand Saperda cretata,captured at Paris, Ont.; I also took several moths, new to me, and shall

endeavourshortlyto procure their names I do not knowwhether other

localities werevisited in the same way,butAmherstburg seemed literally toswarm with Danois archippus, reminding me of a similar occurrence in

Toronto about sevenyears ago From all appearances a rich harvest might

be reapedby an energetic collectorin this hithertoungleaned field.

The following were obtained by me:—Lepidoptera

—

F. asterias, P.tarnus, P ohracea, P protodicCj C philodice, D^archippus, V milberti,

V.progne, L.dislppus, A cylele, M. tharos; Catocala amatrix, Cparla,Aretia SaundersU, A.phalerata, and several of the Noctuadae not yet de-

terminedby methrough want of leisure Coleopetra

—

Pdidiiota punctata,Clerus nigripes, Leptura Canadensis, Saperda vestiia, Ligyrus relictus,

C/yfus campestris, Cassida pallida, Hippodamia maculata, Chrysomela

Bigsbyana, Diahrotica vitlata, Macrobasis Fabricil, several Graphisiiri,

and a mostwonderful Curculio with avery alarming snout longer than its

body, and the thicknessof a horse-hair, belonging, I believe, to the genus

20 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST.

Balaninus; andlastlytwo new CJirysomelidce Ishould have been greatlypleasedif I could have spared more timeia investigating this fineground,buttheweather wasnotveryfavourable, and mytime waslimited

Taken June10th, 1868, feedingonHorseGentian {Triosteumperfoliatum).Length, 1.10in., nearly cylindrical

Head rathersmall, bilobed, blackandshining, witha few shorthairs,

mandi-bles black, palpi palebrown tippedwithblack

Bodyaboveblack, with transverserows of elevated shining black tubercles,from eachofwhicharises a spreadingtuft of short bristlyhairsj abrightyellowdorsal stripe, and awidebandof the samecolor on eachside, thislatterintersectedwithstreaks and centeredwith a broken bandofblack;abouthalf-waybetweenthe dorsalandlateralstripesis arowofpale whitish

dots,forming afaintbroken line.

Undersurface dirty greyish white, with streaksanddots ofbrown,feetblack,prolegsdirtywhite on inside, with apatch ofshiningblackon the outside

of each

Theselarva entered the chrysalisstateon the19thand 20th ofJune,and

produced theimago on the 12thand 14th of July Four specimens werereared,and themoths were as nearlyalike as possible,showing no tendency

totheremarkablevariations attachedto this species.— W Saunders, London,

Inthelast numberof the Canada Farmerwillbe foundasfullan account

aswecanyet give of the historyanddistributionofthisinsectwhichthreatens

to interfere seriously with the culture of the grape in some parts of ourcountry Astherestated,it isprobably the larva of a small species ofcurcu-

suitable for apopular agricultural paper, I have referred the readers of The Farmer, who wishto pursue the subject further, to the presentnumber of

TheEntomologist

Usual length about one-twelfth of an inch, greatestwidth aboutone-third ofthe length

Headrather small, smooth, whitish, semi-transparent; mandibles hook-like

andsharp pointed, darkbrown, withapatch ofbrown at theirbase.Bodyaboveandbelowmilk-white, semi-transparent, with a shining surface,

THE CANAIHAN ENTOMOLOGIST 21

eachend Thehinder edge of each segmentisraised asifslightlv lapping the one behindit. Each segmenthas several short whitishhairs,

over-onlyvisible withahigh magnifying power; these are most numerous onanterior segments The two hinder segmentsare smallerthananyof those

onanterior partof body, feetandprolegswanting

Thelarvaisverysluggish initshabits, and will often remain along timemotionless unless disturbed.— W Saunders, London, Ont.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

A New Thecla —In July last, while staying at Port Stanley, Ont, I

captured a Thecla on the common garden Spiraea; at firstsight Isupposed

itto be only T.Falacer, but on closer examination,when setting it up, Idiscovered some new points which, in my opinion, marked it as a freshadditiontoourCanadian list. I sentit accordingly toMr W H Edwards

ofWestern Virginia, and Ihavemuch pleasure in stating that he considers

it anew species, andhas givenitthename of " TheclaOntario." A plateand description of this interesting capture will be given shortly in theTransactions of the American Entomological Society

—

Reed, London, Ont

No 2that he took F.rupee below Quebec in 1866; I have taken it this

yearat Lewiston, Me., and Montpelier, Vt It was more plentiful in July

and August than anyother species I noticed at both places that it wasonly to be foundvery near thecity, one mile into the countrybeyond thecultivated kitchen-gardensI didnotsee a singlespecimen

; possiblyitslarva

liveson cultivated plants It iswellworth noticing its advance north andgouth,and recording the facts, so that if any change in its raarkintrs orcolour takes place from the extremes of climate, future Entomologists may

havedatato go upon As plentiful asPieris oleracea is in Northern mont, Ihave neverknown it taken in this partof Massachusetts

cauliflower and cabbageplantsin the neighbourhood of Quebec An

inter-esting accountof its firstoccurrencein this countryis given by Mr Bowles

inthe CanadianNaturalist forAugust, 1864 Ed.]

Darapsa or Otus, whichshallitbe? — Acorrespondent reminds us thatthe generic name Otus(Nos 13,14 and 15inour " Notes on Lepidoptera")

ispre-occupied in Ornithology, having been appliedas far back as thedays

ofAristotleto thehornedorearedowls Theusual ruleis thatno generic

22 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST,

nameshall be applied to more than one genus io any branch of NaturalHistory, and hence Hiibner's name for these Sphinges will have to bedropped, whilewe return to the more familiar appellation Darapsa The

presentrulesof nomenclaturearehighly unsatisfactoryand occasion istsanimmense amount of useless labour; wedohope that somethingmay

natural-be done at the next meeting of the American Association to improvematters.—Ed Can Ent.

the Canadian Entomologists are awai'ethat P machaon is found in BritishAmerica Some yearsagoI received several taken by Mr Drexlerat Ru-

pert House, Hudson's Bay.—WiM H Edwabds, Coalburgh, Kanawha

Co., West Va

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Lewisham, London,S.E., England), thewell-known student of Neuroptera,desires to exchange European insects of this order for Canadian ones,

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Phryganidœespecially desired,but all will be acceptable Specimens for

transmission may be sent to the Editor of this Journal, Kev. C J S

CARABiD-ffi.—Ishould like to opena correspondencewithany

Entomolo-gistinregard toexchangesof Coleoptera, especially Carahidee.— PhilipS.Spragde, 141 Broadway, So Boston, Mass

Lepidoptera —Canadian Lepidoptera, especiallyspeciesof Caiocala(C.relicta inparticular) desiredin exchangeforAmerican Lepidoptera

—

James

Lepidoptera — In addition tothe species mentioned in No 1., Mr. G

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Arctia partkenos, Catocala

relicta^ C hriseis, Lycœna pembina, and other more northern or easternLepidoptera Good XJ. S.specimens in exchange Apply to the Editor

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Frionusbrevicornis,Fab.; weshould beglad ofmorespecimensof it, ifyou

have them to spare No 2is,as you thought, the larvaof the Cecropia

24 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST.

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ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES.

PAPER No II.

BYW SAUNDERS, LONDON, ONT

While looking over some insects inITainilton a few days since collectedbyMiss Mills,daughter of Wm H. Mills,

Esq., Iwasdelightedatfindinga

speei-mcn of Lihylhea hachmam, Kirtland,whichisprobablya variety ofZ.moti/a,Boisd It was almost entire, though

taken it on the beach at Hamiltonearly inAugust She found itsettled

onthe sand,and it seemed atfirst partiallytorpid, butwhen captured used

itswings freely in trying to escape It is averypeculiarinsect, with verylongpalpi Fig 1 isa representation ofit, and we subjoin a description aswell

Palpiverylong,fullyonefifthof an inch,formedlike a beak,brownabove,whitish below Bodydark brown, with afaintmetallichue;paler below

three white spots arranged in a triangle near thetip. The upper interior

onelargest, oblong, irregular in outline,divided by the ncrvules atits upperedge

J the lower is also oblong but smaller; the exterior is smallest and

irregularin form On the interiorof the wing, beyond the middle, are twolarge fulvous spots, the upper elongated,pointed at each end—the loweroblong,irregular, and divided near the middlebyadarkbrown nervule.Secondariesabove dark brown, with a large irregular fulvouspatch acrossthemiddle

fulvousmarkings,tlie lattersomewhatlarger andcoalescing The tip has a

faintbluish tinge,with aslight iridescence

Secondaries with a wide brown border on hind margin, above bluish,

Thisbutterfly isquite newtoCanada, never having been taken here before

to our kaowledge It is found in Ohio and in some other parts of theUnited States

Ashorttimeago Iforwarded toW H.Edwards, Esq.,ofCoalburgh,West

Virginia, several specimens of Ljjcœna, which I was iu doubt about, for

determination Some were taken bymyself about London, others hadbeenreceivedfromJ Pettit, Esq, of Grimsby In a recent letter Mr Edwards

informs me that the box was broken in transit and the specimensalmostdemolished, buthe observed amongthefragments,wingsofLycœnaviolaceaEdwards, oneofwhich belongs toa female Thisspecies resembles^'litcia"

in appearance; the points of difference between themare detailedatlength

by Mr Edwards in theProceedings of the Entomological Society of delphia, vol vi.p 201 to 204 I incline to think that the specimenssent

Phila-Mr Edwards, which hehas determined tobe violacea,were from Mr.Pettit'scollection, but cannot saypositively Theseadditions, with thenewspeciesreferred toin the last number, by E B Heed, Esq., bring up our list ofCanadian butterflies to eighty-five

PhilampdassateUida.— Oneof ourLondon Entomologists, J M.Denton,Esq., has been so fortunate as tosecure two specimensof the larvaofthis

very rare insect this season Theywere taken nearly full grown on theVirginia creeper (^Ampelopds quinquofolia), theywere of the darkvariety,

about three inches long,blackish brown, with six large oval cream-coloredspotson sides; these spots formedavery striking contrastwith the general

color Theusual caudal horn is replaced in thisspecies bya smoothraisedeye-like spot One of these larvœ is nowin chrysalis Several yearsago alady brought me a specimen of the same larva, but I did notsucceedin

rearingit. Theseare the only instancesknown to mo of the finding of thisinsect aboutLondon

On the lith of August Iwas collecting insects near Milton Junction,Wisconsin, on the Chicago and North Western Railway While walkingalong the railroad track I observed a cocoon very like thatof SpUosoma

Isabella^fastenedto theupperpart of thestem of an annual plantwhich,in

consequence ofthe intense heatof the summer, was prematurelywithering

I was much interested in this pupa Could it be Isabella? If it wasit

must eitherbe thecocoon of a larvaof lastyear's growth, which had spentthe winterand nearly allthe hottest part of summerin thecaterpillerstate

—a thought I could notfor a momententertain—oritmust be from alarva

of the present year, resultingfromeggslaid lateinJune Boththesesionsbeingbesetwith difficulties, I inclinedto theviewthatitmight bethe

conclu-THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 27

Earlyin September, afterloy returnhome, this box was examined andfound

tocontain a genuine Isabella moth recently escaped fromthe chrysalis . If

thisinsect hadbeen leftto naturewouldithave spent the winterin a torpid

state; orwould ithavedepositedits eggsanddied before the severeweather

came on?

But farther Earlyin September Mr. E B Reed, while collecting at

Amherstburgh, took a specimen of Arctia phalerata, Harris,and on.o ofArctia Saundersii, Grote. Myspecimens of Scmndersn have invifriably

been takenin June andJuly,and havingrearedthisinsectthroughitsseveral

stages, I am conversantwith its history It appears in June, deposits its

eggs earlyin July, and dies The larvEe donot complete their growth the

firstseason, someof them indeed do not acquire more thanhalf their size

when they hybernate for the winter; completing their growth early thefollowing spring, when they enter the chrysalis state and appearasmothsinJuneagain Probably the habitsandhistory ọPhalerataaresimilar How came it that thesemoths —good specimens too—were abroadin September?

During the latter partofAugustI was surprisedto find the imago ing from some chrysalides of Dai-apsa pampinatrix, which were obtainedfrom larvaegatheredlate in July Iatfirst thought thismight be an excep-

escap-tional instance,butwas soon convinced of the contraryby theappearanceof

asecondbrood ofthe caterpillars onmy grape vines, in numbers farsingtheearlierbrood I also observed the moth about on thewing Some

surpas-of them appeared solate that thelarvaehave nothadtime to completetheir

growthand must necessarilyperish Only yesterday, October 8th, Ifoundthera notmore than half grown, nearlyfrozen, clinging to theunderside ofthe dry frosted leaves, which they could noteat.

Aboutthe middleof Septembera friend of mine who hadlaidasidesome

pupae of Sphinx quinquemaculatafor next year, was astonished to findthemoths buzzing about in his box They had all escaped My esteemed

friend, Rev C J. S Bethune, informsme that he hashad a similar ence withthepupaof Sphinx cinerea

experi-Whatis the occasion ofallthis? Can itbeduetotheunusualheat of the

MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

A meeting of the Society washeld on the 10th inst. in therooms of theCanadianInstitute,Toronto; Mr.W.II. Ellis, Curator, in the Chair Afterthe reading of the minutes, the following gentlemen,nominated at the An-

nual General Meeting of the Society at London, were unanimously elected

Honorary Members:

—

28 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST.

E T Cresson, Esq., Secretary to theAmerican Entomological Society,Philadelphia, Pa

W H Edwards,,Esq.,Coalburgh, KanawhaCo., WestVa

Prof Townend Glover, Agricultural Department,Washington, D.C

So-ciety, Philadelphia,Pa

Dr a. S Packard, Jun., EditorAmerican Naturalist, Salem, Mass

C.V. lliLEY, Esq., StateEntomologist of Missouri, St.Louis, Mo.

S H ScuDDER, Esq., Secretary,&c., to the Society of Natural History,Boston, Mass

Benj. D Walsh, Esq., M.A., State Entomologist of Illinois, Rock

Acollection of Cicindelidcewasexhibited bythe Rev.C J S Bethune,

aftertheexamination of which,aswellasof the new donations, themeetingadjourned

NEIGHBOURHOOD OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO.

BYB. BILLINGS

Early in July I accidentally discovered a locality for this rare butterflywithinfwomiles of the city limits Itis an openswamp,denselysurroundedwithconiferoustrees, whichare almost impenetrable except byapathwhich

passes through them Itoccupiesan area of abouteight or ten acres, with

a few scattered trees of TImJa occidentalis and Larix Americana The

shrubsconsistof^^«MS incana, Rhamnusalnifolius, Ruhustriflorus, Ledum

latifolium, andanoccasional clumpof CornusstoJenifera, Myrica Gale, and

Salix Candida The principal herbaceous plants are Thalktrum'Cornuii,Chelone glabra, Platanthera hyperhorea, P dilatata, Cypripedium puhes

oens, C spectabile,and a fewgrasses and sedges Aspidium Thelypteris is

very abundant, andthe surfaceto a greatextent is covered with several cies of ourmost common Bijpnum.

spe-Thisseason Iwatched faithfully for theappearance of the imago, niakiogoccasional visits to the spot duringthemonthofJune Itwas firstobserved

on the3rd of July, and between this time and the 20thI made fiveor six

excursions, capturing during the period over 200 specimens Iseldom met

with them on the wing, but generally resting on thealders or forus They

were notdifiScult to capture,appearingquite tame, and when aroused would

fly buta few yardsandalight; even if one escapedfrom the net itwould fly

but a short distance, and could be easily recaptured On dull d:iys theywere quite sluggish, sleeping exposed on the upper surface of leaves, andreadilytaken without the aid of thenet

It is not improbable that they are double brooded, the Jarvce producedfrom theeggs of thesecond brood notappearinguntil the following spring

I conjecturethisfromthecircumstanceofhaving twoyearsago seen a female

late in Augustor early inSeptember

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

Cai'TURE of Tremex Columba — Oneof the objectswhichthepromoters

ofthe (Janadlan Ealomologisthadinview,in the establishment of thatodical, was, I apprehend, to conveyinformation respecting the appearance ofvarious insects, whetherof common or of rareoccurrence,within the limits

peri-of ourProvince Under thisimpression, I send youa notice of the capture

of some specimensof the Tremex Colwmha in our village, a few days agoLast March, anoak,measuring nearlythreefeet indiameterat thebutt, was

felled and chopped into cordwood lengths One of thepieces, a portion ofthe main stem, was split up the other day, and placed close to a stove for

immediate use Onbeing thus subjected tothe influence of heat, severalindivicuals of theinsect, inthe'!ma<jo state, crept out, from various perfora-tions, in a semi-torpid condition, that is to say, theyappeared barely able to

crawl about,-and made no attempt tousetheirwings oreven tohasten their

pedal movements for the purpose of escaping capture On further searchlarvœ were also discovered in the wood Iregret toaddthat all the speci-mens Ifound werefemales Their length, exclusive of the ovipositor, was

If in. This is the first occasion of my discovering these insects in thislocality.—ViN'CENTClementi, North Douro, Ont

in No 1, Mr AV Couper, ofOttawa,Ont., writes as follows:—" I frequently

found larvgeof Lampyridoe,inthedaytime undermossand bark of decayed

trees, but never noticedthemproduce light, asyou describe Idonot

recol-lectseeing larvéeofLampyrisof the lengthofan inchanda-half I enclosetheesuviaofa larva ofoneof thegeneraofthis family,which Ifound underbarkhere lias itihc form ofyourinsect? Ido not believe that thelarvae

the larvse of Gcotrupes and Osmodcnna As you can see from the exuvia,

its transformation is evidently similar to that of Dermestts ïarâarlas, and

other active Coleopterous larvye" [Our larva was immensely larger andquite differentfrom the ownerof theesuviasent usby our correspondent;

his looks very like the larvae of Chaidiopnathus petisyJvatiicas, a very

com-mon insect here, figured in the last numberof the American SJntomologist,butwecould hardly judge from a cast-offskiti. We have, however, sent it,

togetherwith a luminous female captured byMr Jas Angus atWestFarms,

N Y., and anothertaken by ourselves here, to Philadelphia, for

identifica-tion.— Ed C E.]

EXCHANGES.

and Exotic Diptera, entrusted to mefor sale orexchange; in thelatter case,

riynieuoptera, particularly theparasitic species, and minute Coleoptera, are

chieflyrequested in return.—F Walker, Elm Hall,Wanstead, Essex, Eng CoLEorTERA —I have been collecting Coleopteraformany yearspast, but

am still in wantof many nortliern species; shall be glad to exchange.—J.Akiiubst, 4J ProspectStreet, Brooklyn, N Y

Lepidoptera —I wish to obtain any species of Labrador or other far

north butterflies, for which Iwould make a good return I have a largo

number of specimens of various Catocalas, which Iwould gladly exchange

for the following species: C relicla, um'juga, vxor^ cpione, po^T/f^orma?bn'sefs, vidua.— James Angus, WestFarms, N Y

*^* Weinsertlistsofspecimensforexchange /rcc of charge tosubscribers

Of course it is understood thatan actual quid pro quo is not expected, butthat allEntomologists are willing to help one another to the best of theirability, withoutmaking a mercenarytransaction of the exchange

NEW ENTOMOLOGICAL WORKS.

List of the Lepidoptera or North America. I3y Aug. 11. Grote &

C T Robinson Part I. Philadelphia: American Enlomologicûl

So-ciety September, 18G8

In 1860 theSmithsonian Institutionpublisheda catalogue ofthe describedLepidopteraof North America, prepared bytheRev.Dr Morris, which has