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Coleoptera: 



Hydrophilus ovatus, G. & H. May 12, (Fletcher). 

 Acanthocinus csdilis, S. A specimen of this fine European 

 beetle was found at Ottawa b}^ Mr. R. B. Whyte among 

 some packing in a box of chinaware received from 

 Germany. 

 Hymenoptera: 



Bombus mfocinctus. Cress. September 20, (Fletcher). This 



species is rare in eastern Canada. 

 Bombus virgimcus, Oliv. Mer Bleue, June 6, (Gibson). 

 Ephialtes gigas, Walsh. Hull, June 13, (Gibson). 

 Hemiptera: 



A number of species new to the Ottawa list have recently 

 been determined by Mr. E. P. Van Duzee. Among 

 these may be mentioned : 

 Telamona am pel ops ides, Harr., July 14, (Gibson). 

 Cyrtolobus vau, Say. June 29, on red oak, (Fletcher). 

 Cyrtolobus griseus, Van D. On oak, August 25, (Metcalfe). 

 Scolops sulcipes, Say. On goldenrod, September 5, (Groh). 

 Liburnia foveata, Van D. Mer Bleue, June-September, 



(Metcalfe). 

 Phlepsius irroratus. Say. October 8, (Fletcher). 

 Thyreocoris unicolor, P. B. Aylmer, August 29, (Groh). 

 Geocoris limbatus, Stal. Mer Bleue, uncommon, (Metcalfe). 

 Plagiognathiis obscurus, Uhler. Aylmer, August 29, (Groh). 

 Corythuca marmorata, Uhl. June, rare, (Metcalfe). 

 Ranatra quadridentata, Stal. July, (Metcalfe). 

 Hydrometra m.artim, Kirby. July, (Metcalfe). 



W. H. Harrington, ] 

 Arthur Gibson, 

 C. H. Young, 

 J. W. Baldwin, 



Leaders. 



BOOK REVIEW. 



Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Entomological Society 

 of Ontario: Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto. This 

 is a volume of 152 printed pages, with 19 excellent plates. Like 

 all its worthy predecessors, it is a publication which can be per- 

 used with interest, not only by the scientific and working 

 entomologist, but equally by the novice and merely casual 

 reader. It contains the official report of the proceedings of the 

 annual meeting of the Society, held at Guelph in November last, 

 including the reports of the Branch Societies, and of the District 

 Directors and other officers, the discussions on insect pests of the 



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