1910] The Ottawa Naturalist. 217 



to attract the moths. Almost immediately the males would 

 appear, some being seen to come from quite a long distance. 



Mr. Halkett exhibited a small miscellaneous collection of 

 insects which he had gathered at random in Nova Scotia during 

 the past summer. The most interesting species was Hydroecia 

 yyikacea of which two specimens had been collected. This is an 

 European insect recently introduced into America, and an 

 account of which appears in the annual report of the Ento- 

 mological Society of Ontario for 1908. 



Mr. Baldwin showed a box of noctuid moths which he had 

 collected in 190Q, mostly at the Electric Railway power house 

 near Britannia. Some rare species were represented, viz.: 

 Tapinosiola variana, Baileya douhledayi, Mamestra uimbosa and 

 a species of Sytieda, the first taken in the Ottawa district. 



Sir George Hampson's two latest volumes on Lepidoptera 

 which appeared in 1909, and Dr. J. B. Smith's new book "Our 

 Insect Friends and Enemies" were shown bv Mr. Gibson, who 

 also spoke of a paper he was preparing on the Butterflies of the 

 Toronto District. In this article eightv one species are listed. 



A. G. 



A SHREW NEW TO NEW BRUNSWICK. 



By Wm. H. Moore, Scotch Lake, N.B. 



Last autumn a shrew, different from anything hitherto 

 observed by the writer in this locality, was secured. The 

 specimen was in a badly damaged condition, having been killed 

 and mutilated by some farm poultry, but enough of it was left 

 intact to serve for the identification of the animal, which was 

 kindly m5.de by Mr. E. A. Preble, of the Biological Survey. 

 Washington, D.C., who after an examination was assured that 

 it was Neosorex albiharbis (Cope). The upper parts are blackish; 

 underparts grayish, with a brownish band across neck and chest. 

 Tail blackish above and all around near tip; lighter on balance 

 of under side. Length of body 84 mm. ; tail 75 mm. 



In bulletin No. 10 of North America Fauna the range of 

 this species is given by Dr. C. Hart Merriam "from mountains 

 of Pennsylvania and New York northward to Labrador." In 

 the same bulletin Mr. G. S. Miller, Jr., mentions having examined 

 specimens from Nova Scotia, Quebec, Maine and other states. 



Dr. Philip Cox, of the University of New^ Brunswick tells 

 me that it is a new mammal to record for the province. In other 

 parts of New Brunswick this species may be tolerably common 

 or even plentiful, but I cannot think that it is' anything but rare 



