238 The Ottawa Naturalist. [March 



different orders so as to make an attractive collection, and at the 

 same time to have the specimens best adapted for study. Dr- 

 Fletcher and others discussed the points raised, and gave some 

 valuable ideas as to the preservation of various forms. Mr. 

 Richard read an excellent paper on " Ottawa Satyridae " giving 

 descriptions of the species found, and the localities where cap- 

 tured. He recorded a species new to Ottawa, viz., Cenonympha 

 inornata, which he had taken on Rockliffe Rifle Range last sum- 

 mer. Dr. Fletcher spoke of the value of Mr. Richard's work, and 

 of the distribution of C. inornata and of the western form C. 

 ochracea. He also discussed Chionobas jutta and C. Alacounii, the 

 latter occurring only at Nepigon and the foot-hill> of the Rocky 

 Mountains. Mr. Gibson described the occurrence of C. jutta '\v\ 

 the Mer Bleue and read a note on the occurrence in the same 

 locality of a new moth, Semiophora Youngii, Smith, which had 

 been first captured by Mr. Young. Two specimens were shown, 

 and also inflated larvae and pupa cases. .A. parasite reared from a 

 pupa proved to be a new species ot Anomalon. Mr. Metcalfe men- 

 tioned finding tachinid eggs upon potato beetles, hat had not 

 succeeded in obtaining flies. Three dipterous larvae h.id emerged 

 from a female Walking Stick {Diapheromera femorata) which lived 

 for some time afterward and deposited her eggs. He exhibited a 

 specimen of Thecla Ontario taken at Grimsby, the only previous 

 records being Port Stanley and Toronto. A larv.i feeding upon 

 table figs was shown by Mr. Harrington and identified by Dr. 

 Fletcher as that of Plodia interpunctella, which infests dried fruits, 

 nuts and other products. The following recent books were ex- 

 amined : Dr. Dyar's "List of N. A. Lepidoptera," a valuable 

 work just published; "(Caterpillars and their Moths," by Miss 

 Soule and Miss Elliott ; "A Nature Wooing," by Blatchley, and 

 " Our Common Spiders," by Emerton. 



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