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the Cedar Saw-fly, Monoctenus fulvtis, Norton, which was taken in 

 some numbers on an ornamental cedars on the Experimental Farm at 

 the end of May, and the Cornel Saw-fly, Harpiphorus tarsatus, Say, also 

 at the Experimental Farm where it attacked chiefly Cornus siberha. It 

 may be mentioned that of a brood of the Rose Saw-fly, Cladius pecti?ii- 

 cornis, of which the larvae were collected in the autumn of 1892, it was 

 found that, when the flies emerged last spring, there were just as many 

 males as females, although in collecting the males are very rarely taken_ 

 In other sections of the order the species have not been so fully worked 

 up as to justify the immediate publication of lists. Of the family Proc- 

 totrypidae, however, our knowledge has been enormously increased by 

 the publication of Mr. Ashmead's magnificent monograph, in which 

 seventy species collected in this locality are mentioned, of which no less 

 than fifty were new to science. Mr. Ashmead is now engaged on a 

 monograph of the Braconidae, and a series of our species has been 

 placed in his hands for study. 



Diptera. In this order two observations of special interest are 

 worth recording. (1) The root-maggot of the cabbage, Anihomyia 

 brassiccB was very abundant, but was found to be much infested by two 

 true parasites, Aleochara anthomyuz, Sprague, and an undescribed insect 

 to be called Eucoila anihomyia, Fletcher, both of which were bred from 

 puparia collected last autumn. (2) The now notorious Horn-fly, 

 Hcematobia serraia, B. D., which made its first appearance in Canada 

 last year at Oshawa, has now spread over the whole of the central por- 

 tion of the Dominion from Essex, in the west of Ontario, to New 

 Brunswick. 



Collections. In addition to the fine collection of insects in the 

 museum of the Geological Survey, we are glad to record that the col- 

 lection specially prepared for the World's Fair is now on exhibition in 

 museum of the Experimental Farm. This consists of twenty cases of 

 Lepidoptera. Hymenoptera and Coleoptera, and forms the nucleus of 

 what will be a most important exhibit. 



Among the active members of the Branch mention should be made 

 of Mr. W. Simpson who has done some good work. He has collected 

 chiefly at King's Mere, in the Chelsea Mountains, where he has taken 

 many of our rarer insects. He has also brought to our notice three in- 



