246 The Ottawa Naturalist. March 



had been very abundant for the past two seasons in Western. 

 Ontario. 



Mr. Halkett read an extract from Wallace on variability in, 

 insects, which lead to some discussion on the well known mimic- 

 king - of certain butterflies by others of different genera. 



Mr. Metcalfe reported that he was continuing his work of 

 preparing a list of hemiptera of the locality and exhibited a few 

 species including a very young Ranatra and a winged example of 

 Coriscus subcoleoptratus. He also exhibited a female Pnonus 

 Calif ornicus, which was taken by him on July 31, 1905, at 

 Grierson's Wharf on the Ottawa River about 25 miles from 

 Ottawa. The insect was in flight when observed and captured. 

 It was suggested by Mr. Harrington that the beetle must have 

 come east on one of the train of the C. P. R., which runs down 

 along the Ottawa river. The specimen was compared with ex- 

 amples from Vancouver Isd. and seemed to be identical. 



Dr. Fletcher drew special attention to a curious beetle, re- 

 ceived from Mr. J. W. Cockle ,of Kaslo, B. C. , in a box of very 

 interesting coleoptera, but was unable to furnish the name, as 

 even the genus was unknown to him and to Mr. Harrington. It 

 was thought to belong to the Cupesida?, as it had many of the 

 characteristics of that family. 



Mr. Gibson, showed a good example of the work of a Mega- 

 chile, the Rose-leaf-cutter Bee, in which several of the cells were 

 visible. He also spoke of a collection of lepidoptera which had 

 been determined for Mr. John Russell, of Digby, N. S. Air.ong 

 the most interesting specimens were the following : Theclalceta, 

 Semiophora yoiingii, Mamestra rubefacta, Hadena minuscula, 

 Hadena bridghami, Catocala coelebs and Grapta satyrus, var. 

 marsyas. A specimen was also exhibited of the Lesser Magpie 

 Moth, Enrrhypara urticata, collected at Milton, N. S., by Mr. 

 W. H. Moore. This was the first American record for this 

 European insect, which was stated by Dr. Fletcher to have been 

 also taken by Mr. W. Mcintosh at St. John, N. B., where it was' 

 not uncommon. 



Air. Young exhibited Vol. VI of Sir George Hampson's 

 catalogue of the Phalaenae in the British Museum. The exquisite 

 plates accompanying the volume were much admired by the mem- 

 bers and were specially interesting from the many moths figured, 

 which had been found in Canada. A large number credited to 

 Colorado in this volume have also been taken in Manitoba, the 

 North-west Provinces and British Columbia. Several of the 

 members availed themselves of the opportunity of examining 

 Mr. Harrington's collections and entomological library. 

 X^M^X W. H. H. 



