it*) THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



December, according as the weather was mild or otherwise, I have taken 

 from six to a dozen annually. 



No particular case of insect damage came under my notice. The 

 grasshoppers have not reached us, and our soil is too heavy for them to 

 flourish thereon. Our very severe winters and late frosts in May and 

 June seem to keep all insect life in due bounds, but the latter are 

 also detrimental to our crops. 



THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The following census of the Lepidoptera in the U. S. National 



Museum was made in December, igoi : 



No. of 



No. of No. of inflated No. of 



specimens. species. larvae. types. 



Butterflies 15,606 2,408 290 29 



Sphingidse 1*214 251 109 o 



Saturnians 882 168 1 70 1 



Arctians and allies 4,756 863 402 48 



Noctuidse 16,807 2,367 545 509 



Lasioeampidse, Notodontidas, etc. 3,390 505 6S7 17 



Geometrida? 8,727 1,233 449 I0 3 



Sesiidae, Limacodida?, etc 2,582 471 172 29 



Pyralidre and Pterophoridre .... 9,216 1,366 111 47 



Tortricida? 4,94° 724 77 ^S 



Tineidre (sens, lat.) 12,146 J ,797 56 179 



Material not yet placed in the 



regular collection 19,266 (est.) 500 421 251 



Alcoholic larvae (est.) 5,000 ..... .... .... 



Pupa?, cocoons, etc (est.) 3,000 .... 



Duplicates 18,560 208 .... 



126,092 12,653 3,697 1,246 



Add inflated larvae as above. . . . 3,697 



Total number of specimens. ... 129,789 



Comparison with other American collections is invited. 



Harrison G. Dyar. 



