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sects." He filled an important place in American Entomology 

 and his work was of great value as may be known from the fol- 

 lowing list of his more important contributions : A Text Book 

 of Entomology, 1 898 ; Cave Fauna of North America ; Guide 

 to the Studj ? of Insects, 1869 ; Insects Injurious to Forest and 

 Shade Trees; Monograph of the Geometrid Moths, 1876; 

 Monograph of the Bombycine Moths, 1895 ; the Humble-bees 

 of New England and their Parasites, 1864. He was the 

 author of more than sixty important papers on the subject of 

 insects but did not confine his work solely to this branch of 

 zoology. Dr. Packard may be said to have belonged to the 

 second generation of distinguished American entomologists 

 which includes L/eConte, Riley, Horn, Scudder and Cressou. 

 We give an excellent likeness of Prof. Packard from a photo- 

 graph lately presented by him to the American Entomological 



Society. 



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The Blattidae of Montreal. 



BY CHARLES STEVENSON, Montreal, Que. 



The bringing to me of a beautiful green cockroach by a 

 friend on the gth April, 1904, aroused my interest in this 

 group, so I tried to find how many species could be found in 

 Montreal. The following list is the result of the observations 

 made during the last season : 



1 . Blattellagermanica Linn. , the ' 'croton bug, ' ' very common. 



2. Nyctibora sericca Burm., imported with bananas. 



3. one immature specimen introduced with 

 bananas. 



4. Blatta oricntalis L/inn., the " oriental roach," common. 



5. Periplaneta amcricana L/inn. , the ' ' American roach, ' ' rare. 



6. aiistralasice Fab., rare. 



7. Panchlora viridis Burm., rare, evidently imported with 

 tropical fruits. A specimen was captured in Winnipeg, Man., 

 which was traced to a shipment of goods from Montreal, and a 

 specimen was given me that was caught in the city of Quebec. 



So far I have been unable to find a native field species and 

 my fellow entomologists do not remember seeing any in their 

 grubbing expeditions. 



