40 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



EREBIA EPIPSODEA VAR. SINE-QCELLATA Skinner. 



Dear Sir : Is not this variety (Can. Ent., p. 239) identical with var. 

 brucei Elvves, (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1889, June, p. 326), described as 

 smaller, without ocelli, the red band almost obsolete ? Brucei was de- 

 scribed from high altitudes in Colorado, so it is interesting to have it re- 

 appearing at lower levels in N. W. Ter. Mr. W. H. Edwards has kindly 

 sent me the Epipsodea plate of his Butt. N. A., whereon are beautiful 

 figures oi Brucei zx^^ the early stages of the species. 



Dec. 16, 1889. T. D. A, Cockerell, West Chff, Custer Co., Col. 



GRAPTA INTERROGATIONIS. 



Dear Sir : I beg to record the capture by myself of a beautiful 

 specimen of Grapta interrogatioiiis at Cote St. Antoine, Montreal, on 

 the nth of July. Its sluggishness and perfect condition showed that the 

 insect had but just emerged from the chrysalis. G. interrogationis is 

 extremely rare in the Province of Quebec. Tradition says that it had 

 been, once upon a time, taken at Lachine — a few miles away ; but for 

 twenty-five years I have looked vainly for it. 



South Quebec, Oct. 16, 1889. Thomas W. Fvles. 



' THE CORN saw-fly. 



Dear Sir: The occurrence in America of Cephus pyginceus Curtis, 

 known in England as the Corn Saw-fly, may be worth a special record. 

 In 1887, among insects taken by sweeping in a meadow, I found a Cephus 

 not agreeing with any of the described American species. Mr. Ashmead 

 has fully identified it as C. pyginceus. In some Hymenoptera received 

 from Mr. VanDuzee a few days ago, I find three specimens, all females, 

 and taken at Buffalo — two on 9th June, 1888. and the other on nth 

 June, 1889. This shows that the occurrence of the species is not acci- 

 dental, and that it is already widely distributed. Possibly next season we 

 may hear of injuries inflicted by it upon wheat fields. 



W. Hague Harrington, Ottawa. 



Mailed February 4th. 



