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first place the extreme abundance of Diurnal Lepidoptera must attract 

 attention. Nearly 40 species may be marked abundant. A patch of 

 blossom in May, covered with Blues and Frittillaries, with an occasional 

 Colias and two or three magnificent species of Papilio, is a sight such 

 as an English entomologist, at least, never sees at home, and later in the 

 year the hundreds of Vanessa, Chrysophanus, Pamphila and Limenitis 

 make a very different but not less beautiful picture. 



The Orthoptera, too, intrude themselves upon our notice. Grass- 

 hoppers in thousands exist in some localities, and do considerable mischief, 

 and large and gorgeous species, with red or yellow under wings, astonish 

 the uninitiated by their sudden appearance or equally sudden vanishing. 

 Two kinds of Cricket fill the air with music in early summer, and a couple 

 of species of Cicada lend them most efficient aid. Of Hemiptera, Neu- 

 roptera and Diptera I have not collected many, perhaps only 200 species 

 in all, but they include some remarkably fine kinds. Among the Coleop- 

 tera I am struck with the abundance of Adephaga, many of them, too, 

 being of large size. The genera Calosoma (e. g. tcpidtini Lee), Cychrus 

 (marginatus Dej. and angusticollis Fischer), Carabus (tcedatus Fabr.), 

 Omus (Dejeani Reiche and Atidouini Reiche), Holciophorus, Promecog- 

 nathus, &c., being represented by very fine species. The Longicornes, 

 too, are abundant, and most of them are absent from Brodie & White's 

 list. The Elateridge and Buprestidse are also numerous ; in fact all wood- 

 feeding insects seem to abound, as do carrion feeders, while on the other 

 hand, Lamellicornes are very scarce. 



Our Hymenoptera are fine and interesting ; the Vespas are in fact 

 decidedly too fine. V. niaculata Fab., V. media Oliv., and a supposed 

 new species, being remarkably plentiful and pugnacious. Less plentiful, 

 but no less conspicuous and interesting, are the Uroceridge, my first five 

 specimens proving to belong to as many different species. 



Nearly one hundred species of Hymenoptera (about half my collection) 

 have been identified for me through Mr. Brodie, of Toronto, and they are 

 consequently most of them included in his check list. These shall form 

 the subject of my next communication, and in concluding for the present, 

 I may mention that my duplicates and the loan of my type specimens in 

 any particular family or order will be accorded with very great pleasure to 

 any specialist who will favor me with a request for the same. 



