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Pimplidce. 



68. Coleoccntriis riifus Prov. One female at rest on a fence, 31, 7, 82. 



69. Pimpla indagatrix Walsh. Not rare. June. 



70. II coiiquisitor Say. Not rare. Spring. 



71. T/ieronia rufescens Cress. Numerous. Several bred from pupae of 



Orgyia, in September. 



72. Ephialtes occideiitalis Cress. A few flying in sunshine, June and July. 



Uroce7'idce. 

 I have six species of these splendid insects. Two have been deter- 

 mined as follows : 



73. Urocertis flavicoriiis Yah. Common in autumn. 



74. n caudatus Cress. A single female only of this small species. 



Tenth redin idee. 



Cinibicince. 



75. Trichiosotna trianguhim Kirby. Tolerably common, as are also its 



cocoons. 



Te7ith redin ince. 

 Samples very numerous. Some kinds sadly too numerous, but I have 

 not yet collected very many species. 



76. Dolerus sericeiis Say. Exceedingly abundant, particularly in June, on 



flowers of Dog Daisy. 



77. Selandria Jialcyon Harr. One or two only. 



78. Ei/7/ra a/bitarsis. One or two only. This is apparently absent from 



the check list. 



79. Allautiis original is Nort. Exceedingly abundant with Dolerus 



sericeus, on Dog Daisy flowers. 



80. Tenthredo niellina Harr. Common in spring. 



81. n rufopcdibus Nort. Common in spring. 



THECLA NIPHON. 



BY JAMES FLETCHER, OTTAWA, ONT. 



About the middle of May, 1883, Mr. A. W. Hanham took a. % T. 

 Nip/ion a few miles from the City of Ottawa. This was the only speci- 

 men at that time seen. 



On the 4th May last, when walking along the Chelsea Road, near the 

 village of Chelsea, P. Q., with Mr. Harrington, he called my attention to 



