422 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



GNORIMOSCHEMA SEPTENTRIONELLA, N. SP. 



BY REV. THOMAS W. FYLES, HULL, P. Q. 



Locality : North Wakefield, Province of Quebec. 



Gall-plant : Aster Junceus Ait. 



The Gall: Situated on the stem of the plant, 6 inches from the 

 ground and 8 inches from the summit of the panicle of blossoms; fusiform^ 

 one inch long, half an inch in diameter at the widest part; contained no 

 trace of a web. 



If?iago: Appeared in the middle of September; 20 millimetres in 

 expanse of wings: 10 millimetres in length of body. Head brown, 

 mottled with gray. Palpi recurved (drooped in drying), 2 millimetres 

 long, dentate on the inner edge of the second segment. Afite7ince. 

 six millimetres long, filiform, brown. Thorax and abdomeji dark 

 brown, the latter somewhat hoary towards the end. Fore wing 

 brown ; taken lengthwise the costal half of the wing is of a warmer 

 hue than the inner half. The outward third of this costal part 

 is striped with brown and rosy gray. The fringe of the fore wing 

 is 3 millimetres long ; it has a rosy glow towards the outer angle, 

 and is beautifully marked with minute brown spots. Bi?id wing dark 

 gray, 3}^ millimetres at the longest part, light brown. Legs: tibiae of 

 hindmost pair set all round, and all their length, with long hairs. The 

 joints of the tarsi are edged with gray. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



The sixth annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America 

 will be held in Washington, D. C, Tuesday and Wednesday. Dec. 26 and 

 27, in affiliation with meetings of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, and other affiliated societies. Meetings will be 

 held Tuesday forenoon and afternoon, beginning at 10.00 a.m., and on 

 Wednesday forenoon. The meetings of the American Association of 

 Economic Entomologists will begin Wednesday afternoon with the Presi- 

 dent's addresss, and other meetings on Thursday, and Friday forenoon, 

 followed by the meetings of the Horticultural Inspectors. 



The annual address will be given by Prof. John Henry Comstock, of 

 Cornell University, on Wednesday evening, December 27, at 8.00 p.m. 

 His subject will be '^ On some Biological Features of Spiders." It will be 

 illustrated by lantern slides. — Extract from announcement. 



Mailed December, 12th, 191 1 



