THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



These remained in the chrysalis state during the fall, winter, and spring, 

 producing the perfect insect early in July, 1869. 



Note by Ed. — In July, 1866, and again in the same month of 1868, I 

 had the pleasure of spending a short time at Weston, with the Rev. W. A. 

 Johnson. On both occasions we took a number of specimens of A. Florida 

 on the flowers of a variety of Evening Primrose; some were taken at various 

 hours of the night, and others in the morning, entangled in the closing petals; 

 we also found a number of larva), similar to those described above, eating 

 into the flower buds, and ruining the beauty of many of the blossoms. I 

 was anxious to trace the history of these caterpillars, fancying they must have 

 some connection with the pretty Alarias, but having no QEnothera plants at 

 home, I thought it was useless trying to rear the larvae; I am very glad to 

 And that Mr. Saunders has solved the question for us. During my last visit 

 Mr. Johnson gave me an enormously magnified drawing from the microscope 

 of an egg of this insect, which was laid at 4.30 a.m., on the 15th of July, 

 1868. In shape it resembles an orange, being circularly flattened at the top, 

 and supported at the base on a short stem-like attachment to the flower bud; 

 the sides are slightly crenate longitudinally, and ornamented with minute 

 circular prominences. I have also taken the moth on the flowers of the wild 

 species of Oenothera in this neighbourhood, but always in the evening, and 

 during the month of July; this year I have examined numbers of these 

 plants, but have not found a single specimen of the moth or its larva; last 

 year they were tolerably common. 



LIST OF COLEOPTERA, 



TAKEN AT GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, BY J. PETTIT. 

 {Continued from page, 107.) 



Platynus, Bon. 

 Hypolithos, Say. 

 Marginatum, Chaud. 

 Sinuatus, Dej. 

 Extensicollis, Say 

 Decorus, Say. 

 *Moerens, Dej. 

 Melanarius, Dej. 

 *Metallescens, Lee. 



CARABID.E. 

 Platynus (continued'). 

 Harrisii, Lee. 

 Cupripennis, Say. 

 Punctiformis, Say. 

 *Subcordatus, Lee. 

 *Vagans, Lee. 

 Retractus, Lee. 

 Ruficornis, Lee. 

 Octopunctatus, Fab. 

 (To be continued) 



Platynus (continued). 



Placidus, Say. 



Obsoletus, Say. 



Sti<rmosus, Lee. 

 Olisthopus, Dej. 



*Parmatus, Say. 



*Micans, Lee. 

 Pterostichus, Bon. 



*Sustentus, Lee. 



* Species marked with 

 Canadian Coleoptera. 



an asterisk have not been before included in the list of 



