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whitish or dull silky white, not at all gray or black, but rufescent on tarsi 

 beneath. Claws very strongly bifid. 



Abdomen short, nearly subglobose ; bases of segments with sparse 

 silky pubescence ; hind margins of segments 2-4 and sides of hind margin 

 of ist segment with narrow even bands of pure white pubescence, very 

 conspicuous. 



Hab. — First found at Albuquerque, N. M., not uncommon on flowers 

 of Solatium elceagnifolium between the old and new towns, Aug. 16, 1895. 

 On Oct. 13 I took one at Las Cruces, N. M., on a plant supposed to be 

 Flaveria. Specimens were also taken at Las Cruces by Mr. C. Rhodes, 

 on Verbesina etuelioides and Bigelovia Wrightii, early in October. 



Curiously, this insect seems to resemble the West Indian types 

 rather than the Mexican. I sent one to Mr. Fox, who remarks that it 

 " differs from any in our collection by the narrow, continuous, white fasciae 

 of abdomen, which are more regular than in the related species. From 

 pulchella and similis it differs by the apparently unicolorous pubescence 

 of hind tibite, and again from similis by the dorsulum being polished and 

 impunctate medially." The Mexican species nearly all have black 

 pubescence. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 

 At the annual meeting held in London, on the 27th and 28th of 

 November last, the following gentlemen were elected to hold office 

 during the ensuing year : — 



President — J. Dearness, London. 



Vice-President — H. H. Lyman, Montreal. 



Secretary — W. E. Saunders, London. 



Treasurer — J. A. Balkwill, London. 



Curator and Librarian — J. Alston Moffat, London. 



Directors : Division i — James Fletcher, F.L.S., F.R.S.C, Ottawa, 



Division 2— Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, F.R.S.C, Port Hope. 

 Division 3 — Gamble Geddes, Toronto. 

 Division 4 — A. H. Kilman, Ridgevvay. 

 Division 5 — R. W. Rennie, London. 

 Editor of the Canadian Entomologist — Rev. C. J. S, Bethune, 

 M.A., D.C.L., Port Hope. 



Edititig Committee^]. Fletcher and W. H. Harrington, Ottawa; 

 H. H. Lyman, Montreal ; Rev, T. W. Fyles, South Quebec ; J. M. 

 Denton, London, 



