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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Fig. 8. 



Lema, Fabr. 

 Z. trilineata, Oliv. (Fig. 7), is the only Canadian species. It is of a 

 reddish colour, with two 

 thoracic spots, the antennae 

 T (excepting the first joint), 

 tips of tibise and tarsi, 

 blackish. The elytra are 

 iiG. 7. of a clear light yellow, or 

 nearly white, with a common sutural' 

 black stripe, and each with a narrow 

 submarginal vitta of the same colour. 

 Length about .25 in. (Fig. d> : a a 

 represent the larva with its singular covering of excrement, b the last 

 joints of the abdomen, c pupa, d the eggs.) 



CriocEris, Geoff. 

 Two imported European species are known from the adjacent regions, 

 though but one of these seems to have been actually reported from 

 Canada. They prey upon asparagus, and from the striking pattern of 



coloration are easily known. C. 

 aspa7-agi, Linn., is from .16 to .24 

 in. long, of a greenish or bluish- 

 black colour, the thorax red with 

 two black spots of variable size 

 usually present. The elytra are 

 reddish-yellow, with a blue-black 

 cross formed by the crossing of a 

 longitudinal sutural stripe and trans- 

 FiG. Q. verse median band, and with an 



apical and basal spot of the same dark colour on each j or they may be 

 blue-black with the outer and apical margin and three spots on each 

 yellow. (Fig. 9 represents the eggs, larva and beetle much magnified.) 

 C. i2-pnnctata, Linn., is .19-.24 in. long, dull red, each elytron with six 

 black spots of variable size. The antenna;, knees, and tarsi are also black. 



I desire to acknowledge the kindness of Mr. W. S. Cody, B. A., 

 of Windsor, Ont., in contributing a Canadian specimen of Argynnis 

 Idalia to the Society's collection. I am indebted to Mr. Wm. Loch- 

 head, of Napanee, Ont., for the information that this handsome butterfly 

 has been added to the Canadian List. J. Alston Moffat, Curator, 



