THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 309 



It must be remembered, of course, that overlapping takes 

 place, it being impossible to separate the areas sharply from each 

 other or from the adjoining section of the state. 



Harry B. Weiss, 



New Brunswick, N.J. 



A EuROFEAN Beetle, recently introduced into Canada. 



{Orchestes scutellaris.) 



This spring, while sweeping on the border of a wood — not far 

 from the city of Ottawa — where small willows and raspberry 

 bushes were growing, I captured an interesting small "Curculionid." 

 The specimen was sent to the Bureau of Entomology, Washington. 

 Mr. Schwarz, who identified it, sent me the following note: "Your 

 beetle is a European species hitherto not known to occur in North 

 America. It belongs to our jumping Curculionida^ (genus Orchestes), 

 which have the hind femora incrassate. It is easily known by its 

 brownish coloration, our common species being all black, or black 

 with white markings." 



The specimen has been kept for the U. S. N. M. 

 Ottawa, July, 1915. Bro. Germain. 



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