78 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



pubescence, the apices of the tarsal joints with a tuft of rufous hairs 



within; spurs testaceous, claws ferruginous; abdomen short, dull, the first 



segment evenly covered with fine, deep punctures, separated about the 

 width of one, the second and third segments more finely and closely 



punctured, fourth and following segments with the punctuation fine but 



indistinct ; apical margins of the three basal segments conspicuously 



depressed ; no hair bands, but the whole abdomen cparsely covered with 



short pale hairs, which are somewhat elongated and tinged with fulvous on 



extreme base of first segment. Length, lo mm. 



^ . — Unknown. 



One $, Monte Redondo, March 3, 1902 (L. Bruner). Altitude 4,000 

 feet. Type in collection of University of Nebraska. 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE AMERICAN ASSO- 

 CIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



(Continued from page 36.) 



The Club held a second informal meeting in the Southern Hotel, St. 

 Louis, on December 31, 1903. Dr. James Fletcher presided, and 

 the discussions which were presented during the evening indicated the 

 cleverness of the president in selecting speakers and assigning interesting 

 topics. The evening was spent in a congenial and unusually profitable 

 manner until the incoming of the new year. 



Prof Lochhead, of Guelph, presented to the Club a number of 

 incidents relating to a trip to Killarney, Lake Huron, and tiae numerous 

 islands in that vicinity. The habits of the native Indians were described 

 in an interesting manner. These Indians are in a prosperous condition, 

 as evidenced by the good horses and carriages which they own, and by 

 other possessions. The Jesuit missionary schools have apparently had a 

 great influence upon the prosperity of the Indians through their training 

 in mechanical and other sciences. On St. Joseph Island the drama of 

 Hiawatha is played every year by the Ojibwa Indians. The version of 

 the drama followed is that of Longfellow, and the daughters of Longfellow 

 were once present by invitation, 'i'he play is given out-of-doors, with logs 

 for ordinary seats and bearskin seats for an extra price of 25 cents. A 

 sepulchral voice calls the people together. The whole career of Hiawatha 

 is presented in all its details, accompanied by excellent representations of 



