336 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Spinning Habits of Telea Polypheisius. — Prof. F. M. Webster 

 writes, with reference to his article in the May number, page 133 : "The 

 observations of Mr. Cockle (C. E., p. 100, May) are not altogether unique, 

 as yir. Wm. T. Davis, in the Journal of the N. Y. Entomological Society, 

 Vol. v., pp. 42-43, records having observed a cocoon of Telea polyphemus 

 attached to the side of a house, in August, about 5 inches from the ground, 

 and also a case where a larva had spun in the forked branch of a rose- 

 bush that had stood in the water ; in both cases the cocoons were firmly 

 attached. The same writer records the finding of a Luna cocoon spun on, 

 and firmly attached to, the branch of a tree or shrub that had stood in the 

 water. It thus appears that these insects do the best they can under 

 existing circumstances, and I presume Mr. Cockle, had he been able to 

 see the conditions when the cocoons to which he refers were spun, might 

 also have noticed that these were unusual." [Mr. Cockle sent to the 

 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario a further paper 

 on this subject, and a quantity of cocoons showing a remarkable variety of 

 modes of attachment, some being suspended in the same manner as C. 

 proinethea. — Ed. C. E.]. 



NOTES. 



Mr. F. L. Washburn, State Entomologist of Minnesota, reports the 

 occurrence at St. Anthony Park of the imported Alder and Willow Beetle, 

 Cryptorhyncus lapaihi, Linn., which was introduced in a shipment of 

 Carolina poplars from the State of New York last spring. 



Mr. K. Jordan, Zoological Museum, Tring, England, desires to 

 draw attention to the fact Xh3.x. Hyloicus \Sphi7ix\perelegans has a gray 

 form very similar to a small H. chersis, besides the ordinary black-backed 

 form. Perhaps someone will breed the insect and thus ascertain whether 

 the dichromatism is seasonal. 



The Curator begs to acknowledge with grateful thanks the following 

 gifts to the Society's collections : 



From Mr. C. H. Young, Hurdman's Bridge, Ont., specimens of the 

 imago, chrysalis and inflated larvse of Semiophora Youngii, Smith, and a 

 new species of Hydrcecia. 



From Mr. A. A. Wood, Coldstream, Ont., specimens oi Ancyloxypha 

 numitor, Fabr., Orthosia helva, Grote, and Botis generosa, Groie and 

 Rob. 



The Curator would very much like to receive specimens of most of 

 our Canadian insects to^ fill blanks in the cabinets, and to replace old and 

 imperfect examples ; all specimens should have date and locality labels 

 attached. In many of the orders our collections are very meagre. To 

 avoid duplication it would be well for any intending donor to send a list 

 first of those specimens which he is willing to present to the Society. 



Mailed Nov. 8th, 1904. 



