134 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



It lies very near territa?is, but differs in general colouring, in the 

 " frosty " sub-median lines on the mesonotum, the light scales around the 

 " bare space," light scales on the scutellum, the much better de- 

 vel()j)ed ai)ical abdominal bands, white bases and venter of femora, and 

 the minute spot at apex of tibia. 



In the Entomological News, Nov., 1905, Prof. Glenn W. Herrick, 

 Agricultural College, Miss., published some *notes on a Megarhimis, de- 

 scribing and figuring ihe larva, and making mention of some character- 

 istics of the three adults vvhicii he reared from the larvte. Prof Herrick's 

 specimens were referred to iW. Poriorice/isis, Theob., but they differ from 

 this species (i) in the length of a palpal joint, usually a stable feature, 

 Theobald's having the penultimate as long as the ultimate, and Herrick's 

 having the penultimate only half as long as the ultimate; (2) in the colour of 

 the head, Theobald's being brown, and Herrick's specimens ''bluish-green, 

 (iridescent)''; "''3) in the tarsal banding, Theobald's species having the 

 penultimate joint of the hind legs "white, except a small dark basal spot," 

 and the same joint in Herrick's specimens being "white, except a black 

 ring at the distal ends." As these differences seem specific, I was about 

 to give here a full description of the insect, and to propose that it should 

 be named in honour of the discoverer, but since my MS. was sent in for 

 publication I have learnt that Mr. Theobald is describing and naming it, 

 and therefore I refrain from doing so. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



The Curator begs to acknowledge with grateful thanks the gift to the 

 Society's collections of 24 specimens, representing 1 1 species, of Lepi- 

 doptera by Mr. Henry S. Saunders, of Toronto. 



Also a box of Coleoptera from Mr. Norman Criddle, of Aweme, 

 Manitoba, containing 120 specimens, representing 64 species, many not 

 previously recorded in Canada, and all new to our collections. 



Hearty thanks are due also to Mr. Henry H. Lyman, of Montreal, 

 for photographs of the late Messrs George J. Bowles and F. B. Caulfield, 

 who were active and zealous members of the Montreal Branch in years 

 gone by. These portraits were only procured by Mr. Lyman after 

 considerable trouble and search. Further additions to the Society's 

 albums will be very welcome. 



* "N\'>tos on SiniK' Mississippi .Mosi|uiloi.'s, " 



