114 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Springs, New York, in which meat and vegetables are kept, the tempera- 

 ture averaging 40" all tlie year, and my application for a little space was 

 kindly received. In October, I sent on two boxes by express, in which 

 were a large number of larvae, some of them very rare. Of these were 

 Argynnis Halcyone, just from egg ; Satyrus Charon, also just out of egg. 

 These small larvas were in paper pill boxes, inside tin. There were also 

 a few larvae of Chionobas Chryxiis, Hip. Ridingsii, Colias Alexandra., 

 Phyciodes Ficta, in stages from second to fourth ; and several Melitaea 

 Rubicimda, past third moult, from Vancouver's Island, and Phaeton at 

 same stage. Early in March I received the larvae per express. On open- 

 ing the boxes nearly every one of the young larvae first named were alive, 

 and in a few moments were moving. The larger part of Rubicimda and 

 Phaeton were in good condition. One Alexandra out of two was healthy, 

 and one Picta out of three. The Chryxus, past third moult (one), and 

 the Ridingsii, past first (one) were dead. On the whole, there was 

 scarcely any loss from the four months seclusion. The Chionobas, I am 

 disposed to think, died in transit to me, from rolling about in its box, as 

 it was stout and healthy looking when I received it. Probably all the 

 Satyrid larvae would have done better if they had not been allowed to feed 

 in the fall, but had on hatching been subjected to the cold. I had no 

 plants ready for these larvae on their arrival except grass, and on this I 

 placed part of the Charon, who very soon began to eat along the edges 

 of the leaves. The remainder of all species I put on ice, or under rocks 

 in the woods, to stay till I could force food-plants for them. 



ADDITIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 



BY L. PROVANCHER, CAP ROUGE, QUEBEC. 



ICHNEUMONID^. 



In a lot of Hymenoptera captured in Vancouver Island, and sent me 

 by Mr. Brodie from Toronto, I found the following new species : — 



Ichneumon Vancouveriensis, nov. sp. 



^ — Length, .62 inch. Black ; face with four dots white, one on each 

 side near the clypeus and one under each antenna. These entirely black 



