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occasion, however, the specific standing of the specimens in question was 

 investigated, and we have now come to the conclusion that the species is 

 Sphinx per elegam of Henry Edwards. 



With five specimens before us, three of which are in splendid 

 condition, we have carefully gone over the descriptions of pereiegans, 

 Vancouverensis, Vashti and albescens ; the specimens agree perfectly with 

 the description of the first-named species. Four of the specimens are 

 from Wellington, B. C. (6, 7, VI, '03), and the other from Peachland, 

 B. C. (6, VII, '07, J. B. Wallis). Four are males; 3 expand 3^ inches 

 and the other 3? 8 inches. The female expands 4 inches. 



Sphinx pereiegans was described from Gilroy, Santa Clara Country, 



Cal. This note of the species occurring in British Columbia is an addition 



to the Sphingidse of that province. In fact, the record is a new one for 



Canada. 



The insect is by no means common in British Columbia, and not 



more than a dozen specimens arc known to have been taken during the 



last 10 years. 



APHIDES ON (Iladiolus. — In the 24th Report of the State Entomol- 

 ogist on Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York, 1908, 

 pages 19-22, Dr. E. P. Felt discusses, describes and figures a new species 

 of Aphis affecting gladiolus bulbs. 



From a reading of Dr. Felt's paper one might be led to infer that the 

 occurrence of aphides on bulbs of gladiolus had been observed but 

 recently. I think it was in the spring of 1894 that I observed an aphid 

 in considerable abundance infesting gladiolus bulbs offered for sale by 

 florists in Cleveland, Ohio. Not being able to obtain winged adults, the 

 fact of this occurrence was never published. On July 21, 1894, aphides 

 were found upon the leaves of the growing plants, and an attempt was 

 again made to secure winged adults for identification, but resulted only in 

 another failure. From this material, however, a Hymenopterous parasite 

 was reared on Aug. 8th of the same year, which was determined by the 

 late Dr. Ashmead as Praon Coloradensis, Ashm. (See 13th Ann. Rep. 

 Ohio Agr. Exp. Sta., 1894, p. 39.) It is, of course, impossible to say 

 that either of these aphides belonged to the species just described by Dr. 

 Felt, although the one on the bulbs might quite likely have been identical ; 

 but the observations are now placed on record as showing that the 

 occurrence of aphides on these beautiful flower-plants is by no means 

 recent. — F. M. Webster, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C. 



